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 […]

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Iconic Moments in Football No.41

This week’s iconic moment comes from the 1982 World Cup in a group game between France and Kuwait. France were already 3-1 up when Alain Giresse was played through on goal by Michel Platini.  A whistle was blown from somewhere in the crowd and several of the players from both sides thought that it came […]

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