Only one top level game: Greece at Ukraine in Kyiv, 2004. A dismal match played in a rainstorm.
What about Colombia...not the greatest team in the world and in the last qualifers they had serious goal-scoring problems, but they're always in...
Chile in 1990 didn't deserve to be in the finals anyway. They needed a win in Rio and I don't think they even had a shot on goal before Rojas...
Belgium in 1974. Only team to miss qualification while not conceding a goal!
Probably alreadly mentioned somewhere on these forums, but the guy was Jimmy Jump, who also ran onto the field at the Euro 2004 final, among other...
clip of Mussolini speaking in English; he could speak several languages YouTube- (Very Rare!) Mussolini's Speech - in English! (1929 Fox...
Why didn't Etcheverry play the last match against Spain in 94?
Exactly. In 'North American' sports what seems to be most important is whether or not a guy looks like he could be a successful athlete, not if he...
I guess we have to mention Denmark in 1990 as well. They destroyed Greece 7-1 in one qualifer and were certainly favorites to qualify instead of...
Also Holland 1982. They could have had Neeskens, Krol, Rep, Metgod, van Breukelen and young Rijkaard and Gullit.
Wales in 1994 too with probably their best ever team. Also Denmark and Portugal that year.
Johnny Metgod YouTube- John Metgod free kick
Jorge Campos scores on himself YouTube- Venezuela - México
Chilavert scores from a free kick vs Argentina in 1996 YouTube- Gol de Chilavert a la Argentina V2.0
Chilavert scores the winner for Paraguay in an injury time PK against Colombia's Higuita in 1990 WC qualifying. 2-1. YouTube- Il gol di...
I've come to accept that disapointing finals are part of the tradition of the World Cup in recent years. Along with things like underachieving...
What about the all star team? Also why isn't the keeper award named after Yashin anymore?
Portugal-Netherlands 2006 is the only one that had more I think.
From the sounds of things, it seems that certain cities (Cape Town, Durban) got rave reviews while Johannesburg usually did not.
They are a mostly dismal and dirty side...they're the new Uruguay.
Forlan
It was nice to see Uruguay restore their reputation as a great footballing nation. Some really thrilling stuff. And what can you say about Forlan....
I liked Klose's goal vs Australia, what a powerful header that was.
What was your goal of the tournament?
Re: Match 63 (3rd Place) - Loser 61 v Loser 62 - Pre-Match Thread This game often gets derided but I can't remember a dull 3rd place game in the WC.