When Udinese and Borussia Mönchengladbach used the same shirt Lotto in the 2006/07 season did not have many ideas

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What makes the situation even more paradoxical is the fact that Lotto could have avoided this embarrassment of having two teams with two identical jerseys by simply respecting tradition. While the vertical bars of the bianconere have been an identifying feature for Udinese on the Italian football scene since the late 1980s, they represented an absolute novelty for Borussia Moenchengladbach. Black and white, along with green, are the club colours of the German club, but before this season they had never been associated with the use of vertical stripes. At most, they had been combined with split outfits, where one colour was used for the jersey and one for the trousers, and the use of vertical stripes was limited to white and green. Complicating matters for Lotto was Borussia's relegation to the 2.Bundesliga, where they finished last that season. The black and white jersey with the vertical stripes was also used the following season and accompanied Borussia to promotion to the Bundesliga, after which Lotto abandoned the design with the vertical stripes and returned to the classic white jersey.