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Ahhhh, football stickers. Those were the days. Yeah, there were some incredible moments this tournament. Grosso celebration is probably my favourite. Zidane head butt was def the most shocking tho.

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Yes this Hungary is legendary. Possibly the best team never to win the World Cup.

Your feelings are understandable. I think this Hungary team is the greatest never to win a World Cup. They were dominant for years before the final. I think the soviet communist regime really damaged Hungarian football as well as this final.

@@TheSportsFiles-mm1kg I grew up in Communist Hungary so this game was a TABOO we could never discuss it out in the open!! Only behind closed doors people often said it was fixed and rigged game!! I only knew the final score once the Communism fall and already in Canada!!

Oh wow its amazing that they were able to cover up events like that.

ONE LAST COMMENT! Puskas really upset the Germans at their first Match by telling them in fluent German that he can trick them with his left foot and also right foot he can score from any distance and score real easy... so the Germans knocked him out and was injured for a long time!! Hungary paid a heavy price for PUSKAS careless comments!!!

Yeah, it's interesting how often that happens. There are examples where they go on to win it as well. Italy 82 is one. They were really poor in the groups. Even West Germany in 74 wasn't that good in the groups. Losing to East Germany.

I know it's really awful. Thuram was a bug part of 98, too. His goals in the semi-finals vs. Croatia.

That was a big strength of this squad. Everyone chipped in. There was no singular player they heavily relied on. Especially in attack.

Unfortunately, he didn't think. It was an instant reaction. He has always had that moment of rage in him. He got himself sent off in the 1998 world cup too with a violent tackle. But yes, he should have restrained himself.

Yeah, it's an incredible defence and goalkeeper. Even that penalty in the final was quite a soft call. It can be argued that it was not a penalty.

It's a pretty good selection. One small correction. You meant 1954, not 1958, for the Miracle of Bern and the highest scoring. 1958 was when Brazil won their first World Cup.

I certainly don't mean for it to come across as Italy didn't deserve to win. Italy was better than France through the tournament. France was really poor in the group stages. I do highlight the Zidane headbutt, but that's pretty much because it is the moment that most fans think of when talking about 2006 final. I actually prefer the Grosso goal and celebration personally. Also, in terms of Italy's world cup wins, being opponents bad luck. This isn't me trying to discredit your wins but actually emphasising how good you guys are when your back is against the walls. The 82 and 06 wins show to me how strong you guys are when you develop that we will show them mentality when little is expected of you. Same with the Euros win in England recently.

I think it’s because Italy in recent history never had a dominant team, at least not since the 30s. Italy won the World Cup in 82 and then didn’t win anything until winning it in 06. And then in the last 4 world cups they haven’t gotten past the group stage. Despite winning the euros in 2021.

@@TheSportsFiles-mm1kg Italy, as a matter of fact, was one of the most unlucky teams in the last 30 years. 1990 = PK loss in WC semifinals (after our GK allowed for the 1 - 1 with a mistake) ... surely will be luckier next time! 1994 = PK loss in WC final ..... another PK loss, and this time in the final, with Baggio's iconic mistake! .... but next time, we will have more luck! 1998 = PK loss in WC quarter finals (yes, 3 PK losses in 3 consecutive World Cups!). We will have our revenge next time! 2000 = Loss to Golden Goal in EURO final (after being ahead for most of the game. This is what we get after 3 consecutive PK loss). Wow, our luck! 2002 = Knocked out by corrupt South Korea ........ wow! 2004 = Knocked out of Group stage by goal difference ..... didn't do well in group stage okay, but our luck still played a role! 2006 = finally .... a bit of luck? I think we deserved it, considering we could have won a lot more in the previous years? :) In order for us to finally win a WC ..... we had to conceed 0 goals throughout all tournament from active play. Only conceeding from a PK and from an own goal ..... If you look at Euro 2020 .... we still had Belgium, Spain and England (not exactly an easy run). I'd say we underachieved if anything :)

Thanks a lot. I want to eventually branch out to other sports, but for now, I'll stick to football, and the EUROs make the most sense to do next I think.

​@@TheSportsFiles-mm1kgmaybe the Champions League finals?

I think that's def true for the first half of his career. The last few years he certainly started getting more recognition.

That was one of the strengths of this Italy team. Different players chipped in with goals. Grosso, Zambrotta, Del Piero and Totti, etc.

@@TheSportsFiles-mm1kg it was the lowest amount of goals for the top scorer of a World Cup winning team.

@@prometheustv6558 I mean, when you have Cannavaro as your captain, and Buffon as your goalkeeper, you don't have to bother about scoring goals

Thank you for the very kind words! I only started the channel this year, so comments like these are very encouraging.

Yeah, Zidane had an angry side to him. It really contradicted his style of football, which was so beautiful. Henry is a fantastic player. One of my favourites. I agree on this Brazil side. On paper the 2006 team was full of stars. But multiple were past their prime. Cafu and Carlos for sure. Ronaldo as well. Even Adriano wasn't at his best. I feel for Maldini. He arrived too late for 1982 and left too early for 2006.

@@TheSportsFiles-mm1kg Actually one more thing to that Brazil is that they felt they have won it before they have won it. Ronaldinho was also way underperforming and Kaka was injured, if remember correctly. It is a recurring problem for Brazil since then, and it always made me wonder what Neymar and Tite were thinking when they over celebrate victories over group games just to fall short when it matters.

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There are many players just, or even more notorious than Zidane. Notoriety in the game is really not hard to come by.

Yeah, Germany had a really strong decade after this World Cup. Their young stars really blossomed, culminating in the 2014 win.

It was the first World Cup that could have been uploaded to TH-cam

It's truly awful. Black players like Thuram were critical to Frances first World Cup win yet some people still hate them.

2024- France is now called Frafrica. Lol!!

@@Trancymindand that’s how you get maybe the greatest star in thr world right now in Mbappe? It’s so strange how USA is regarded as more racist than Europe but the overt kind of racism of the lepens would make our most overt politicians blush

Yes, it was a really good game of football. Both teams had a lot of chances to score.

It was the best match of the tournament, it should have been the final.

Two of the best World Cup matches were a semi final between Germany and Italy

Yeah, I'll never forget that moment. I couldn't believe what Zidane had done.

It’s quite sad that’s all Zidane will be remembered for along with his 2002 UCL volley

​@@John17489Agree..his undeniable talent was largely overshadowed by his temperament throughout his career. This headbut was just a peak of an iceberg

Thank you. Glad you liked it.

Thank you very much! Yes, the officiating was awful this tournament.

Yeah, it's a fair comment. I had a different editor back in these early videos. He made more errors than my current one, starting from 1974 video.

Thanks! Glad you like them.

Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, this Brazil team was excellent. They remain the only team to win 7 games in a world cup campaign.

Thank you for the kind words. 1700 subs now. So, making progress. I only started the channel this year, so I'm pleased with the number of subs so far.

Thanks for the subscribe! Yeah, I think a series on the EUROs will be next.

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, the refereeing throughout this tournament was really poor.

I think the most logical thing is to go through the Euro tournaments next.

Thank you so much!

Haha you had me during the first half.

Thanks a lot.