Croatia 2020 Home Shirt - Modrić No.10 (S)

📐 Flat measurements

Lay a shirt that fits you well flat, measure it the same way and compare — Nike national team shirts generally run close to the body.

No flaws. On a chequered shirt, the first thing to check is the white between the red squares: the slightest colour bleed in the wash would show immediately. Here the white is clean and the red still sharp, with no pink haze. The squares line up perfectly across every seam, including between body and sleeves. The MODRIĆ 10 print is flawless, acute accent included, with no lifted edges. Embroidered HNS crest intact, EURO 2020 and RESPECT patches perfectly bonded, V-neck with no stretching, no pilling.

Unsure about the size? This Nike national team S is fitted (47 x 69 cm): compare the flat measurements above, or check my sizing guide.

✦ Authenticity guaranteed for life

Item checked by hand in my authentication workshop. If an item bought from me is ever identified as a unofficial piece, I refund it in full. Guarantee with no expiry date.

• Inner label photographed (photo 4): Nike reference CD0695-100, size S and batch SU201105MAT. The “SU20” prefix marks the Summer 2020 collection, exactly this shirt's production window
• The chequerboard lines up across the seams: the squares continue from one panel to the next with no offset, including under the arms. It is the quickest test on this shirt — unofficial pieces print the pattern flat and the offset is obvious
• The HNS crest is embroidered, not printed (photo 3): the miniature chequerboard, the golden ball and the H, N, S letters stand out in relief, with a clean white outline
• UEFA EURO 2020 trophy patch on one sleeve and RESPECT on the other: the official tournament configuration, distinct from qualifying shirts
• Real photos of the exact item sold, never stock images — full method in my authentication guide

📖 The most recognisable chequerboard in football

Some shirts you identify from fifty metres away, without reading a single word. The Croatian chequerboard is one of them — and this one carries the number of the player who defined an entire generation.

🏆 Modrić, 2018 Ballon d'Or. He ended ten years of Messi-Ronaldo dominance, in the year Croatia lost the World Cup final. This shirt comes just after.

🎯 EURO 2020, played in 2021. Postponed by a year, the tournament kept its name and its “2020” patch. A calendar anomaly that makes this patch unique in the competition's history.

⚔️ The šahovnica. The red and white chequerboard is not a kit motif: it is the Croatian national coat of arms, worn as is on the chest since the national team's beginnings.

🎨 A blue that is not decorative — Nike printed the numbers in bright blue rather than black: red, white, blue, the three colours of the Croatian flag brought together on the shirt.

🎯 Who is this shirt for?

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