Towards the World Cup: Moments from the Past and Present

Prepare to read about unforgettable moments from the biggest stage of football, the World Cup held since the 1930s, and what football stars did or didn't do because they were interrupted. 

 

First, you can remember the goal of Argentine legend Diego Armando Maradona. In the match against England in 1986, Diego Armando Maradona faced the English goalkeeper Peter Shilton in the penalty area. As Peter Shilton is tall, it is thought that he can catch the ball, but Diego Armando Maradona overrides Peter Shilton's height advantage and uses his hand instead of using his head to make it 1-0. The referee and his assistant skipped it and counted the goal, but when the English protested, it was too late. You can call this incident "the hand of God" just like Maradona. In the match between England and Argentina, Diego Armando Maradona meets the ball in his own half only 4 minutes after his first goal. Then, despite the entire England defense, he never let go of the ball until it went into the opposite goal and scored his 2nd goal of the match. This one and the goal is called “the goal of the century.” 

 

Another World Cup memory is the first World Cup held in 1930. In that match, which was hosted by Uruguay and opposed by Europe because of the road, the surprising referee, Belgian John Langeus, was wearing a jacket and tie on the field. In addition, the European countries, which are among the 13 countries in the organization, train on the decks as they travel by ship. In addition, at the first World Cup in Uruguay, Monti is playing for the Italian national team, even though he played for Argentina. In addition, even though Turkey was invited to the 1950 World Cup for the first time, it was unable to participate due to financial difficulties. Also, India did not participate in the 1950 championship after being refused to play the matches barefoot. Apart from all these, World Cups could not be organized in 1942 and 1946 due to the Second World War.
  
Did you know that in 1950, in the Brazil-Uruguay match watched by 200 thousand people, 3 of the fans of the host country had heart attacks and 1 person committed suicide after Uruguay's championship? When you look at 1954, you can see the Spain-Turkey match. Turkey loses the first match and wins the 2nd match. Since the 3rd match ended in a draw, a coin toss was held. As a result, Turkey won and qualified for the World Cup.

 

The first match in the history of the World Cup to end without a goal was played between England and Brazil in 1958. Another labor of Hercules was a match in 1962 between Chile and Italy. In this match, there were very harsh fouls. "No Italians allowed" signs were put up in shops in Chile after the match. Moreover, 37 players were injured in the first 12 matches. 1970 Mexico World Cup is the first match in which yellow-red cards are introduced and substitutions are made. 1974 West Germany, where Italy's national team goalkeeper Dino Zoff's record of 1143 minutes without conceding a goal is replaced by the Haitian player Sanon.

 

In 1982, the general manager of the Kuwaiti team, Sheikh Al Sabah, went on the pitch to protest against one of France's goals and the referee later disallowed the goal. In the 1986 match against Mexico, Argentina's star footballer gives us another unforgettable moment like the "Hand of God". Maradona's beautiful goal against the English was dubbed the "Mexican Wave".  

 

The 1994 Russia-USA match brought in something new. Russian player Oleg Salenko became the oldest player to participate in the World Cup at the age of 42, and in the match between Russia and Cameroon that year, Oleg scored 5 goals and made the score 6-1.

10.12.2022