zeusbottom,

Is this another one of those insipid “Let’s Go Brandon” things?

Lumidaub,
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... since when do numbers in not-handegg-football go that high...??

rsn,
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Generally they don’t, which makes it more ‘intentional’ when they do. Usually the numbers are <30.

GuyDudeman,
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Are there actually players who are choosing it for that reason at all?

Chup,

At the end of the article:

According to Sports Illustrated, two players in Italy’s top league, Serie A, currently wear No. 88: Lazio’s Toma Bašić and Atalanta’s Mario Pašalić.

I just looked up both on Wikipedia and nothing weird or regarding Nazi connections mentioned there, so maybe just a coincidence to get a nice looking 2-digit number, not knowing the code behind it.

shapesandstuff,

not knowing the code behind it.

Idk how italy works on the matter but as a German it'd be highly unlikely not to know these. Since Italy was part of the axis it feels like people would be aware.

For the uninitiated H is the 8th letter and HH is a shorthand for the hail. 88 is the dogwhistle

hannes3120,
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Not to mention Lazio being known for having ultra groups that are borderline neo-nazi...

hannes3120,
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Isn't Lazio known for their extremely far-right Ultras?

Might not be intentional from his side but he for sure knew that that would make his shirt popular in certain parts of the fanbase...

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