Monday, June 20, 2016

Puma says ripped Swiss shirts due to batch of defective material (Reuters)

Football Soccer - Switzerland v Moldavia - International Friendly - Lugano, Switzerland - 03/06/16. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

By Victoria Bryan BERLIN (Reuters) - Kit manufacturer Puma said it had traced a problem with ripped shirts for the Swiss team at Euro 2016 to a defective batch of material used only in a limited number of home jerseys for the team. During the goalless draw against France on Sunday, which saw Switzerland join Les Bleus into the knockout phase, at least four Swiss players had to go to the sidelines to swap their torn tops. Germany-based Puma said analysis of the jerseys showed there was one batch of material where yarns had been damaged during production, making the garment weaker.


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