FIFA World Cup Defining Moments…

As the World Cup kicked off so did the soaring spirits in this country. My friend, David has got his door all decorated in support of France his home country. And it seems couple of gals, good looking ones, came over to his door to see what he had done to his door and our man had a nice time ogling at them through the peep-hole. Well, its all for France you see.

Was watching the FIFA World Cup Defining Moments on TV the other day. It was awesome stuff. And I am reproducing the last four.

4. The Beautiful Misses of Pele in the 1970 World Cup

This was a wonderful piece of video, showing how Pele missed on couple of occasions in the 1970 World Cup, proving that he was human after all. There was one particular miss in which he is running towards the goal to reach the ball before the goalie. The goalie is fast advancing and in that sma,l fraction of a second Pele just leaves the ball and the goalie is left in no man’s land. But to the astonishment of the whole world Pele’s shot misses the goal by inches. It becomes a great miss rather than a spectacular goal that could have been.

3. The Deadly save by Gordon Banks in the 1966 World Cup match against Brazil

When Pele headed the ball towards the goal, it was almost a goal until the hand came from nowhere lifting the ball above the crossbar. Not that the save mattered, because Brazil went on to win that match by one goal. But if there was a save worth seeing again and again, this is the one.

2. The All-conquering 1970’s Brazil team

Winning the World Cup in style. Carlos Alberto Pereira lifting the cup and keeping it with the Brazilian team for the rest of their life. This cup matters for the entire country like nothing else I guess. What the Cup means and does to the poorer countries in South America and Africa is much much more than what it does to the richer European countries.

1. Of course no denying the Maradona of the 1986 World Cup.

The second goal in the quarterfinal was as the commentator described a goal of undeniable brilliance.