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. 

Gogoalshop World Cup

 This is the Iceland Away shirt bought from Gogoalshop.vip.  Lets see how good these near real fakes can be.  From a distance it looks good.

 

The detail in the sleeves look good and they certainly have copied the pattern with great care.

Flag at the back and quite good material too.

All seemed good from the back.

 

Even the inner labels are like genuine one, so far no leakage after a few washes. 

 

The motto also replicated.

 

Crest is great quality too.

 

The only problem is the "Island" band at the inner back collar below. 

 

 

It looks like the real thing but the stitching and material is of poor quality causing some irritation.  Had to remove it else felt very scratchy.  The other inner stitching is OK and comfortable to wear.  So far after a few washes no major break.  But the Island tag on the red goalkeeper shirt seems to be of better quality.

The labels are good and the shirt looks great and feels good to wear.  Apart from the Island inner label, the only other problem but can only verify if I can inspect a genuine sample is may be the sizing.  It may be a bit larger than the real thing.  The shirt feels quite loose and big for a small size.  But nevertheless it is a decent shirt and worth the 1/3 price.

See what I mean by the stitching inside being noticeable compare to a genuine one.

You can see even though its a decent label but for this sample it is not like an Errea label ;-)

Below is a Colombia away shirt compare between a genuine and Gogoalshop one.  Genuine one on the left / top or first.

 

You can see this print, the genuine one seems better transferred onto the material and likely to last longer after several washes.  The Gogoalshup one feels more bumpy and may come off easier.

Both shirt looks about the same from a distance.  You can spot a slight difference in shape.  The Gogoalshop one is a bit wider especially at the collar and width.  On the whole it feels like at least half a size bigger. 

Shape of the collar difference.  And the collar trim's material is a bit different too.  But the quality is OK. 

 

Here is where the obvious difference.  At least may be this was a bad Gogoalshop sample, the adidas patch see the cresses on the embroidery. 

While the crest, you can see again the problem with the stitching, the Gogoalshop one is slightly warped at the top.

At the back, all seems OK.

The labels are different but the Gogoalshop one's quality is not bad.  The inside stitching of the original is tidier if you inspect closely.  The stitches themselves are decent on the Gogoalshop one and don't present much discomfort when wearing. 

 

 

Overall the material is good on the Gogoalshop version, it feels a bit thinner than that of the genuine one.  The feel is similar on the surface, somewhat not a bad feature of it being thinner in this case as the genuine one feels a bit thick.  You will also notice, the Gogoalshop one may crease a bit more in nature.

See the stitching is somewhat not as uniformed even though they have even mimicked the production date label inside the collar.

Overall, for 1/3 the price its a decent adaptation and looks / feel OK to wear out.  Just that the sizing is again more loose.  One thing for certain, I would never buy this as a present to anyone and not tell them.  For collectors, I think they can spot the details.  Moving onto the iconic Peru jersey.

 

This looks good from a distance.

 

May be another poor sample but the collar is messed up, the Red trim is warped.  This would have failed quality control on a genuine Umbro product.  Perhaps this was a bad sample.

The embroidery is OK in this sample.  The gold umbro trim on the shoulders looks OK and the transfer seems OK, has survived a few washes but again don't know how long it can last.

The crest is quite smooth in this sample. 

An obvious difference is there is no ventilation mess section at the side near the armpits on this Gogoalshop sample.  The stitching is OK, some loose threads inside but its comfortable to wear and the material feels OK.  I am not sure how much worst is it than the original as at first it felt a bit fakey to touch and it does seem to crease more easily.  I am almost tempted to get hold of an original anyway just to compare.

At the back all looks OK.

Here is another quality issue, the Umbro logo falling off after a couple of washes.  ;-)

 

See it totally falling off.

 

 

But inner labels look and feel good, seems like they have improved their fabrication methods ;-)

Overall, for 1/3 the price I think you get what you paid for.  They are decent from a distance and OK to wear as an alternative.  I see why people buy from them and they seemed to ship pretty quick if they have in stock so another appealing option.  See the quality of their tags are not too bad too.