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
1950 A record disappointment A record 173,850 tickets were sold for the Brazil-Uruguay fi nal at the historic Maracana stadium, but the unofficial accounts estimate it over 200,000. It is an all-time record for attendance ever, only to witness disappointment when Brazil lost the fi nal 1-2. A word was invented to describe the disappointment: “Maracanaço” or the blow of Maracana.