But there has been pushback against the politicisation of Latin America’s football jerseys.
In Colombia, opposition figures began wearing their country’s yellow jersey too, arguing they would not allow one political movement to claim ownership over it.
“What we saw was a vulgar appropriation of the Colombia national team shirt by far-right political sectors,” Colombian politician Daniel Monroy told Al Jazeera.
He and other politicians from the left-wing Historic Pact coalition started wearing the shirt in public, to make a statement about the national symbol.
“The three colours of our flag belong to us — and the shirt, the national team, belongs to all
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