Argentina and Paris Saint-Germain icon Lionel Messi, 35, confirmed in October that Qatar 2022 will be his last, while Portugal and Manchester United player, 37-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo is yet to make a comment on his future in international football. Messi are Ronaldo are unarguably two of...
17.Amercia’s Kristine Lilly played the most number of matches in women’s world cup as she represented country in 30 games. 18.Argentina women’s team are yet to win single world cup match in the history. Facebook
To date, only eight countries have ever won the World Cup, though there have been 20 tournaments. These victorious countries are all from Europe or South America: Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina, Uruguay, France, England...
He is also the highest goal scorer in World Cup for Argentina with 13 goals. Facts about FIFA World Cup The winning team gets a payout of over 38 Million dollars, $28 Million for the first runner-up and $24 Million for the second runner-up. FIFA World Cup is Europe’s prestige, wit...
But for its reappearance at the highest level, the French team--coached by Michel Hidalgo--made an unexceptional comeback, beaten 1-2 by both Italy and Argentina. (93) Michel Platini and his team-mates failed to reach the second round despite defeating Hungary_ 3-1 in their last game. ...
Interesting facts for Spain: the football culture Another interesting fact about Spain is that football is really popular there. Spain has many of the world’s best football teams, such as Real Madrid, On top of this, the national Spanish football team was ranked very high in the global comp...
Another fun fact about this UNESCO World Heritage Site is that the falls straddle a triple border. It is the meeting point of three countries: Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. If you’re curious about which side offers the best views, I wrote this post detailing which side of Iguazu Falls...
Lionel Messi broke his metatarsal bones (a group of five bones in the feet) and had to stay off the football field for three months in order to be cured. 31) World Cup 2006 Messi played on Argentina’s team for the tournament.
Till 1974, no brand display was allowed on the team jersey in the World Cup. In 1978, Argentina displayed an Adidas brand logo on its jersey prominently. Adidas has been the jersey sponsor for 134 teams since the 1974 World Cup. Nike is the second brand with 63 national teams, and Um...
Only seven countries have ever won the World Cup in its whole history: Uruguay, Italy, Brazil, Germany, Argentina, England, and Spain.[7] The World Cup has always been about pitting the best in the world against each other One of the main reasons FIFA created the World Cup was that the...