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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...

World Cup icons: Fabio Cannavaro fights through the media storm – and goes down in history (2006)
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World Cup 2006 Despite being engulfed by scandal, Italy emerged victorious in 2006 – and their captain went down in history

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...

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...

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

Ranked! The 10 best goals of Italia '90
By Nick Moore last updated
World Cup 1990 We round up the tournament's greatest net-ripplers: starring Milla, Platt, Caniggia and lots, lots more...

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 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

Hugo Sanchez, the home favourite who didn't quite shine at Mexico '86
By James Calder last updated
World Cup 1986 The former Mexico and Real Madrid star tells FFT about carrying the hopes of the tournament hosts in 1986

BBC vs ITV: The battle of the World Cup theme tunes
By James Maw published
World Cup Wonderland James Maw compares the TV theme tunes to the last eight tournaments to determine which network is best (at coming up with World Cup theme tunes). Wistful sighs and shameful cringing aplenty...
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