The World Cup In An HourHistory In An Hour, 29/05/2010 South Africa 2010 - the nineteenth FIFA World Cup. 80 years ago, in 1930, Uruguay hosted the first soccer World Cup. The stars of yesteryear were as much revered as they are now. Leonidas, Ademir, Puskas, Fontaine were as famous in their day, as Pele, Beckenbauer and Cruyff were in recent decades and as Messi, Ronaldo, Drogba and Kaka are now. In one hour read the history of the World Cup. |
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advance America appearance Argentina Argentineans Austria ball beat beaten became Brazil captain Chile coming Czechoslovakia decided defeat Denmark despite dominated draw drew Dutch earlier early eliminated England European expecting extra-time failed FIFA finished five football four four groups France French goal goalkeeper goalless goalscorer group game group stage hat-trick held Holland Home Nations hosts Hungary included Italians Italy Italy's knock-out Korea later lead losing lost managed Maradona match Mexico minutes needed Northern Ireland Norway opening game Pele penalty played players Portugal qualified quarter finals quarter-finals record referee reigning champions remains representatives result Romania Ronaldo scored Scotland second game second half second round semi semi-final sending-off sent sixteen South South Korea Spain Sweden teams third took tournament trophy Uruguay USSR victory West Germany whilst winners World Champions World Cup Final World Cup history Yugoslavia