Tag: World Cup
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NostalgiaAn ode to the true star of the 2010 World Cup, Paul the Octopus
Seven years on from his death.
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QuizzesCan you name every member of Italy’s 2006 World Cup-winning squad?
Gigi Buffon is the only player who's still going.
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QuizzesCan you name every player who’s won the Champions League & World Cup?
Strap yourselves in. This is a biggie.
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QuizzesCan you name every member of England’s 2006 World Cup squad?
Can you remember England's full 23 from 2006?
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QuizzesCan you name every member of Spain’s 2010 World Cup squad?
You remember the stars, but what about the rest?
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NostalgiaRemembering Ramon Quiroga, El Loco, and the World Cup’s funniest ever foul
When your keeper is nicknamed El Loco, expect fun.
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NostalgiaWhy Gigi Buffon, not Marco Materazzi, is to blame for Zizou’s red card vs Italy
The moment the mask slipped.
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NostalgiaA forensic analysis of Zizou’s amazing World Cup 2006 QF display vs Brazil
One of *the* great individual displays.
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NostalgiaRemembering Fabio Quagliarella’s best ever meaningless World Cup goal
If it's only consolation goal, make it a good one.
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NostalgiaOf course Ronaldinho meant to chip David Seaman – he’s Ronaldinho
Of course he meant it. He meant everything.
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NostalgiaA forensic analysis of Byron Moreno’s refereeing in Italy v South Korea, 2002
One of the World Cup's most infamous matches.
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NostalgiaWhen Dirk Kuyt ran and ran and ran his way into Johan Cruyff’s heart
LWB to ST to RB, and that was just one match...
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QuizzesCan you name every member of Germany’s 2014 World Cup squad?
Can you remember all of Germany's history-makers?
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NostalgiaA forensic analysis of Salif Diao’s wonderful goal at the 2002 World Cup
You're wrong about the greatest World Cup goal.
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QuizzesCan you name the top scorer at every World Cup since 1966?
You know Harry Kane, but what about the rest?
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QuizzesCan you name every player to score in a World Cup final since 1990?
Only a handful of players have done it since 1990.
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QuizzesCan you name every England player to score at a tournament since 1990?
We're expecting some high scores on this...
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NostalgiaThe Shithouse Files: Slaven Bilic v France, when he broke Blanc’s heart
“I could get this c*nt sent off here.”
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NostalgiaJohn Barnes: I was p*ssed recording World In Motion and Anfield Rap
What you're looking at is the masterplan.
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Quick ReadsEight current Premier League players you forgot had played at a World Cup
Most of these have suffered big falls from grace.
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Quick ReadsHarry Kane’s challenge: How previous WC Golden Boot fared the next season
Does their form continue through into next season?
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NostalgiaGlenn Hoddle: If we’d beaten Argentina, we could have won WC98
Glenn Hoddle still rues that Argentina defeat.
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Quick Reads27 things we loved at the World Cup: Kante, Maguire, Hazard & more
Can we do it all again?
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Quick Reads10 of the best World Cup chants: Russia, Senegal, Southgate…
Try getting this Southgate chant out of your head.
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In DepthThe *other* heroes of the World Cup: Vardy, Batshuayi, Berg, Quaresma…
The World Cup wasn't *just* about great football.