England was the first host country of the 1966 World Cup. In that time England opened their first match with a goalless draws against Uruguay. England snatched the wins the following draw match against Uruguay from Mexico and France. In the quarterfinals against Argentina, Argentina’s Antonio Rattin was dismissed in the 35th minute, but England were unable to pierce Argentina’s backline until the 78th minute, when Geoff Hurst scored the winner.
England then faced Portugal in the semifinals, and Bobby Charlton’s brace led the way in a 2-1 win. In the final at Wembley, England faced West Germany and England fell behind in the first 12th minute. But Hurst equalized the score 1-1. Martin Peters, one of the best players of England kept England ahead 2-1 in the 78th minute. Following the score, England won the world cup as a host country for the first time under the head coach Alf Ramsey when the English captain was Bobby Moore.
Geoff Hurst became the first and to this day the only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup Final and Eusébio, whose team Portugal were taking part in their first World Cup, was the tournament top-scorer, with 9 goals to his name. In that time, Bobby Charlton awarded the golden ball and Bobby Moore did golden silver.
In the 1970 World Cup, a Football War caused between Honduras and El Salvador with the qualification stages. But finally, FIFA selected Mexico as a host country for the first time. Israel had been with Europe, but due to political issues in the qualifying rounds. They were grouped in Asia/Oceania. In that time, the group stage clash between defending champions England and Brazil happened and England goalkeeper Gordon Banks saved from a Pelé header on the six-yard line, arguably the greatest save ever.
In that time, Brazil was very favourite that’s why in the quarter final Brazil defeated Peru scoring 4-2. In the semi-final, Brazil scoring 3-1 also won the match against Uruguay. In that time, Italy defeated West Germany, scoring 4-3 most of which(5 goals) became in Extra time. In the final, the match between Brazil and Italy was held in the Mexico city. In the match, Pele put Brazil in the 18th minute with a header. But in the 37th minute, Roberto Boninsegna, one of the best players of Italy, equalized their score1-1.
Again, in the second half, Gerson (66), Jairzinho (71), and Carlos Alberto (86) changed the final match into a convincing win when the captain of Brazil was Carlos Alberto Torres and the head coach Mário Zagallo. In the world cup of 1970, Pelé got the golden ball and Gérson did the silver ball. Gerd Müller, one of the best player of West Germany who was the top scorer in the tounament scored 10 goals.
A new trophy was created for the 1974 edition, held in West Germany. In that world cup, The first group stage had quite the storyline, pairing West Germany with East Germany, along with Australia and Chile. West Germany defeated Chile 1-0 and World Cup first-timers Australia 3-0. In the group, East Germany became the group champion. In the second group, West Germany would be paired with Poland, Sweden, and Yugoslavia, and they’d make easy work of the group, defeating Yugoslavia 2-0, Sweden 4-2, and Poland 1-0 to finish top and book a place in the final. In the final in Munich, the Netherlands went ahead in the second with a Johan Neeskens penalty, but West Germany weren’t to be rattled.
Paul Breitner equalized with a penalty of his own in the 25th minute, and Gerd Muller put West Germany ahead shortly before halftime with his record-breaking 14th World Cup goal. From there, West Germany held on to win the World Cup for a second time under the head coach Helmut Schön by the captain Franz Beckenbauer. Gerd Müller, one of the best player of West Germany who was the top scorer in the tounament scored 10 goals. Gerd Müller, one of the best player of West Germany who was the top scorer in the tounament scored 10 goals in the that world and Johan Cruijff cup got the golden boot. In the tournament, 97 goals became in total.
The 1978 World Cup was held in Argentina. The hosts finished second in the first group stage, defeating Hungary and France by identical 2-1 scorelines before falling to Italy 1-0. In the second round, Argentina scoring 2-0 defeated Poland and got draws in the next match with Brazil. In that time, Brazil beat Poland 3-1, which left Argentina needing a four-goal win over Peru. After goals by Kempes and Alberto Tarantini in the first half, the floodgates opened in the second half, and Argentina won 6-0 to beat their rivals out for the chance to face the Netherlands in the final.
In the final, Kempes put Argentina ahead in the 37th minute, but the Netherlands forced extra time through Dick Nanninga’s 82nd minute goal. In extra time, Kempes’ Golden Shoe-winning sixth goal put Argentina up in the 104th minute, and Daniel Bertoni ensured Argentina’s first World Cup title 11 minutes later to defeat Netherland under the head coach César Luis Menotti by the captain Daniel Passarella.with South American counterparts Brazil and Peru, along with Poland.
Dutch star Johan Cruyff refused to participate for this reason, though none of the teams decided to stay away. Iran and Tunisia were first time participants. There was some on-field controversy as well, when Argentina, needing to win by a clear four goals in order to make the final in place of Brazil, beat Peru 6-0, the total number of goals they had scored in the tournament till this match. They went on to win the final 3-1, Mario Kempes scoring twice, with the Dutch being runners-up for the second time running.
কোন মন্তব্য নেই:
একটি মন্তব্য পোস্ট করুন