What happened. Newcastle United changed shirts during the first half of their pre-season friendly against Bayer Leverkusen due to an apparent colour clash.

The change happened at the first hydration break.
Bayer Leverkusen wore a mint away kit with blue pattern.
Newcastle switched to their lilac third strip.

The friendly continued after the kit change, with Newcastle trailing 1-0 at the time.

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