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Line Up 4 / About the World Cup 6 / Intro to Editorial 8 / How The World Cup Works 10 / World Cup Timeline 12 / World Cup Winners Intro 14 / Italy 16 / Argentina
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22 / France
24 / Brazil
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30 / Germany
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The World Cup, formally known as FIFA World Cup in football (soccer) is a quadrennial tournament that determines the sport’s world champion. It is likely the most popular sporting event in the world, drawing billions of television viewers every tournament.
About The The first competition for the cup was organized in 1930 by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association a.k.a FIFA and was won by Uruguay. The tournament has been held every four years since that time, except during World War II.
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Over 265 million people and more than 200 countries play soccer throughout the world, that is more than any sport. This affects the culture and society of the countries because in some places they worship this sport like America worships football, basketball, and baseball. Soccer brings the world closer, that is why the legendary soccer player Pele has called it “The Beautiful Game”.
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The exciting sport of soccer has brought the world together, impacted United States culture and the whole world in general, and created a huge fan base. Soccer is often considered to be a universal language, spoken around the world. “Soccer is the most globalized sport. Owners of any sporting team demand and pay for top talent from anywhere in the world.”
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For much of the world soccer has long served as a form of ritual play onto which neighborhoods, tribes and even nations could project their most passionate times. The World Cup, which is the biggest stage any soccer player or team can dream of, where individuals can show their passionate support for their countries both in the stands as a fan or on the football field as a player. Go through the journey of the most famous sporting event ever known, from it’s early stages to the present and the future.
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How The World Cup Works
There are a total of 32 teams and they’re placed in 8 groups of 4. Along with that there are 4 matches played per day during the group stages. The group stages of the tournament run over a 12 day period.The next stage, after a brief rest for teams, has up to now been a knock-out “tree” bracket process with two matches per day, and minimal rest days until the final four teams contend for the last two games and then the final. Unlike Olympic football, World Cup teams are not limited to players of a certain age or amateur status, so the competition serves more nearly as a contest between the world’s best players. Referees are selected from lists that are submitted by all the national associations. Now soccer has turned into the famous game of futbol. For example, more than one billion fans tuned in to watch the final of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, “with the competition reaching a global in-home television audience of 3.2 billion people, according to final figures from FIFA and Kantar Media.” The impressive figures are a result of intense global interest in Brazil’s second hosting of the tournament.
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World Cup Ov 1930-The FIFA World Cup 1930 was played in Uruguay 3 July-30 July, with 13 nations.
1934- The FIFA World Cup 1934 was played in Italy 27 May-10 June, with 16 nations.
1966- The FIFA World Cup 1966 was played in England 11-30 July, with 16 nations.
1970- The FIFA World Cup 1970 was played in Mexico 31 May-21 June, with 16 nations.
1998-The FIFA World Cup 1998 was played in France 10 June-12 July, with 32 nations.
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2002- The FIFA World Cup 2002 was played in Korea/Japan 31 May-30 June, with 32 nations.
1938- The FIFA World Cup 1938 was played in France 4-19 June, with 16 nations.
1974- The FIFA World Cup 1974 was played in West Germany 13 June-7 July, with 16 nations.
2006- The FIFA World Cup 2006 was played in Germany 9 June-9 July, with 32 nations.
1939-1949There was no World Cup because of WWII.
1978- The FIFA World Cup 1978 was played in Argentina 1-25 June, with 16 nations.
2010- The FIFA World Cup 2010 was played in South Africa 11 June-11 July, with 32 nations.
ver the Years 1950- The FIFA World Cup 1950 was played in Brazil 24 June-16 July, with 15 nations.
1954- The FIFA World Cup 1954 was played in Switzerland 16 June-4 July, with 16 nations.
1958- The FIFA World Cup 1958 was played in Sweden 8-29 June, with 16 nations.The FIFA
1982- The FIFA World Cup 1982 was played in Spain 13 June-11 July, with 24 nations.
1986- The FIFA World Cup 1986 was played in Mexico 31 May-29 June, with 24 nations.
1990- The FIFA World Cup 1990 was played in Italy 8 June-8 July, with 24 nations.
2014- The FIFA World Cup 2014 was played in Brazil 12 June-13 July, with 32 nations.
2018- The FIFA World Cup 2018 was played in Russia 14 June-15 July, with 32 nations.
1962- World Cup 1962 was played in Chile 30 May-17 June, with 16 nations.
1994- The FIFA World Cup 1994 was played in the United States 17 June-17 July, with 24 nations.
2022- The FIFA World cup 2022 will be played in Qatar November 21st- December, with 32 nations.
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1982 Argentina arrived in Spain as the reigning champions. The star of the previous tournament, Mario Kempes, was not in the same form. But a new young star was about to enter the world stage: Diego Maradona. Unfortunately for Argentina, Maradona’s skills were ramshackled by brute defending and in the end his revenge caused by frustration led to a red card.
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The 1982 included several sensations with underdogs that shook European giants. Cameroon didn’t lose a single match, but was unlucky then Italy – the coming champions – by the slightest goal difference to advance on Cameroon’s cost. Honduras managed to achieve a draw in their first match against the host nation Spain. Another astonishing result was Algerians 2-1 victory against West Germany (one of the biggest favorites after winning the UEFA Euro 1980). Algeria would share Cameroon’s destiny by being eliminated by goal difference.The ambitions of the home nation Spain was disintegrated by a mediocre team. After the half fiasco in the opening match, they probably haven’t won the second match either if not the referee had given them a very dubious penalty and
– after the penalty kicker missed – letting him take it again.The most entertaining teams were arguably Brazil and France. A fine edition of Brazil (with players like Zico, Socrates and Falcão) would destroy Argentina’s chances to advance further, but after a somewhat sloppy loss against Italy, the Brazilians were also gone from advancing to the knockout stage. The less entertaining teams of Italy and West Germany would reach better results and would finally play for the trophy. The West Germany team wouldn’t exactly charm the football world. Especially the match against Austria was almost absent of initiatives, after an early goal, since both teams could play on the result and advance (the rule that the last two matches in the group were played simultaneously was still not implemented). The final has often been called
the best World Cup game ever. Both teams include players of the highest class that today are placed in the football pantheon. Brazil had players such as Júnior, Sócrates and Zico, and in Italy there were among others Dino Zoff, Marco Tardelli and Paulo Rossi. Poland, Italy, West Germany, Austria, Belgium, Argentina, England, France, Northern Ireland, Spain, Brazil and Soviet Union succeed from first group phase into the second.Poland, West Germany, Italy and France would when winning their groups in the second group phase and advanced to the knockout stage.Italy would beat Poland and West Germany would beat France in the semi-finals. Poland defeated France in the third place match and Italy won the final against West Germany with 3-1.
WINNING TEAM Dino Zoff(GK) Franco Baresi(DF) Giuseppe Bergomi(DF) Antonio Cabrini(DF) Fulvio Collovati(DF) Claudio Gentile(DF) Gaetano Scirea(DF) Pietro Vierchowod(DF) Giancarlo Antogoni(MF) Guiseppe Dossena(MF) Giampiero Marini(MF) Ivano Bordon(GK) Gabriele Oriali(MF) Marco Tardelli(MF) Franco Causio(MF) Bruno Conti(MF) Daniele Massaro(FW) Alessandro Altobelli(FW) Francesco Graziani(FW) Paolo Rossi(FW) Franco Salvaggi(FW) Giovanni Galli(GK)
Top Scorer Paolo Rossi(Italy): 6 goals
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1986 The 13th World Cup was actually planned to be arranged in Columbia, but a country in economic crises decided to back out of the large arrangement. The United States and Canada wanted both to take over as host nation, but Mexico was chosen. A controversial decision since Mexico already had been the host once and rather recently as well (1970); money had a big role in the outcome.The hostship of Mexico was however in jeopardy after a major earthquake in Mexico City, causing thousands of casualties eight months before the tournament. But the country managed to go through the event in line with plans. Among the anticipated stars of the tournament were Enzo Francescoli, Michel Platini, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Gary Lineker, Hugo Sánchez, Michael Laudrup and Diego Maradona. It turned out to be Diego Maradona’s World Cup and perhaps no player before had managed to rise above all other players in a World Cup tournament like he had done in 1986.
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When the expansion to 24 teams had been implemented in 1982, two groups rounds been practiced. In 1986 a different format was used with 16 out of 24 teams advancing from the groups to a knockout stage. This resulted in two teams (Bulgaria and Uruguay) did advance to the knockout phase despite no won matches and one lost match.After all, the biggest sensation in the group phase was not Argentina, but arguably Denmark. In their first World Cup final ever, they won all games in the group phase, much owing to the team’s attack consisting of Michael Laudrup and Preben Elkjær. The saga would abruptly end in the knockout stage after a 1-5
defeat against Spain.The home team boosted by passionate audience and the Real Madrid striker Hugo Sánchez would redeem the nation until a cold shower against West German=y in the Quarter-final. One of the high points of the tournament was the quarterfinal match between Brazil and France in which France finally won after a penalty shootout. France would in the next match experience the ability of West Germany to be best when it meant the most. In the final West Germany was the underdog against Maradona’s Argentina. Argentina defeated West Germany in the final with 3-2.
(FW) Sergio Almiron (MD) Sergio Batista (MD) Ricardo Bochini (FW) Claudio Borghi (DF) Jose Luis Brown (DF) Daniel Passarella (MD) Jorge Burruchaga (DF) Nestor Clausen (DF) Jose Cuciuffo (MD) Diego Maradona (FW) Jorge Valdano (MD) Hector Enrique (DF) Oscar Garre (MD) Ricardo Giusti (GK) Luis Islas (MD) Julio Olarticoechea (FW) Pedro Pasculli (GK) Nery Pumpido (DF) Oscar Ruggeri (MD) Carlos Tapia (MD) Marcelo Trobbiani (GK) Hector Zelada
TOP SCORERS Gary Lineker(England) (6 goals) Diego Maradona(Argentina) (5 goals)
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1990 The Soviet Union was the only other candidate (after England and Greece had withdrawn) when Italy in 1984 was chosen to be World Cup host for the second time.One of the matters that dominated the discussions before the event was the England supporters, among hooligans, were included and would be a potential risk factor. If it was a coincidence or not that England’s matches were scheduled to be played at Sardinia remains to be answered, but many felt comforted.A novelty, brought to the game to support a more offensive attitude, was the abolishing of the back pass. Another novelty was a harder ruling against the tackle from behind, that now could directly give a red card.
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The champions from 1986, Argentina, would suffer a shock by losing against Cameroon in the opening match. Argentina managed to advance from the group by the slightest margin and would go on all the way to the final, on two occasions by winning at penalty shootouts (much owing to Sergio Goycochea, a goalkeeper specialized on penalties). Cameroon managed to go on to the Quarter-finals and reach the best result ever for an African team in World Cup football. They were defeated by England in an entertaining game. After their victory against the African sensation, England almost marched on to their
second World Cup final, but an unfortunate penalty shootout in the semifinal wretched the dream.It would instead be another final for West Germany, a team led by players like Lothar Matthäus, Jürgen Klinsmann and Andreas Brehme.West Germany had impressed more than their final opponents, by winning their group and also by winning one of the tournament’s most unforgettable games. The match between the football titans West Germany and Netherlands would also be remembered for a shameful incident in which Frank Rijkaard spit on Rudi Voller. With Rijkaard sent off and Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit
underperforming, West Germany took a deserved victory. The final was not especially entertaining. Argentina, who missed their important striker Claudio Caniggia, played defensive and rough. As a result, Pedro Monzón and Gustavo Dezotti became the first ever to receive red cards in a World Cup final.West Germany would win over Argentina in the final and become the new world champions.
Top Scorer
Salvatore Schillaci(Italy): 6 goals Lothar Matthaus(West Germany): 4 goals
WINNING TEAM
Raimond Aumann(GK) Bodo Illgner(GK) Andreas Kopke(GK) Klaus Augenthaler(DEF) Thomas Berthold(DEF) Andreas Brehme(DEF) Guido Buchwald(DEF) Jurgen Kohler(DEF) Han Pfluger(DEF) Stefan Reuter(DEF) Paul Steiner(DEF) Uwe Bein(MID) Thomas Haller(MID) Gunter Hermann(MID) Pierre Libarski(MID) Lothar Mathaus(MID) Andreas Moller(MID) Olaf Thon(MID) Jurgen Klinnsman(FW) Frank Mill(FW) Karl Heinz Reidle(FW) Rudi Voller(FW)
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1994 Since the 1990 World Cup had produced the lowest goals per match figure ever in the tournament, FIFA made some changes with the idea to create a more offensive game in the 1994 World Cup. The goalkeeper would no longer be allowed to take up the ball with his hands if the ball had come from a teammate. Another rule change was that a player that fouled another player with the ball and only the goalkeeper between himself and the goal would get a red card. A third rule change was that a team gained three instead of two points for a win.Referees had also got instructions to be harder on fouls and the line referees were instructed to blow for offside only when completely sure (a somewhat strange criterion). Apart from the new rules the referees would for the first time no longer wear traditionally black shirts. From the perspective that the 1994 World Cup was characterized by attacking games, the rule changes reached their goals (this was relatively speaking, the goals per match were actually not much higher than in 1990).
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WINNING TEAM Taffarel(GK) Jorginho(DEF) Ricardo Rocha(DEF) Ronaldao(DEF) Mauro Silva(MID) Branco((DEF) Babeto(FW) Dunga(MID) Zinho(MID) Rai(MID) Romario(FW) Zetti(GK) Aldair(DEF) Cafu(DEF) Marcio Santos(DEF) Leonardo(MID) Mazinho(MID) Paulo Sergio(FW) Muller(FW) Ronaldo(FW) Viola(FW) Gilmar Rinaldi(GK)
The two biggest sensations in the tournament were Sweden and Bulgaria. Sweden, elevated to a new level by players like Tomas Brolin and Martin Dahlin, was near their second World Cup final and Bulgaria, with the Barcelona player Hristo Stoichkov, could have reached their first. Instead, the teams would meet each other in the match of third place.The World Cup trophy would once again be lifted by Brazilians players and their striker Romário was arguably the biggest reason for it. The last game was, however, an example of how hesitant and careful a final in big football tournaments sometimes
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TOP SCORERS
Hristo Stoichkov(Bulgaria) (6 goals) Russia Oleg Salenko(Russia) (6 goals) Romário(Brazil) (5 goals)
tends to be. Two events that did not occur chiefly on the pitch shadowed the sporting aspects. The first was Diego Maradona that abruptly departed from the tournament after testing positive for ephedrine, a non allowed substance used for weight loss. Maradona had made a comeback in the Argentinian national team and had lost 20 pounds in a short time. He showed some brilliance on the field against Greece, but Argentina had to manage without him in the remaining matches (his substitute Ortega, who presented a playing style what mirrored Maradona’s, got instead a breakthrough).
The second event that gave a shadow over the tournament was the gruesome murder of the Colombian defender Andrés Escobar whose unlucky own goal against United States would lead to him getting murdered after he returned to Colombia. Brazil would defeat Italy in the final and for the first time in World Cup history the final match would be a draw after both ordinary match time and extra time. The match would therefore be decided by a penalty shootout in which Brazil won after Italy had missed their third penalty.
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1998 After being blacklisted under a long period for the apartheid, South Africa made their first appearance in FIFA World Cup. Yugoslavia had been banned from several competitions due to the Balkan War, now they were back and also Croatia for the first time since their independence. The same was true for Jamaica, which for the first time had qualified for the final tournament.
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One of the matches in Group F was special due to the political conflicts that had surrounded the two nations, United States and Iran. The United States was seen as “the big Satan” in Iran, but when the nations met at the football field mutual respect was given. The home team France would hold up to the pressure and could finally win the tournament, but not without difficulties. The star Zinedine Zidane would get a red card after a stupid kick against a player. France would still win the group and Zidane would return to the team after one match suspension. In the Round of 16, France needed extra time to score a goal against Paraguay, and they were forced to gamble against Italy in the next
game with a penaltyshootout. The German team included many older players, and they would be crushed by Croatia in the Quarter-finals. Argentina was going for their third title and had a dribbler in the Maradona-like Ortega – Ortega would, however lose his temper (as Maradona in 1982) and was sent off after head-butting the Holland goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar. The Dutch team showed the rest of the world an unpleasant discord based on the contradiction between black and white players. The team would, nevertheless, perform at a high level and was very close to reaching the final. Until the final many thought that Ronaldo’s brilliance would serve Brazil another World Cup
WINNING TEAM Fabian Barthez(GK) Lionel Charbonnier(GK) Bernard Lama(GK) Laurent Blanc(DEF) Vincent Candela(DEF) Marcel Desailly(DEF) Frank Lebeouf(DEF) Bixente Lizarazu(DEF) Lilian Thuram(DEF) Alain Boghossain(MID) Didier Deschamps(MID) Bernard Diomede(MID) Youri Djorkaeff(MID) Christian Kerembeu(MID) Emmanuel Petit(MID) Robert Pires(MID) Patrick Vieira(MID) Zinedine Zidane(MID) Christophe Dugarry(FW) Stephane Guivarc’h(FW) Thierry Henry(FW) David Trezeguet(FW)
title in similar fashion as Romario’s brilliance had done four years earlier. His appearance in the final was, however, only a shadow of himself, and the rest of the Brazilian team were seemingly affected by Ronaldo’s poor condition. Already before the match something strange seemed to be going on: the Brazilian team didn’t go out to warm up. Afterwards, many rumors said different things. What actually had happened was that Ronaldo had collapsed before the game, but if it was a nervous breakdown, an epileptic seizure or something else would have remained unanswered. France would beat Brazil in the final with 3-0, the biggest goal difference in a World Cup final since 1958.
Top Scorers
Davor Suker(Croatia): 6 goals Thierry Henry(France): 3 goals
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2002 South Korea or Japan were hardly obvious candidates as hosts for the biggest football tournament in the world. Instead of bringing the action to a place associated with football tradition, the reasons for the choice were mainly based on an attempt to expand the game into a new market with billions of people.
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The French team that had won the previous World Cup had also won the latest European Championship and arrived as one of the favorites. France was, however, diluted by injuries to the two key players Zinedine Zidane (who would join the team in the third game) and Robert Pires. The road for another victory would, however, turn into a large fiasco. It began in the first match against Senegal – a former French colony whose national team consisted of players belonging to the French clubs, among some were in the second division. Senegal won and France would be placed last in the group with only one point and no scored goals.The French failure was one of many great failures in FIFA World Cup 2002. Perhaps the biggest favorites before the tournament, Argentina, didn’t go through to the knockout stage. The analyses could conclude that Argentina had had more possessions and more corners than any other team. Despite that, the team managed only to score twice, which may have been because of a tactical formation
that made them easy to defend against.Portugal would meet the same destiny as Argentina whereas Italy would be eliminated directly in the knockout phase against the sensation South Korea. South Korea would be the greatest sensation. After defeating Italy, they eliminated Spain in the Quarter-finals and until the saga ended with a 0-1 defeat in the Semi-finals. The marvelous success for this completely unknown team would also be seen plenty of disaffection. Some felt that the team had been favored by the referees and especially would the game against Spain – with two goals for Spain rejected – be controversial. The final would be played by the two superpowers in the game, Brazil and Germany, whom strangely enough never before had faced each other in a World Cup match. Germany was once again in a final without impressing especially much in the tournament so far, and furthermore was one of their most important players, Michael Ballack, secluded in the final. A
remaining impression in hindsight was that the great teams and the great players performed at the expected level. One plausible reason was that they were tired already before the start of the tournament. The numbers of matches in the World Cup qualifications and also in the big European club tournaments had also increased in numbers of games. The reason behind was the money that could be made from matches for media companies and other involved organizers. When it was time for the biggest event on earth the main attractions (e.i. the star players) were unfortunately not always in the best shape. Germany would go on to lose 2-0 to Brazil, this will put Brazil with the record of 5 world cup titles which is still a record today.
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Top Scorers
Ronaldo (Brazil): 8 goals
Marcos (GK) Dida (GK) Rogério Ceni (GK) Cafu (Roma) (DEF) Lúcio (DEF) Roque Júnior (DEF) Edmílson (DEF) Roberto Carlos (DEF) Juliano Belletti (DEF) Ânderson Polga (DEF) Júnior (DEF) Ricardinho (MID) Gilberto Silva (MID) Vampeta (MID) Juninho (MID) Kaká (MID) Ronaldinho (MID) Rivaldo (MID) Kléberson (MID) Ronaldo (FW) Denílson (FW) Edílson (FW) Luizão (FW)
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2006 Just before the tournament the biggest scandal ever in Italian football, Calcipoli, concerning match-fixing, had exploded in the football world and many players in the Italian team were in some way affected by it. The events would have a positive impact on their performance and not vice versa.
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WINNING TEAM Gianluigi Buffon(GK) Cristian Zacardo(DEF) Fabio Grosso(DEF) Danielle De Rossi(MID) Fabio Cannavaro(DEF) Andrea Bazargli(DEF) Alessandro Del Piero(FW) Gennero Gattuso(MID) Luca Toni(FW) Francesco Totti(FW) Alberto Gilardino(FW) Angelo Peruzzi(GK) Alessandro Nesta(DEF) Marco Amelia(GK) Vincenzo Iaquinta(FW) Mauro Camoronesi(MID) Simone Barone(MID) Filipo Inzaghi(FW) Gianluca Zambrotta((DEF) Simone Perrota(MID) Andrea Pirlo(MID) Masimo Oddo(DEF) Marco Materazzi(DEF)
The match between Germany and Costa Rica which included six goals became the opening match with most goals in the tournament. Few goals per match, almost a new low record, would, however, characterized the tournament as a whole.The team that impressed most in the group phase may have been Argentina. In the second match against Serbia and Montenegro, Argentina won 6-0 and one of the goals was arguably the best in the World Cup: 24 passes were made before the second goal was
made by Esteban Cambiasso. Argentina would eliminate Mexico in the Round of 16 after yet another dream goal, this time a shot by Maxi Rodríguez. They would, however, lose on penalties in the next match against Germany.Germany that effortless had advanced from the group and slammed Sweden in the Round of 16 before the encounter with Argentina would in the next match lose against Italy.Italy would also win the final against France, when the final for the second time in World Cup
history was decided by a penalty shootout. France had taken the lead on a dubious given penalty before Italy’s equalizer. But the most talked about incident became the headbutt Zinedine Zidane did on Italian defender Marco Materazzis and that gave him a red card. Italy would beat France in the final with 5-3, after a penalty shootout.
Top Scorers
Miroslav Klose(Germany): 5 goals Luca Toni(Italy): 2 goals
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2010 FIFA World Cup 2010 would be historical in terms of the location; it was the first time ever that the tournament was played in Africa (Morocco had been rather close to being the host in 1994, 7 votes against 10 votes for USA). But this time it was decided that the tournament would be arranged in Africa and consequently only African countries’ candidates for the hosting – Egypt and Morocco came closest in the bidding process. The football audience that had followed the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup on television had been acquainted with the brass instrument named Vuvuzela, that filled the stadiums with a high and monotonic sound during the games. Since the appearance of Vuvuzelas disturbed a part of the spectators and conceivably the players as well a debate concerning prohibition of the Vuvuzelas arose before the tournament. No ban was, however determined.
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WINNING TEAM Brazil, Germany, Spain and Argentina were four of the biggest favorites before the start of the tournament. Argentina had the spectacular duo of Diego Maradona as coach and Lionel Messi on the pitch. After impressive performances by the Argentinian side, it would be an abrupt halt with a 0-4 against Germany in the Quarterfinals. Brazil would also be eliminated in the Quarterfinals by Netherlands. Spain and Germany, the other two great favorites, would meet in one of the Semi-finals and the result would be a rematch of
the Euro 2008 final between the two teams.In the other of the Semi-finals Netherlands would defeat Uruguay in a somewhat brutal game. The brutality that escalated from the Netherlands side in the final should have resulted in two red cards. When Andrés Iniesta scored the only goal in the game for Spain it felt morally deserved. Spain, who were the reigning European champions, managed to win the following World Cup, which only West Germany had succeeded with before. Spain would beat the Netherlands in the final with 1-0, after extra time.
Iker Casillas(GK) Raul Albiol(DEF) Gerard Pique(DEF) Carlos Marchena(DEF) Carles Puyol(DEF) Andres Iniesta(MID) David Villa(FW) Xavi Hernandez(MID) Fernando Torres(FW) Cesc Fabregas(MID) Joan Capedevila(MID) Victor Valdes(GK) Juan Mata(MID) Xabi Alonso(MID) Sergio Ramos(DEF) Sergio Busquets(MID) Álvaro Arbeloa(MID) Pedro(FW) Fernando Llorrente(FW) Martinez Javi(MID) David Silva(MID) Jesus Navas(FW) Pepe Reina(GK)
Top Scorers
Thomas Muller(Germany): 5 goals David Villa(Spain): 5 goals Wesley Sneijder(Netherlands): 5 goals Diego Forlan(Uruguay): 5 goals
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2014 The FIFA World Cup in Brazil was preceded with protests and also delays in the construction and rebuilding of stadiums.It was the enormous sums involved in constructing and rebuilding football stadiums for the event that caused the protests – that also escalated in wild street demonstrations. The cost for the rebuilding of the Maracana Stadium landed on €335 million. The controversy was fueled by additional circumstances, such as construction workers dying in accidents and that residents around the stadium and other World Cup related constructions were forced to leave their homes Most shocking of all was the allegations that police death patrols had operated before the tournament in order to clear out the streets from homeless people and other undesirable elements.
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WINNING TEAM
Top Scorers
James Rodriguez(Columbia): 6 goals Thomas Muller(Germany): 4 goalsoals
Manuel Neuer(GK) Kevin Grosskreutz(DEF) Matthias Ginte(MID) Benedikt Höwedes(DEF) Mats Hummels(DEF) Sami Khedira(MID) Bastian Schweinsteiger(MID) Mesut Özil(MID) André Schürrle(MID) Lukas Podolski(MID) Miroslav Klose(FW) Ron-Robert Zieler(GK) Thomas Müller(MID) Julian Draxler(MID) Erik Durm(DEF) Philipp Lahm(DEF) Per Mertesacker(DEF) Toni Kroos(MID) Mario Götze(MID) Jérôme Boateng(DEF) Shkodran Mustafi(DEF) Roman Weidenfeller(DEF) Christoph Kramer(MID)
Brazil as the home team had high hopes of winning another trophy, and were a favorite because the South American teams traditionally would be known to be strong playing on their own continent – no European had never won a World Cup played on the American continent. Brazil played well and especially spectacular and dangerous for the opposing teams was Neymar. But Neymar was injured after a vicious tackle in the quarter-final against Colombia. This was most probably the biggest reason that the home team in the next match would lose by a humiliating 1-7 against Germany. Germany that seemed unbreakable forced Argentina to play defensively in the final. Argenti-
na was well organized, but in the second part of the extra time Mario Götze gave Germany a 1-0 lead that turned out to be decisive.
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2018 The thing many talked about before the tournament and after it started was the novelty video assistant referee system (VAR). For the first time in the World Cup, the decisions of the referee could be changed after reviewing the situation by the use of video footage. In addition, situations that the referee had not reacted upon could result in retrospective action by communications from assistant referees with access to video footage. It was a big step and the system seemed to be of great importance in several games. For example, in penalty situations in which the referee now could choose to review the situation through video before taking a final decision. The very first time VAR affected the outcome of a decision was in the match France-Australia, in which France was given a penalty based on video assistance.One of the plausible VAR effects to suspect was therefore a higher goal average than normal. The goal average was indeed higher than in both 2006 and 2010, but not higher than in 2014.
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The host nation Russia with a fourth place from 1966 as their so far best World Cup performance was the lowestranked team by FIFA, but started in impressive style by beating Saudi Arabia with 5 to 0. They continue to play above expectations by beating Egypt with the hyped Mohamed Salah on field. Uruguay led by the forward duo Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani, would beat Russia in the third group match by 3-0, however both teams would go on to the knockout stage. Russia would be involved in two dramatic games in the knockout stage. In the Round of 16 they won
after penalties, eliminating Denmark. In the quarter-finals it was their turn to face the bitterness of losing after a penalty-shoot-out. Some of the favorites were in trouble in the group phase. Spain and Portugal in Group B could not be sure of advancement until the final blow in their third games. Argentina would also be involved in a close struggle for the advancement to the next stage, but could secure a ticket to the Round of 16 in the third game. Germany had, however, to leave the tournament after three games after being last in the group and a humiliating
loss in the third match against South Korea.Before the 2018 tournament, only eight nations had ever lift the World Cup trophy. When the tournament was reaching the semi-finals two of the teams, Belgium and Croatia, weren’t among these. France would win the first game against Belgium and Croatia would win the second semi-final after England had been one goal ahead. By that, Croatia could be a new nation to win the FIFA World Cup. It was yet France that proved to be too strong and would win for the second time (first time in 1998).
Top Scorers
WINNING TEAM
Harry Kane(England): 6 goals Antoine Greizmann(France): 4 goals Kylian Mbappe(France): 4 goals
Hugo Lloris(GK) Pavard Benjamin(DEF) Presnel Kimpembe(DEF) Raphael Varane(DEF) Samuel Umtiti(DEF) Paul Pogba(MID) Antoine Greizmann(FW) Thomas Lemar(FW) Olivier Giroud (FW) Kylian Mbappe(FW) Ousmane Dembele(FW) Tolisso Corentin(MID) Ngolo Kante(MID) Blaise Matuidi(MID) Steven Nzonzi(MID) Steve Mandanda(GK) Adil Rami(DEF) Nabil Fekir(MID) Djibril Sidibe(DEF) Florian Thauvin(FW) Hernandez Lucas(DEF) Benjamin Mendy(DEF) Alphonse Areola(GK)
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WORLD CUP DIVERSITY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS 1982
62.5%, 25%, 4.16%, 8.33%
1990
58.33%, 25%, 4.16%, 4.16%, 8.33%
1998
46.87%, 21.87%, 3.12%, 3.12%, 3.12%, 15.62%
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1986
58.33%, 20.83%, 4.16%, 4.16%, 8.33%
1994
54.16%, 25%, 4.16%, 4.16%, 12.50%
2002
46.87%, 28.12%, 3.12%, 9.37%, 18.75%
Throughout the years, the game of soccer a.k.a futbol has gone through immense changes, this includes the inclusion of many more countries from different continents. Here is a look at how diversity has shifted in the world cup in the last 10 years:
2006
2010
46.87%, 21.87%, 6.25%, 3.12%, 6.25%, 15.62%
46.87%, 25%, 8.37%, 18.75%
2018
2014
46.87%, 25%, 6.25%, 6.25%, 12.5%
46.87%, 25%, 3.12%, 6.25%, 28.12%
Europe Americas Middle East Asia Carribbean Africa
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Photo Credits I- Pg.2, Photo by Thomas Serer, https://unsplash.com II-Pg.4, Photo by Fauzan Sarri, https://unsplash.com III-Pg.6, Photo by Emilio Garcia, https://unpslash.com IV-Pg.8, Photo by Fauzan Sarri, https://unpslash.com V-Pg.12, Photo by Vienna Reyes, https://unsplash.com VI-Pg.14, Photo by Alessandro Sabattini, https://www.sportphotogallery.com Photo by Football Balls Database. https://www.football-balls.com VII-Pg.16, Photo by DPA Picture Alliance, https://www.gettyimages.ae Photo by Football Balls Database. https://www.football-balls.com VIII-Pg.18, Photo by Allstar Picture Library Ltd., https://impromptuinc.wordpress.com Photo by Football Balls Database. https://www.football-balls.com IX-Pg. 20, Photo by Allstar Picture Library Ltd., https://www.mlssoccer.com Photo by Football Balls Database. https://www.football-balls.com X-Pg. 22, Photo by Allstar Picture Library Ltd., https://www.pinterest.ch Photo by Football Balls Database, https://www.football-balls.com XI-Pg. 24, Photo by Mark Leech, http://melvillemenezes.com Photo by Football Balls Database, https://www.football-balls.com XII-Pg.26, Photo by Daniel Dal Zennaro, https://www.theguardian.com Photo by Football Balls Database, https://www.football-balls.com XIII-Pg.28, Photo by Steindy, https://www.goal.com Photo by Football Balls Database, https://www.football-balls.com XIV-Pg.30, Photo by Matthias Schrader, https://bleacherreport.com Photo by Football Balls Database, https://www.football-balls.com XV-Pg.32, Photo by Paul Ellis, https://www.telegraph.co.uk Photo by Football Balls Database, https://www.football-balls.com XVI, Photo by Karsten Wingeart, https://unsplash.com XVII-Pg.34, Photo by Ben White, https://unsplash.com XVIII, Izzuddin Helmi Adnan, https://unsplash.com
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Sources Title: Football History Authors: Dimitris Basias Martin Wahl Oscar Anderson Rosa Nelson Link:https://www.footballhistory.org
COLOPHON This book was produced in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Graphic Design 4 in the Department of Arts, Culture & Media, Rutgers-Newark, under the instruction of Professor Chantal Fischzang, Spring 2022. The book was type set in Din 2014. The paper stock used is Epson Singleweight Matte, 32 lb., 90% White; Soft Cover is Epson Doubleweight Matte, 48 lbs., 90% White. This book was designed, printed, and hand-bound by Papa EkowMensah
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