I don't think it can be understated how unbelievably stupid a chip in that situation is. It might be the dumbest Penalty Kick in history. Abonnel didn't need to save it, he wasn't going to bite on ANY misdirection.
My guess? Nike had supply issues or screwed up our blue jerseys(the ones we had worn before were a weird color) and/or these were supposed to be our blue kits and that’s why we wore the white ones almost exclusively.