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
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2018 What about Messi? And Ronaldo? Expectations were high on two of football’s biggest stars, with Cristiano Ronaldo arriving after yet another UEFA Champions League win and Lionel Messi having starred in Barcelona’s LaLiga triumph. But the curse of the Cup lives on. Both exited the 2018 World Cup in the space of just four hours as the knockout stages kicked off with mighty shockers. Messi’s Argentina bid adieu after a goal-fest with France, before Uruguay edged out Ronaldo’s Portugal. So what will be their World Cup legacy?