Tag: Meanwhile In Moscow

Meteore Mondiali: Salenko, una partita di ordinaria follia

Cameroon, Meanwhile In Moscow, Russia, The Grass Is Greener, World Cup
Scoring five goals in a single match surely is a heck of an exploit. Doing it in a world championship game makes it even more noteworthy. Indeed, this is something that has happened only once, as of today. The author of that astonishing glut was Oleg Salenko, Russia’s top striker during the 1994 World Cup in the U.S.A. It happened on June 28, in Stanford, California.
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Meteore Mondiali: Blanco, il giocoliere messicano di Francia ’98

Meanwhile In Moscow, Mexico, The Grass Is Greener, World Cup
When you manage to give your name to a specific trick, it means you have made it to the history of football. Raise your hands, those who don’t remember the cuauhtemina, a feat that enabled you to dash past your opponents with the ball tied between your feet. This is what Mexican attacking midfielder Cuauhtémoc Blanco showed during World Cup 1998 in France.
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Meteore Mondiali: Quando Letchkov fece piangere la Germania

Bulgaria, Germany, Meanwhile In Moscow, The Grass Is Greener, World Cup
"Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.” British footballer Gary Lineker, the author of this famous quote, was not always right. Because during World Cup 1994, the incumbent World Champions were eliminated by a header by Yordan Letchkov, a Bulgarian striker who looked like a bookkeeper.
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Meteore Mondiali: Asamoah, un incubo lungo 11 metri

Ghana, Meanwhile In Moscow, The Grass Is Greener, Uruguay, World Cup
It is said that, just one moment before dying, a person relives their whole life in an instant. In the case of Asamoah Gyan, one of the top images will likely be that moment in which he hit the crossbar from a penalty kick that could have consigned him to the history of African football - making his native Ghana the first African Country to ever reach a World Cup Semi Final.
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Meteore Mondiali: Guivarc’h, il Campione del Mondo senza goal

Meanwhile In Moscow, The Grass Is Greener, World Cup
Sometimes, you make it to history not because of what you did, but of what you didn't do. The France squad that won World Cup 1998 featured strikers like Thierry Henry and David Trezeguet. Yet, their starting forward was Stephan Guivarc'h. Today's World Cup Meteor (Number 9 on the pitch, and in our countdown) is the striker who won a world title without scoring a goal.
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