In 1974, Holland’s Johan Cruyff, wearer of Puma boots, won the prestigious “European Footballer of the Year” award for the second year in succession.
In 1982, Argentina’s Diego Maradona led his country to the World Cup title. Wearing Puma boots, Maradona scored the spectacular solo goal which will later officially be voted Goal of the Century by FIFA. Maradona is voted “Player of the Tournament”.
Rules of the Game: For FIFA matches, if a substitute enters the field of play without the referee’s permission, play is stopped, the substitute is cautioned, shown the yellow card and required to leave the field of play. Play is restarted with a dropped b
England's Football Association first legalized professional soccer players in 1885.
The mascot for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain was an orange named Naranjito.
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