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 […]
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On This Day – 21st June
Michael Owen puts England ahead after Lucio (right) carelessly lost possession Brazil’s beat Italy in the 1970 World Cup Final which happened on this day fifty years ago. However, I have decided not to write about that legendary game, as I will feature it in my ‘Football’s Greatest Games’ series very soon. On this day […]
Football’s Greatest Hat-Tricks No.1
Rivaldo completes his hat-trick over Valencia, June 21st 2001 This new series features the greatest hat-tricks scored in football history. There have been some great hat-tricks scored over the years and so I thought it’d be a nice tribute to start a series about them. Greatest ever hat-tricks No.1 – Rivaldo (Barcelona) vs Valencia, La […]