Italy will begin their new partnership with Adidas from 2023, so have said farewell to Puma by looking back over 20 years of jerseys, including the 2006 World Cup triumph and EURO 2020 victory.
The Azzurri’s contract is due to expire on December 31 and the FIGC saluted their historic kit sponsors with a poster and full-page ad in various newspapers.
It shows the 13 different designs worn by the Nazionale during a 20-year period that included them lifting the 2006 World Cup in Germany and becoming European Champions at Wembley Stadium last summer.
“20 years on our chests,” read the inscription.
“Thank you to our kit sponsors Puma for having accompanied us first to the top of the world and then that of Europe, for having dressed our every victory and every defeat and for having shared with us the dream that unites us all, that of the Azzurri.”
Puma made some great kits, especially the WC 2006 and Euro 2020 championship. Blue and gold works, the last kit was really terrible though, with the 4 blocks, glad it didn’t make its appearanceat the WC. It was an interesting idea but poor execution.Don’t think adidas will be better though. Hopefully I’m proven wrong. Always Forza Azzurri.
More often than not, PUMA kits were a miss rather than a hit. I’m ready for the Adidas chapter.
Even worse with the last kits was the 2nd choice whitea. We never wore it but Ghana, Uruguay, Switzerland did at the World Cup and it looked horrible.
Love the Euro 2008 kit the absolute most.
Many people don’t but I love the 2018 kit as well. But it didn’t give us good luck.