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I'll give them a try... back in 1998 the blue shirt was originally marketed as the official away shirt, it was also sold as a replica, but come the tournament itself they wore the white strip against Nigeria. That then seemed to become the de facto change kit from that point.Reddit groups may have an answer. I tried Google as well. Most pages don't even recognise this as the away shirt lol
Initially I thought it was due to colour contrast (light/dark) for the World Cup, like what happened in 2014 when Spain wore a white kit instead of the official black change kit. However, given that South Korea and the Netherlands both had blue away kits in 1998, it couldn't have been the case. I had known Spain to wear white change kits at tournaments previously, but continue to wear blue when required to change for other matches, so it's a bit of a mystery.
It looks like between 1998-99 when these sets of kits were worn, Nigeria game aside, Spain wore their home kit in all senior matches.
If all else fails I'll just use the regular home socks given these got used against Norway in the U21 championship.
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