Peru Marathon Sports Away Shirt 2019-2020

 

This was another likely rejected bid picked up for a few dollars from a supplier on good old taobao. I now have reasons to believe this is unlikely to be fake fake. As the material is quite real.  I picked up the away shirt. In a way I prefer the away Peru shirts as its not quite as iconic and more discreet to wear but equally nice. 

 

On this sample the crest seems to be fine and no fall out. 

The vent holes on the side seems OK. It is the decorated transfer that may be an issue with longevity. After several washes they will likely to come off.  The sleeves are a decent length and wide is not too huge. 

All the labels seems fine. 

Collar is quite smart. 

The Marathon logo is well transferred on. 

No spelling mistake. 

Overall, I felt this was a good catch and does not feel like a fake shirt at all. I wonder whether there were any shirts that were really taken on by Marathon that were made in China, anyone with a genuine shirt of Peru away 2019 were they all labeled made in Peru / Ecuador? 

Peru Marathon Sports Shirt 2019-2020 (Fake But May be Not)

 

This was an interesting catch.  It is probably a fake but was advertised as a rejected sample and sold for a few Euros.  I wanted to pick it and see what its like and I heard about the collar bleeding red colour when one sweated.

I know why it looks red and bleeded around the collar when someone sweat.  It is because of some red stitching that is used.  It does give an impression that it is the collar's red bit bleeding but it is not really the colour from the collar rather a stitching for some reason looking more transmissible to the white material above.

You can see the minor fault on the badge on the right side.  It has peeled off slightly.

The shirt is well sized and the side has some ventilation holes and Peru flag.  But here is may be the fault and shows its a fake.  The shirt in the official pictures has 2 Red accented lines coming down the side whereas this has not.  But as it turns out there is a fan and player version of the replica and this "fan" version does not have 2 red accented lines down the side as seen here.

The tag looks ok here.

This also seemed OK

Another reason for rejection may be due to the stitching, it may be a bit rough but very borderline.

Overall, the material is not bad if this is a fake, it had to be ironed as it came very creased.  It may really had been a rejected run for Marathon and was thrown out and the design updated.  If anyone sees this and has a real replica of this shirt from the Marathon Sports shop, please drop a comment.

But now looking at this, it does seemed like that this is similar to the fan version of the shirt on the left rather than the player's version which has 2 lines down the side seen on the right. 

Wears and Tears of a beloved collection - Now you know why embroidery is the best.

And this lovely Morocco 2009-10 shirt has totally been torn where the bit uses sticky material to put together.  Lets see how this can be repaired.

Lovely shirt with logos falling off.  The glue on fabric just does not work.

All things what ever brand if stuck onto the material has to come off.  No super glue will withstand years of wash and tear.  Now you know why embroidery is the best.

Even this brill Chapecoense shirt from Umbro had to fall apart in the crest. 

I loved this shirt but it comes a time when it has to fall off.

Cuba flag disappearing...

Uruguay flag falling off.

This is whats happens when you wash an Adidas Techfit shirts for millions of times !!!  Its tech bits literally falls apart.  PowerWeb !!!  Or the remnants of it.

You can see this was a Russia Euro 2012 shirt, all of its decorations have fallen off.  I think there is a reason why they use embroidery instead for fan shirts that expects regular washing.

Now this is another usual downside of crests that use the plastic"stuck onto" technique.  It starts falling off after many washes.  And it starts tearing.  It happened also to a nice Puma Chile 2013 away shirt that I had, the whole crest just tore off after a good innings. 

Then there is this type of mishap with some shirts where its obvious they used the wrong material to transfer the logo.  Its tears off and messes up.

logo transfers wearing out.   Good shirts end up dying.

Another stuck on type crest.  Even the elements on the crest itself starts tearing off after a while.

 So you see the dangers of non embroidery decoration on jerseys.  They all end up having a lesser timespan.

Corinthians Nike away shirt

This is a very smart looking Nike Corinthians shirt.  It is the first Brazilian Nike shirt that I have got hold of and it is good.  So now as well as international Nike, I have sample of shirts from South Africa (Zambia shirt), China Nike for their league teams and this Brazilian Nike and it is made in Brazil is well.  Yippie.

The quality is certainly good, the material not a lot different to what you would expect.  The swoosh does seemed a bit more rough and slightly warped but its minor.

See the collar at the back has a diagonal shape.  I wonder whether all of this is check for piracy.  As pirates without the blueprint will probably miss these designs.

You love these crests.  Its a big one is well.

See the cuff's cut.  Again to catch the pirates?  They are very wide though you need 14 inch biceps to make it look tight even for a small size

Nike tag

At the back its looks good too.  It is a very smart pinstripe shirt if I can put it that way.  Nike seemed to have now suddenly become the most creative when compared to Adidas and Puma who I think have now gone backwards in my opinion.

 

Atletico Goianiense Dragao Premium shirt

Another fine example of Brazilian manufacturer are the best at making football shirts.  The true kings of football.  This one is from Dragao Premium another local brand for Serie A club Atletico Goianiense.  https://dragaopremium.com.br/ with Tommer https://tommer.com.br/

Just look at the colours, design and yep, its genius.

Nice trim to the sleeves and as usual good fit to wear.  The cuffs have some detailing of ACG and the crest, great touch.

One minor problem may be the logo, this might fall off after a few more washes.

Crest is cool always.

The tags and labels are nice.

Just another class shirt.  Good material, design and fit.  Just the king of all jerseys and certainly king of jersey fashion.  And these shirts retail for the equivalent of 35 USD, just shows you the value.  And with these Brazilian shirts I just love that they don't come with the advertising sponsor.

 

Ceara Vozao away shirt

This is why Brazil is the king of football and football shirts.  I mean you can't get better than this when teams create their own local brand like this one called Vozao from Ceara.  And you got Green 33, 1909 etc.

All making top trendy and quality shirts that are smashing to wear.

Just look at this underground design, quality material.

Cool crest

Cuffs that are great fit.  The balance of the colours for this shirt is just class.  And it comes at a more economic price than any of the top brands.

Vozao....  Top shirt and Brazilian football shirts and local brands are just the don.