France vs. Switzerland had 4 ripped jerseys and 0 goals

“Sports company PUMA has immediately started to investigate why football jerseys of the Swiss National team tore when grabbed and pulled by opponents during the UEFA EURO game “France – Switzerland” on Sunday evening”.

New Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka was forced to change his jersey twice during the match, while Admir Mehmedi and the striker Breel Embolo also suffered a similar fate.

“Seeing our shirts being ripped in a match last night was the first time we have experienced such an issue”.

Along with the shirts, these tongue-in-cheek commentators noted, the Swiss are world leaders in burrowing holes into their cheese and mountains – the latter being a timely reference to the June 1 opening of the the 57km Gotthard Base Tunnel, the longest in the world.

Even Switzerland’s players saw the amusing side of their shirt-ripping issues.

“I hope Puma doesn’t make condoms”, Shaqiri told Switzerland’s SRF broadcaster.

France and Switzerland may have served up a snoozefest in their final group game at Euro 2016, but sportswear companies Puma and Adidas had plenty to keep them occupied during the 90 minutes. “Our product team are now investigating the situation and we will provide a further update once this investigation is complete”.

“It can happen. It means it was a fight on the pitch”.

Goalkeeper Yann Sommer, the star man in a draw that secured second place in Group A for Switzerland, does not believe that any changes are needed.

Puma has issued an apology to the Swiss football federation, blaming the shirt problem on a batch of defective material that, the Spotswear giant insists, was only used to make a limited number of Swiss home jerseys.

During the same match, the Adidas ball used burst in a tackle by Swiss midfielder Valon Behrami.

“Everyone hopes we play better, the players do and so do I, ” France coach Didier Deschamps said.