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
2006 Portugal and Netherlands

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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

2006
The Battle of Nuremberg
A sequel to the 1966 Battle of Santiago played out in the round of 16 clash between Portugal and Netherlands. As early as the second minute, referee Valentin Ivanov booked Marco Van Basten for a reckless challenge in a fiesta game that saw a World Cup record of four red and sixteen yellow cards issued.