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Barcelona shirt replaces stripes with checkerboard pattern

Published Jun. 3, 2019 2:35 p.m. ET

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says its new shirt for next season will be missing its stripe design for the first time in club history.

Instead, the club's famous blue-and-burgundy colors will be distributed in a checkerboard pattern.

The club says that its first-choice uniform used for home matches has always used some form of stripes until now.

The shirt will be accompanied with blue shorts.

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