The 2018 FIFA World Cup is coming to an end and it's time to discuss the brightest and most memorable moments of this World Cup. What records were set, who went home with a failure, what you can learn from the wives of football players, how and where celebrities cheered for the Russian national team: we will tell you about all this further.
Where the World Cup was held: cities of the 2018 FIFA World Cup
We decided to remember the cities of the 2018 World Cup. In Moscow, the matches took place at the Luzhniki and Spartak Stadium arenas.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup took place in 11 cities and 12 stadiums.
FIFA World Cup 2018: the best moments
Gianni Infantino called this championship one of the best in history. We completely agree with the FIFA President, because many records were set at the World Cup and some teams truly surprised everyone.
Russian national team
Russia behaved with dignity this year. The team showed a result that no one expected from them. For the first time in history, the Russian team reached the quarterfinals.
Footballer Ignashevich became the oldest author of an own goal in the history of the World Cup.
Croatia national team
Croatia has become one of best teams and managed to reach the finals. The fans did not expect such results from them. This team repeated Argentina's record for winning matches in a row.
England team
At the 2018 World Cup, England scored the most goals from set pieces and set their own record.
Harry Kane has every chance to become top scorer this world championship.
Portugal national team
The Portuguese national team quickly crashed out of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. However, one of the best football players peace went home with his head held high. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick and set a world speed record.
Spain national team
Although the Spanish team lost to the Russian team at this World Cup, it set its own record. In the first half, the players tried to pass the ball 438 times.
Results of the 2018 FIFA World Cup: who went home in shame
Except those who showed themselves with the best side, at the 2018 World Cup there were teams and players who did not live up to expectations.
Team Germany
The German national team at the 2018 World Cup showed a completely different performance than was expected from it. Having lost to the Koreans, they went home in disgrace.
Football player Robert Lewandowski
In qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, Robert Lewandowski scored 16 goals, but did not show his best side at the World Cup. The Polish national team took last place in their group and went home very soon after the start of the championship.
Football player Lionel Messi
One of the most famous football players the world did not show himself at all at the 2018 World Cup. Fans pinned their hopes on him high hopes, but in the end the Argentina team went home with nothing.
Tournament table FIFA World Cup 2018 has been compiled. The Belgian team won bronze at this World Cup.
The most beautiful fans of the 2018 FIFA World Cup
The opening ceremony of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and all World Cup matches attracted full stadiums of spectators. Among them there were a huge number of girls who are also worthy of attention.
The most beautiful fan was a 28-year-old Muscovite. The blonde came to the opening of the 2018 FIFA World Cup wearing a kokoshnik. The girl’s photo captivated many media outlets and the pictures immediately spread across all social networks.
A little later it turned out that the most beautiful fan of the 2018 World Cup starred in porn films and there are intimate photos of her online. It is also known that in 2007 the girl won the Miss Moscow competition.
The most beautiful fan of the 2018 World Cup, Natalya Nemchinova, said in an interview that she is actually not a porn star. Whether this is true or not remains a mystery.
How the stars cheered for the Russian national team
Celebrities also supported the Russian team. Some of them were at the stadium, while others were watching the live broadcast of the World Cup.
Irina Shayk, Natalia Vodianova and Natasha Poly decided to support our team in an original way. They published nude photos on their Instagram accounts. The only clothes they wore were scarves.
During the match, Polina Gagarina was in Turkey, but also supported the Russian team. She published in her social network photo in which Artem Dzyuba repeats the gesture. By the way, the photo was taken for the “Mustache of Hope” flash mob.
Garik Kharlamov was personally present at the match in Sochi and after the game he recorded a video message, where he expressed his gratitude to the Russian team.
Anna Khilkevich decided to express her support for the team in an original way by wearing socks with flowers Russian flag.
Yana Rudkovskaya with her husband and sons were rooting for the national team at home.
Olga Orlova and her son watched football on TV wearing Russian national team T-shirts.
Pavel Volya and his wife attended the match and posted a bright selfie from the stands.
Dzhigan and Oksana Samoilova did not make it to the match and were cheering for the national team with friends in a bar.
How the wives of football players of the Russian national team and other countries dress
Throughout the championship, the teams were supported by the players' wives and girlfriends. Let's see how these 2018 World Cup fans dress and what we can learn from them?
Georgina Rodriguez
Cristiano Ronaldo's beloved supported the groom in the stands and flashed her ring, which was discussed by the media for a very long time. Rumor has it that Ronaldo will finally get married.
Georgina Rodriguez prefers minimalism and elegance in her clothes. Overly naked images are not her thing. The girl chooses clothes that cover her body, for example, men's style shirts or jeans.
Cristiano Ronaldo's bride dresses stylishly and simply. We believe that those girls who prefer a minimalist style of clothing should take an example from her.
Bruna Marchesini
Neymar's girlfriend works as a model and quite often appears in lingerie advertisements. IN everyday life Bruna prefers tight and sexy clothes. Her style is the complete opposite of Georgina Rodriguez.
Bruna Marchesini prefers bandage dresses and pencil skirts for social occasions.
Edurne
David De Gea's fiancee is an example for girls who want to look like true ladies.
She prefers modest clothing and emphasizes her sexuality very carefully. The main rule in this girl’s style is to combine simple things and add bright accessories. For example, at one press event she appeared in a modest shirtdress of a noble shade and diluted the look with yellow sandals.
Veronica Erokhina
The wives of Russian football players are in no way inferior to the lovers of foreign players. Veronica supports her husband Alexander Erokhin at all matches.
The girl's style is laconic and elegant. First of all, convenience is important to her. For example, she came to one of the 2018 World Cup matches in a red dress and white sneakers.
The best players of the 2018 FIFA World Cup: which one is single?
We have compiled for you a list of the most successful and beautiful World Cup players whose hearts are still free.
Alexander Golovin
The CSKA Moscow player is 22 years old and at this World Cup he showed his best side. The young man is very modest and is embarrassed by compliments. Thanks to their professional work on the field, many teams are ready to fight for it.
Sergio Aguero
The thirty-year-old football player is one of the most eligible bachelors. This is not surprising, beautiful appearance and a salary of 240,000 euros per week do their job.
Paulo Dybala
This handsome guy is 24 years old and now earns 7.5 million euros per season. The young man has not yet met his life partner, and while his mother is cheering for him from the stands.
Marco Asensio
This guy is a young star of Real Madrid. His income is 3.5 million euros per year.
Gabriel Jesus
The young man achieved incredible success in his career in just a few years. The second half is the only thing the ambitious Brazil striker lacks.
The main results of the 2018 FIFA World Cup will be known very soon. Stayed last match, which will determine the winner of the World Cup. This World Cup was truly one of the best and showed that the country has something to be proud of.
Starting from June 14, the main event is taking place in Russia sporting event year - FIFA World Cup 2018.
World Cup 2018 is a historical event, since it is taking place in Russia for the first time. Preparations for the tournament began in 2010, when Zurich decided on the host country. During this time, Russian cities improved their infrastructure, and their citizens prepared for an influx of tourists from all over the planet.
The first round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup continues. On the fifth day of the 2018 World Cup, 11 matches were played, and the fan festival was already attended by more than 1 million people.
We show and talk about the best moments of the 2018 World Cup to date.
Day one:
Russia - Saudi Arabia 5:0
The victory of the Russian team over Saudi Arabia became the main event of the first day of the 2018 World Cup. The success of Cherchesov's team amazed even the most optimistic fans of the Russian team.
The first goal against the opponents was scored by 28-year-old midfielder Yuri Gazinsky, who joined the national team literally at the last moment.
Denis Cheryshev doubled the score, replacing the injured Alan Zagoev. Artem Dzyuba intercepted Vladimir Golovin's pass 89 seconds after entering the field. At the end of the match, Cheryshev sent the ball into the far corner of the opponent's goal, and Golovin accurately hit during the free kick.
Day two:
Egypt - Uruguay 0:1
The main intrigue of this match was the question of the appearance of Mohamed Salah on the field, who suffered a shoulder injury. A couple of days before the game, the striker himself promised that he would have time to recover, but the Egyptian fans were disappointed.
The victory was not easy for the Uruguay team, although Egypt cannot be called a serious rival. The meeting turned out to be not very spectacular: two misses from the Uruguayans, a sharp scolding from the Egyptians, and a goal in the 90th minute of the match from Jose Maria Jimenez.
Morocco – Iran 0:1
The Iranian team won the meeting with the Moroccans. In the 95th minute of the game, Moroccan forward Aziz Bouhaddouz, who came on as a substitute, headed the ball into his own goal.
It's funny that Iranian coach Carlos Queiroz said before the game that he hoped for help from the football gods, and higher powers seemed to have heard the coach.
Portugal – Spain 3:3
The match between Portugal and Spain, held in Sochi, is already a contender for title of best match of the tournament. The main hero of the meeting was Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored a hat-trick and helped his team avoid defeat.
For Spain, striker Diego Costa and defender Nacho Fernandez scored twice.
Day three:
France – Australia 2:1
In Group C, the French narrowly defeated the Australians. In this meeting, for the first time in the championship, after a video replay, a penalty was awarded, which was converted by Antoine Griezmann. The Australians also responded with a targeted strike from the spot (Mile Jedinak), but the victory was brought to the French by an accurate strike from Paul Pogba.
Argentina – Iceland 1:1
There was a sensation in Group D: the Icelandic team played a draw with Argentina - 1:1. If the Argentines are counting on championship, the Scandinavians are happy with their participation in the tournament.
The Icelanders responded to Sergio Aguero's goal against Argentina with a precise strike from Alfred Finnbogason. According to FIFA, this moment was the best of the third game day.
The hero of the match was the famous Icelandic director Hannes Halldoursson, who is the goalkeeper of the national team, who saved the penalty kick from Lionel Messi.
Peru – Denmark 0:1
The meeting took place in Saransk at the Mordovia Arena stadium and ended with a score of 1:0 in favor of the Danes. Poulsen scored at the end of the hour and scored the only goal. Midfielder Christian Eriksen provided the assist.
Croatia – Nigeria 2:0
The meeting took place in Kaliningrad at the stadium of the same name and ended with a score of 2:0 in favor of the Croats. Modric scored the second goal, converting a penalty in the 71st minute.
Croatia midfielder Luka Modric recognized best player match of the first round of Group “D” of the 2018 World Cup with the Nigerian national team.
Day four:
Costa Rica – Serbia 0:1
The match between these teams turned out to be quite interesting, despite the fact that it was played by group E outsiders. In the 56th minute of the match, Aleksandar Kolarov masterfully took a free kick. Keylor Navas, although he tried to save the Costa Rican team from a missed goal, could not reach the ball. The Costa Ricans tried to get one goal back until the end, but they failed to do so.
Germany – Mexico 0:1
Absolutely everyone was confident that the Germans would definitely win in the game with the Mexicans. However, everything did not turn out as fans and experts expected. The favorite of the fight found himself under intense pressure from the Mexicans from the first minutes. And for a long time the German defense repelled attacks. In the 35th minute, the Germans missed a lightning-fast counterattack, which ended in a goal against Manuel Noer.
In the second half of the game, the Germans went forward in large numbers, while the Mexicans built their game on counterattacks. At the end of the match, the German team staged a real assault on the Mexicans' goal, but they failed to score at least one goal.
Brazil – Switzerland 1:1
Switzerland shocked the championship favorites in the first round of the World Cup: in the first minutes, Tite’s team could not even cross to the other half of the field. But soon the Brazilians still managed to take control of the game and score a goal in the 20th minute of the meeting.
In the 50th minute of the game, Shaqiri took a corner from the right, Allison did not intercept and was forced to watch as Zuber headed into his goal from the goalkeeper's area - 1:1.
The Brazilian national team immediately rushed to attack, but numerous strikes by Firmino, Neymar and other leaders of the Brazilian attacks were unsuccessful. The Swiss held the score to a draw. We can consider that the second sensation of the 2018 World Cup has taken place.
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The 1974 World Cup marked a leap forward in tactical football. The Dutch national team in this tournament gave the world the term “total football”. The basis for “total football” was laid even before the Dutch specialists by the coach of the “golden team of Hungary.” The Dutch squad for this tournament may have been the best ever
It was the third game in the group stage, the Dutch team played against Sweden. Participation in this match cemented the name of Johan Cruyff in world football.
Controlling the ball next to Sweden defender Jan Olson, Cruyff moves the ball to disguise his special feint. He "wraps" his foot around the ball and cuts it in the opposite direction, leaving Olson duped. Thus was born the “Cruyff Turn”
Brazil 2014: Germany - Brazil 7-1
Houses and walls help. We can recall the victories of the host countries of the tournament. Uruguay in 1930, Italy 1934, England 1966, West Germany 1974, Argentina 1978, France 1998.
But in 2014, things didn’t go according to plan for the Brazilian national team. In seven minutes in the first half, the German team buried the hopes of the Brazilians, scoring 4 goals when they were already leading 1-0. The Brazilians, without their talisman Neymar, looked lost and could not do anything against the German machine.
The game ended with a score of 7-1. This match became the most devastating in the history of the semi-finals. Head coach German national team player Joachim Löw admitted that he asked his players to take pity on the Brazilians during the break.
Switzerland 1954: Miracle of Berne
In the final match of the 1954 World Cup, West Germany played Hungary. Hungary has been invincible for the last 4 years, and in final game led 2-0 by the 10th minute. What happened in the next 80 minutes remains in football history as the Miracle of Berne.
The West German team became the World Champion, managing to win a strong-willed victory with a score of 2-3.
Mexico 1986: Diego Maradona vs England
"Hand of God"
Maradona's second goal
In this game against England, Diego Maradona scored perhaps the most famous goals in the history of football.
Maradona scored his first goal by beating English goalkeeper Peter Shilton in the air. At first glance, it was an example of the athleticism and speed of a football player. But a close look shows that the goal was scored by hand.
The second goal went down in football history and is one of the most famous goals in history. Maradona beat 6 England players and the goalkeeper before hitting the ball into the net.
Chile 1962: Battle of Santiago
The meeting between the national teams of Chile and Italy at the 1962 World Cup was recognized as the craziest match not only in the history of the World Cup, but also in the history of football.
BBC commentator David Coleman didn't hold back when replays of the game were shown throughout the week. “The game you are about to see is the stupidest, most disgusting and shameful game in the history of football.”
The first eight games, which were played during the first two days of the tournament, included four red cards, three broken legs, a cracked ankle, and a cracked rib.
The Italians played very dangerously in their first game, but now they faced the hosts and stepped up their aggression.
The players of the Chilean national team were fueled by the support of the fans, the Italians later wrote about the support of the fans “this is pure madness, Santiago is terrible.”
The first foul in the match was recorded already at the 12th second. Four minutes later the first removal followed. Italian footballer Giorgio Ferrini refused to leave the field and it took 10 minutes for armed police to force him to leave.
Chilean Leonel Sanchez broke the Italy captain's nose, but did not receive any punishment for it. He later repeated this with Mario Davide, who was sent off for retaliating.
The game quickly devolved into anarchy. In the second half, the police were forced to enter the field twice. The judge stated that he "did not judge football match, but performed in military maneuvers." This game became a black mark in the history of football.
Germany 2006: Zidane vs Materazzi
This should have been the perfect goodbye. The legendary midfielder of the French national team Zinedine Zidane will carry the World Cup and then retire from football. But in the final everything went differently.
Zidane dragged the French team into the final, knocking the Brazilians out of the tournament. Many consider Zidane's performance at this championship to be the best performance of a single player.
In the 110th minute of the final, with Italy facing France, Marco Materazzi said something to the French captain. Zidane took part in a short argument.
Zidane then began to walk away, but turned around and headbutted Materazzi in the chest. Zidane received a red card. At this moment one of the most iconic shots of the World Cup was taken: Zidane last time walked past the World Cup to the locker room.
Italy won the championship in a penalty shootout. And Zinedine Zidane left football.
France 1998: will Ronaldo play?
What happened before the 1998 World Cup final?
Why was Ronaldo so lethargic in the 1998 World Cup final in France? What made him feel sick a few hours before the game? Who and why allowed him to go on the field, despite his illness? All this is one of the biggest mysteries in the history of football and the eternal pain of all of Brazil. Its brightest star, the best young player on the planet and simply a killer forward, became helpless and soft at the decisive moment.
What happened to Ronaldo? What caused the illness before the final? This remains one of the conspiracy theories for all media.
Spain 1982: shame in Gijon
The football match between the national teams of Germany and Austria in 1982 is a notorious football match that took place as part of group stage 1982 World Championships in the Spanish city of Gijon. The national teams of Germany and Austria played the last match of the third round of the group stage at the El Molinon stadium (another meeting of the third round of the group stage between the national teams of Algeria and Chile took place the day before the match between Germany and Austria). The match ended in victory for the West Germans with a score of 1:0, with Horst Hrubesch scoring the only goal in the 10th minute. As a result of the match, both teams reached next stage, leaving behind the world championship debutants from Algeria, who sensationally beat West Germany with a score of 2:1.
The match became notorious in the history of the World Cup: for most of the playing time that passed after the Germans' goal, both teams were openly killing time. They didn’t even try to attack the enemy’s goal, since the score 1:0 suited both the West Germans and the Austrians. This fact caused enormous indignation among football fans both at the stadium and around the world.
This meeting became one of the most unpleasant moments in the history of the 1982 World Cup.
Mexico 1970: Gordon Banks save from Pele
The most famous goalkeeping feat in World Cup history is Gordan Banks' save against Brazil at the 1970 World Cup. In this episode, Pele did everything to prevent the goalkeeper from helping his team - the blow was strong, the ball flew into contact with the bar, and even bounced off the ground. Banks pulled it off, going down in history forever.
Gordon Banks is confident that Jairzinho will serve in the area of the 11-meter mark. He is ready to start at the near post. But the ball flies further - to the far corner of the goalkeeper's area. Get from one bar to the opposite one. The ball flies to Pele for two seconds. Just a second from him. Step. Another. Throw. The gloved hand reaches out to grab the ball. It is impossible to catch such a ball. He's almost behind me now. Flip – up only
Uruguay 1930: first World Cup
The dream of FIFA President Jules Rimet was realized. In 1930, Uruguay hosted the first World Cup, paving the way for the next 20 tournaments.
Only 12 teams took part. This was the only championship where there was no qualification for the tournament.
Instead, FIFA member countries were invited to the tournament, of which seven South American countries participated.
European teams were difficult to convince to take part in the tournament, and clubs refused to release players. Some players refused the long trip to the championship. Only 4 European teams took part.
Uruguay became the first winner of the World Cup. In the final he defeated Argentina 4-2.
