This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 1994 World Cup in A Second Round match between Brazil and host nation the United States of America. USA had lost all three of their group matches in the previous World Cup in Italy but had done better this time around in front of their home fans.A win […]
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Football’s Greatest Hat-Tricks No.5
Paolo Rossi died on Wednesday at the age of 64. I wrote an obituary for him and this can be found here. The Italian striker scored a fantastic hat-trick for Italy against Brazil in the 1982 World Cup second stage against Brazil. The match is widely considered to be one of the greatest football matches […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.67
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ is one of the most controversial and deplorable moments in the history of the spot. It was so bad that a country was disqualified from two World Cups and a player was given a lifetime ban from the game. Brazil and Chile were playing a crucial World Cup qualifier at the […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.65
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 2002 World Cup and was surely one of the most shameful moments of Brazilian Rivaldo’s career. The 2002 World Cup was the first to be held in two different countries; Japan and South Korea with ten stadiums from each country being used as venues. Japan’s national stadium in […]
Record Breakers No.2 – Pele’s Goalscoring Records
Pele was one of the greatest players ever to play the game. He holds many individual records, including winning the World Cup three times. No other player in the history of the game has achieved this accomplishment. The records that I’m going to concentrate on in this article are his incredible goalscoring feats.To put it […]
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Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.18
There must be no greater feeling than to play for your country in a World Cup. You go out onto the field knowing that not only you are one of the best players from your country and are about to play against the world’s best players. Brazil’s Marcelo went into the first game of the […]
On This Day – 3rd September
The Emirates Stadium. Brazil 3:0 Argentina. Friendly International. Emirates Stadium, Islington, London, 3/9/06. Credit: Arsenal Football Club / David Price. Brazil and Argentina played out a friendly on this day back in 2006 at the brand new Emirates Stadium, Arsenal’s new home.The Brazilian side won convincingly 3-0 thanks to two goals from Elano and a […]
On This Day -16th July
Brazil fans’ nineteen year wait for a trophy was finally ended on this day back in 1989 as they defeated Uruguay 1-0 in the final of the Copa America.The game was a repeat of the 1950 World Cup Final that was famously won by the Uruguayans in Brazil exactly 39 years previously. Revenge for the […]
On This Day – 30th June
Brazil won the fifth World Cup on this day back in 2002, beating Germany 2-0 in Yokohama, Japan.Ronaldo scored twice for Brazil, opening the scoring after 67 minutes before adding a second with 11 minutes of the game remaining. Ronaldo’s first came after he chased in a shot from Rivaldo at the edge of the […]
On This Day – 29th June
It can be argued that the 29th June should be forever known as the date that the name of Pele became known across the world.On this day back in 1958, Pele scored twice in Brazil’s 5-2 victory over hosts Sweden in the 1958 World Cup Final. The Brazilian was just 17 years old at the […]