One of the coolest things about international soccer jerseys are the club crests that adorn each uniform. Some crests have stars around them representing World Cup titles from the past. In Brazil’s case, they have the most stars on their jersey with five. Italy is next with four. While in Beijing, the Olympic Committee has ruled against the display of any international crests on jerseys. The Committee gave no specific reason for the rule, but the Brazilian soccer team decided to break the rule in their first game against Belgium which they won 1-0.

While watching the Italy game on Thursday I noticed that their current crest was not on the jersey, replaced with this. In Brazil’s case, the squad will now drop the official crest and replace it with something different. Brazil received heat for wearing the crest in the first game, as many high political figures thought it would jeopardize the countries chances of landing the 2016 Summer games in Rio De Janeiro.

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