Tag: World Cup

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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