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World Cup icons: Cruyff vs Beckenbauer – how great rivals became great friends (1974)
By Uli Hesse published
World Cup 1974 Rarely do the two best player's face each other in a World Cup final; they did in 1974, though...
Sergei Baltacha: English football's first Soviet star – who loved Suffolk
By Richard Woodall last updated
World Cup Wonderland As Russia prepare to kick off the 2018 World Cup on home turf, Richard Woodall recalls the first Soviet international ever to play in the Football League – and who took Blighty to his heart
82: Socrates on the World Cup's fun-loving losers
By Bernardo Pires Domingues last updated
World Cup Wonderland The Brazilian legend looks back on Spain 82, and one of the greatest sides not to win the World Cup...
World Cup icons: Fabio Cannavaro fights through the media storm – and goes down in history (2006)
Posted published
World Cup 2006 Despite being engulfed by scandal, Italy emerged victorious in 2006 – and their captain went down in history
Ranked! The 10 best goals of World Cup 2006
By Nick Moore last updated
World Cup 2006 The finest strikes of Germany 2006, as collated by a wildly clapping Nick Moore
Back of the Net's alternative 1982 World Cup: Farce, oranges, war and teeth
By Paul Watson last updated
World Cup 1982 A sideways glance at the Naranjito & Co. brought to you by the chuckle brothers of Back of the Net
The biggest shock of Italia '90: when Cameroon axed Argentina
By Nick Moore last updated
World Cup 1990 Right from the start, Italia '90 had its fair share of noteworthy games – from cup shocks to clashing giants and an intrigue-filled derby clash
The all-time World Cup Perfect XI
By James Maw last updated
FIFA World Cup With the World Cup now less than two months away, James Maw picks his all-time tournament eleven.
The big interview: Emilio Butragueno - "I scored four goals, but it wasn't one of my best games"
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
World Cup 1986 How does it feel to score four goals in a World Cup match? Simon Talbot asked Emilio Butragueno, who did just that for Spain against Denmark...
Jesus Navas on Spain 2010: "The most impressive thing about that team was the training; one, two touches all from memory"
By Álvaro Jiménez de Blas published
World Cup 2010 La Roja famously won every knockout game 1-0 en route to glory – celebrated in the latest FourFourTwo Film, featuring the insight of former Manchester City wideman Navas
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