BAFANA ACKNOWLEDGE UMU SUPPORT

Bafana Bafana players will use the warm up session for the game against Thailand this Sunday as a platform to acknowledge the support that has been shown to them by South African fans that have signed on the adidas Giant Bafana Bafana jersey.

The jersey signing campaign, which is called Unite Mzansi Unite (UMU), all soccer fans that sign the jersey being given the yellow bandana-like items called the UMUs.

“Since November 2009, we have taken the giant Bafana Bafana jersey to all provinces of South Africa in order to rally South Africans behind the World Cup and our team Bafana Bafana. The response that we have got from the fans has been phenomenal and the players would like to wear the yellow adidas item – which has been given to all signatories of the Giant jersey – as an acknowledgement of that support,” says Zobuzwe Ngobese, Public Relations Manager at adidas South Africa.

All Bafana Bafana fans are urged to wear their yellow items as well as their jerseys at all Bafana Bafana games. “From now on we would like to see a sea of yellow whenever Bafana Bafana is playing,” he says.

The Giant jersey is 60 X 48 metres and adidas is expected to show the signed jersey before the kick-off of the World Cup. The leading football brand is also expected to make an important announcement about the significance of these yellow items next week.