Big, Fat Greek Faux Pas in World Cup Team Posters

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Big, Fat Greek Faux Pas in World Cup Team Posters

In anticipation of the upcoming World Cup— the global soccer competition watched by billions of people around the world, US sports network ESPN hired a Brazilian artist named Cristiano Siqueira to make unique posters for all 32 teams in the tournament.

They should have also hired a spell checker.

Each poster featured the national team’s nickname and star player, and they each have a distinct style.

What the artist was going for with the Greek team— “ETHNIKI” or “national” ended up being a strange concoction of Greek letters that looks more like it belongs on the side a Russian submarine.

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