FAKE! Belgium Copy?! River Plate 20-21 Away Kit "Leaked"
A picture allegedly showing the River Plate 20-21 away shirt appeared online last night, featuring an almost exact copy of the Belgium and design bearing the watermark of notorious leaker group OFOBALL.
No entiendo cómo no se dan cuenta que quedó una B ahí... chau Adidas, se acabó pic.twitter.com/k3ddSsSHr1
— Santiago Lazo (@_santiagolazo) July 11, 2020
And although this leak was shared by a number of prolific accounts on Twitter, it is nowhere to be found on OFOBALL's official channels.
Already a bit confused about the odd design - the Belgium shirt with its large 'B' design on the front doesn't really make sense for River, we investigated a bit more. It turns out that the River Plate leak is directly based on the official imagery for the Belgium shirt, which can be seen easily when overlaying the two.
Elements of the shirt such as the sponsors also look extremely fishy when inspected more closely:
It will come as a relief for all fans of the club, but this River Plate 20-21 away shirt is NOT REAL.
Since he was the first to share it and his version of the image is a more than 1.5 megabyte big PNG, it looks like concept kit creator @ChenzoAr was the one trying to fool everyone here.
— Chenzo. (@ChenzoAr) July 11, 2020
Stay tuned for more info and details on the actual River Plate 2020-21 away shirt as they become available to us.
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