These specific moments in football history capture the ups and downs of our feelings and cause us to fall in love with the beautiful game repeatedly. With the game’s capacity to change tears into joy (and vice versa) at each crucial move, there is undoubtedly no other sport that can cause its supporters to experience such a wide range of emotions at every turn of the watch hand. It also makes perfect sense to go back on the wonderful past of the most popular sport in the world, given that the FIFA World Cup 2018 is now halfway done.
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The ‘Hand of God: Diego Maradona’s Goal
Argentina’s professional legend footballer Diego Maradona’s notorious handball goal against England in the 1986 World Cup Final is considered by many as more than just a goal.
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Pele Greets Ronaldo After Brazil’s 2002 World Cup Win
After Brazil’s 2-0 victory over Germany in the World Cup Final, Pele, the country’s finest player in history, embraced Ronaldo, the country’s most brilliant player of the 2000s. Ronaldo himself netted both goals.
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Alex Ferguson Hugs Ronaldo after EuroCup 2016
In 2003, Alex Ferguson, the leader of Manchester United, made Cristiano Ronaldo his discovery. Ronaldo still views Ferguson as his godfather, so it was only natural that when Portugal won the 2016 Euro Cup, he made a special effort to hug Ferguson in the audience.
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Messi Scores His First Goal for Barcelona
When Messi achieved this, he celebrated by jumping on teammate Ronaldinho’s back, which marked the beginning of his path to greatness. The torch is being passed from one excellent to another at this point, which is widely accepted.
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Robin Van Persie becomes The Flying Dutchman
On the back of Van Persie’s unbelievable goal, which was scored while flying through the air to score the ball, the Netherlands destroyed the Golden Era of Spanish Football stars. He earned the moniker “The Flying Dutchman” for his remarkable achievement.
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Underdogs, Leicester City Wins The EPL
Leicester City wins the English Premier League and is named the 2015–2016 Champions in a timeless tale of the underdog triumph.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Bicycle Kick against England
Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Sweden startled the English goalie with this bicycle volley as he displayed his exceptional talents.
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Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero Scores Last Minute
In order to defeat United and win the championship two seasons ago, the former needed to win at home, but things did not go as expected because the teams drew.
I present Sergio Aguero. the Argentine striker who finished off a ball from Mario Balotelli with a goal to give the team its much-anticipated Premier League title.
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Kaka Prays after AC Milan’s Champion’s League Win
The devout Catholic Brazilian prays to Jesus in a symbolic gesture that has stayed with fans forever.
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Hurst’s Controversial Second Goal
Geoff Hurst of England’s second goal was recognized as a goal in one of the most contentious World Cup victories. Goal-line technology eventually demonstrated that Hurst’s shot did not cross the goal line, sparking lengthy discussions among football fans and experts about the decision.
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Pele’s Last World Cup
Pele, a football outstanding from Brazil, is frequently considered the best player in history. No player has more World Cup victories than him, thus that fact alone ought to be enough to place the Brazilian at the top of the list.
The fact that Pele scored his first goal in his first World Cup match and his final goal in it was almost poetic. Well, two objectives. Nothing less is reasonable to anticipate from a player whose dribbling prowess earned football the nickname “The Beautiful Game”.
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Balotelli’s Famous Pose after Italy’s EuroCup Victory
In the 2012 Euro Cup semi-final between Italy and Germany, Balotelli scored twice as the Italians thrashed the Germans.
