FIFA World Cup 2022: Greatest show on Earth returns
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
1994 The other dead Escobar Nicknamed The Gentleman, the Colombian captain and defender Andres Escobar was known for his clean style of play and calmness on the pitch. In the second group match against the United States during the 1994 Cup, Escobar stretched to block a cross and inadvertently deflected the ball into his own net, costing Colombia the match and an early exit from the tournament. Escobar returned home to Medellin. One night, he went out with friends, hit up a few bars and was alone at a car park when a group of men taunted him about the own goal, then shot him six times in the back, and left him for dead.