Germany 2010 Home Shirt - Özil No.8 (L)

📐 Flat measurements

Lay flat a shirt that fits you well, measure it the same way and compare: on vintage, it's the only reliable method. This 2010 adidas cut is fairly straight, with a generous length for an L.

Superb condition for a 2010 shirt: the white is still crisp, no holes, no bobbling, lettering and World Cup patch perfectly in place, gold DFB crest intact. In full transparency I flag a slight beige mark on the lower side, visible in photo 6 — it's the only flaw found, and it sits in an area that is covered when worn.

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• adidas product code P41477 readable on the original inner label (photo 4), with production date 06/10 — June 2010, the very month the South African World Cup kicked off. Dating consistent to the month, code independently verifiable.
• DFB crest embroidered in gold thread on black velvet with the three stars dated 54, 74 and 90 (photo 3) — the three world titles at the time, before the 2014 star. That combination dates the shirt on its own.
• FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 patch stitched on the sleeve, black-red-gold vertical stripe down the centre, gold collar stamped Deutscher Fußball-Bund, number 8 on the front just like the match shirts
• Full method: authentication guide

📖 2010: the Mannschaft reinvent themselves, Özil breaks out

Germany arrived in South Africa with the youngest squad of the tournament and a style nobody expected: quick, technical, relentlessly forward. At the heart of it, a 21-year-old playmaker trained at Schalke and playing for Werder Bremen, who would leave the World Cup as one of the most coveted players in Europe.

📅 23 June 2010 — Ghana 0-1 Germany. Özil curls one in with his left foot and sends the Mannschaft through to the last 16. His only goal of the tournament, but one of its finest.

📅 27 June 2010 — Germany 4-1 England. A counter-attacking masterclass in the round of 16, now a staple of every World Cup highlight reel.

📅 3 July 2010 — Argentina 0-4 Germany. In the quarter-final, Maradona's Argentina are swept aside. Germany would fall to Spain in the semi-final, then take third place.

📅 August 2010 — off to Real Madrid. A few weeks after the tournament, Özil leaves Werder Bremen for Madrid. This shirt therefore belongs to the very last « before the fame » window.

👑 Mesut Özil — left-footed playmaker, trained in Gelsenkirchen, revealed at Werder Bremen then a star at Real Madrid and Arsenal. World champion in 2014 with Germany. Shirts from his 2010 period, printed No.8, are those of the player who had just burst onto the world stage.

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