Pretty in Pink

THE BRITISH indie band Half Man Half Biscuit once sang: “All I Want For Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit.” What no self-respecting fan would want for Christmas is a pink Juventus away one.

It's hard not to please a kid with a classic all-white Real Madrid shirt with optional Zinedine Zidane (No 5), Ronaldo (No 9) or David Beckham (No 23) on the back but parents beware there have always been football shirts that should go straight to the bottom of the wardrobe alongside the reindeer socks from Aunt Hilda.

Imagine this year the young fan of Juventus, hoping that Santa would bring a shirt emblazoned with Alessandro Del Piero's name and number (10), unwrapping the present and discovering that instead of the classic black and white stripes he has to wear the pink away shirt.