A Euro 2020 omen for England? Every team who has played in white has won their knockout game

By Mark White
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Football often produces strange quirks - but at Euro 2020, teams in white have seemed to have more success than others

Teams in white
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At Euro 2020, every team that's played a knockout game in white has won.

While there are often strange coincidences that come with football - such as lucky dressing rooms, leading at half-time or players' own rituals - it seems like 2020 is the year of the lucky shirt. Perhaps it's related to players bleaching their hair. 

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Mark White
Mark White
Content Editor

Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.