Soviet Union 1988 player shirt by Adidas believed to have been match worn by Kuznetsov in the 1988 European Championship Group B match against Holland played at Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne on the 12th June '88.
It was both sides opener to the tournament and it was first blood to the Soviet Union who won 1-0 thanks to a 52nd minute Vasyl Rats strike. The Dynamo Kiev stalwart Kuznetsov played the full match and didn't give van Basten and Gullit a sniff.
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A 1-1 draw with Ireland and a convincing 3-1 defeat of England put the USSR into the Semi Finals as group winners ahead of the much fancied Dutch. There Italy were seemlessly dispatched to set up a repeat of this game in the Final itself, a mouthwatering prospect. Unfortunately Holland got their revenge with van Basten scoring one of the greatest goals of all-time. Valeriy Lobanovskiy's men wore this superb Adidas design with an octagonal pattern within the material in all of their games except for against England even though it was official their away strip. Kuznetsov went on to play for Glasgow Rangers and represented the USSR 58 times, also playing at the 86 and 90 World Cup and Euro 92 for the CIS.
Correct size player size flock print professionally heat pressed, cloth crest is machine stitched, flock CCCP logo and light transfer Adidas trefoil, made from 62% polyester and 38% cotton in West Germany, swapped with a Holland player and comes from their personal collection - a signed letter verifying this can be provided.
