Nike
2026
Unfriendly Pennant
Unfriendly Pennant
Uruguay is the smallest nation to ever win a World Cup. A legacy built on grit. On turning every match into a battle. To translate that, Uruguay took the oldest friendly ritual known to football and broke it. So while every match begins with a pennant exchange, theirs began with a warning.
Case Study
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A pennant forged in metal. Shaped like a shield and delivered on enemy ground. That’s how Uruguay stepped in at Wembley. Against England. Right before the World Cup.


Results
+35,600%
earned media roi
reach 13x more people
than Uruguay’s entire population
zero
paid media

my role: creative director
@wieden+kennedy

