Few Great Moments From World Cup Soccer

World Cup Soccer has provided many great moments in history. These moments stay in your heart forever. A few among them are –

Maracana blow -

Hosts Brazil was favorites to win the decisive match of the World Cup in 1950 versus Uruguay. Largest attendance for a match in the history of football was present at Maracana in Rio de Janeiro. The enormous home crowd went into silence when the winning goal for Uruguay was scored by Alcides Ghiggia few minutes before the close.

Diego Maradona’s display against England -

Diego Maradona led Argentina to victory at the World Cup in 1986. The entire event was dominated by his extraordinary display. The quarter final match against England was really memorable. He scored two goals in it. The first was the infamous one termed as ‘Hand of God’ goal. He used his fist to punch the ball in net. Then he scored ‘the goal of the century’ where he dribbled past five England players and the goalkeeper to score a superb goal.

Gazza went into tears -
Paul Gascoigne breaking down into tears in semifinals of the World Cup in 1990 is still fresh in people’s mind. England was playing versus West Germany in the semifinal match in Turin. Gascoigne got a yellow card in this match. He would not play in the final match if England qualified because of this. He went in tears due to it and this was the main topic in headlines everywhere.

Zidane head butt incidence -

It was a very unforgettable moment that occurred in 2006. French captain Zinedine Zidane was playing the last match of his career. France was playing versus Italy in the final of the World Cup Soccer. Italian defender Marco Materazzi passed serious insult to Zidane. Offended by it the French captain head butted the opponent Italian player in his chest. Zidane was given a red card and he left the ground without looking back. France were left with ten players and lost the match in penalty shoot out.

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