Why Are Football Socks So Long

The length of football socks is relatively long, some over-the-knee football socks can even reach more than 50 centimeters in length, many friends do not know why football socks to design so long, in fact, this is mainly to protect the players.

Football attaches great importance to foot protection. After all, foot fighting is very frequent, so many football players will wear leg pads to protect their calves. Football socks are designed so long to fix the leg pads and prevent them from falling off.

For soccer players who don't wear shin pads, the long soccer socks can also protect the lower legs from being scratched by shoe spikes or grass on the soccer field.