In 2000, Puma team S.S. Lazio won a league and cup treble (Serie A, the Italian Cup and the Italian SuperCup).
In 2002, Robert Pires of France, a Puma athlete, was named Footballer of the Year in England after an incredible season with Arsenal. Midfielder Pires scored nine goals and led the Premier League in assists as he helped Arsenal secure “the Double”.
Rules of the Game: A goal cannot be scored directly from a throw-in.
The youngest player to score in the German Bundesliga was Nuri Sahin of Borussia Dortmund (16 years and 335 days) in 2005.
Bora Milutinovic is the only man to coach five World Cups with five different teams: Mexico, Costa Rica, United States, Nigeria and China.