WHY DO ITALY PLAY IN BLUE?

You must be wondering why Italy play in their famous blue jerseys and so called The Azzuris The famous Savola family that ruled Italy had the savola crest on the Italian flag, that is without the colour blue on it. It was there from the year 1861 to 1946 . Just after the second world war and Italy became a republic. So Italy always play in their famous blue jerseys after all these years.