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Top 10 Most Unforgettable Moments At World Cup History

Top 10 Most Unforgettable Moments At World Cup History

Well, the FIFA World Cup is simple. Thirty-two teams, 64 matches, one winner, and the rest, 31, go back, waiting to test their luck in the next tournament. However, every World Cup has moments that etch their place in World Cup history. For example, German fans will pick Mario Gotze’s injury-time winner or the thrashing of Brazil as their favourite moment. At the same time, few would point out Matt Hummels’s header in the quarter-final as their pick that helped Germany win a closely fought match 1-0. 

It is because moments that win the title cause a massive eruption of emotions or look insane on the football field that stays in the long memory. And after 21 editions, the FIFA World Cup has its fair share of moments. Some are euphoric, some are controversial, and others inspire awe. And it will be no surprise that the 2022 FIFA World Cup will have its moments that will stay etched in the tournament’s history.

So, we look at the top 10 moments of the FIFA World Cup. 

Luis Suarez- Hand of God 2.0 

While Ghana or the entire African continent will not remember this incident fondly, it remains one of the best gambles in the World Cup that paid off. Uruguay faced Ghana in the quarter-final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It was a historic moment for Ghana, who would script history if they won the match. No African team had reached the semi-final, and the Black Stars wanted to change that.

The match went all the way to extra time—however, minutes before the end of the game, something shocking hapeened. Ghana launched an attack through a free-kick as the ball was headed towards the goal. It looked like Ghana had one leg in the next round, but Luis Suarez had other ideas. The striker used his hand to save the ball and was then sent off, and Ghana earned a penalty. However, Asamoah Gyan would hit the post, and Uruguay won the resultant penalty shootout to break Ghanaian hearts as Suarez became a part of history.

Paolo Rossi’s redemption at the 1982 FIFA World Cup 

Imagine being implicated in a match-fixing scandal, being banned for two years despite being innocent and then coming back to help your nation to win the World Cup. This was the…

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