After so much speculation and misinformation about the color green in São Paulo, the Green Bay Packers have announced they will wear, guess what, green jerseys to play in the first ever NFL game in Brazil.
The Philadelphia Eagles are the designated home team and chose to wear white jerseys, as the forecast projects a temperature around 70° for the time of the game. The factor that Corinthians, who owns the stadium, being a black and white club, was also a factor for Philly. As a consequence, the Packers will wear their home jerseys.
Controversy
Much of the talk around the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers game in Brazil was around safety concerns and a topic about wearing the green color — in the stadium and in the city of São Paulo.
Back in June, Packers running back Josh Jacobs went on Green Light podcast and said he was told they can't wear green, and it could be something related to gangs.
"They said that the part of Brazil we're going into, we can't ever wear green," Jacobs mentioned. "Like, I guess it's something with gangs and stuff."
Gangs, however, are not the reason why there is a conversation about color. Actually, it's nothing more than a soccer rivalry.
Corinthians, a Brazilian soccer club that owns the stadium where the Eagles and Packers will play, has a strong rivalry with Palmeiras, a green club. In comparison, it's just like a purple team playing at Lambeau Field.
And it's not that serious, either. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Nigeria faced Colombia at Arena Corinthians with green uniforms, for example. Every year, Palmeiras and other green clubs play there as away teams.
