FIFA World Cup 2022: Greatest show on Earth returns

At its best and its worst, the FIFA World Cup is more thrilling than any other event can conjure up. A live performance unequalled in its vigour and trickery, the thralling geometry of its movement a mere foil to the violent earnestness of its combat. From 1930 to 2022, from Pele to Zidane to Mbappe, here's a walk down the lanes of the history of the beautiful game
Published: Oct 13, 2022
1966 Engalnd Germany match

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  • FIFA World Cup 2022: Greatest show on Earth returns
  • 1930_France
  • 1930 Argentina
  • Italy team
  • USA team
  • Brazil final spectators
  • 1954 goals record
  • 1954 Stud boot
  • Pele
  • Chile and Italy match
  • 1966 Engalnd Germany match
  • 1966 Jules Rimet Trophy guard
  • 1970 Miracleous save
  • Adidas introduced the Telstar ball
  • 1974 the Uturn
  • 1978 Clive Thomas
  • 1978 heart embrace
  • 1982 Brutality unpunished
  • 1982 Prince Fahad
  • 1982 Paolo Rossi
  • 1986 Argentina
  • 1986 blunder
  • 1990 Hip dance
  • 1994 Brazil team
  • 1994 Escobar
  • 2002 World Cup
  • 2006 Portugal and Netherlands
  • 2006 Zidane
  • 2010 high pitch buzz
  • 2014 biting point
  • 2014 brazil supporters
  • 2018  goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary
  • 2018 Video Assistant Referee
  • 2018 Messi and Ronaldo
  • 2018 France

1966
Crossed the line?
It’s the extra time at the 1966 final and the hosts England and Germany are tied at 2-2. Geoff Hurst’s furious right foot blazed past the German goalkeeper, hit the underside of the crossbar, hit the ground and bounced out of the goal-line. Did the ball cross the line? The referee, after consulting his linesman, awarded the goal. Subsequent studies and simulations have shown that it may have not. England won the World Cup, the only one to this day.