Terrible history about the world cups. |
World cup Italy 1938,
Argentina traveled by boat for 17 days to play just one game. In the second edition of the world cup, the runners up traveled to Italy with 18 man squad with 14 Italians in the squad who have never been to Argentina. They played a qualifying game against Sweden and lost 3-2 before returning to Argentina.
World cup Mexico,1970
This was the first match that colour visited our TV screens in Aztec Stadium with the game between Mexico and USSR. The first match on colour TV meaning that this was the first time viewers saw the yellow of the referee's yellow card and the first instance that substitutions were used with Anatoli Puzach replacing Viktor Serebryanikov for the soviet union.
World cup Germany 1974,
The arrival of the red card as Carlos Caszely received two yellow cards with one being for foul on Berti Vogts. Vogts had kicked me 25 times and i gave him one as a forward and as you are not used to it you notice it.
Italy 90,
The historic stand up of Cameroon,
Host nation didn't feature in the inaugural match but was instead the reigning champion. It was supposed to be a great jubilation for Albiceleste but Cameroon, led by Russian coach Valeri Nepomniachi were able to cause an upset as Oman Biyik scored a 1-0 win for the African side.
Korea-Japan 2002,
The reigning champions France lost to Senegal. Note that 21 of the 23 players from Senegal played their league football in France.
South Africa 2010,
FIFA boss Sepp Blatter, said that Nelson Mandela could not make it to the inaugural match with a tragic accident that happened a few hours before the kick-off. His great grand daughter, Zenani had died in a traffic accident that cause great sadness and Mandela decided to sit back with his family.
Russia 2018,
80% of players playing for the French national team are blacks and Africans. Mbappe and Samuel Omtiti from Cameroon, Paul Pogba, Dembele, Cante e.t.c are Africans. Yaounde was very happy on the social media " This is the first African selection to win the first match at Russia 2018 against Russia" .
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