Charlton's first was a cooly taken side footed finish, while his second was a sweetly struck shot after Geoff Hurst had pulled the ball back. Eventually, the Soviet Union and England went to a playoff game, in which Anatoli Ilyin scored in the 67th minute to knock England out, while Austria had already been eliminated. He failed to score, but Brazil won the game 2–0 (much thanks to an impressive exhibition of dribbling prowess by his partner Garrincha) and the group by two points. Roy Keane, unsatisfied by the training methods ahead of the tournament let his feelings be known to manager Mick McCarthy, who later claimed in his diary that he had "never seen any human being act like this before, never mind a footballer." The match between Hungary and Wales in Sandviken became the northern-most World Cup match in history. Yet it wasn't to be, thanks to the exploits of Eusébio (the eventual Golden Boot winner) who was in the form of his life. The frontpage headline when it was returned read: "World exclusive. As in 1954, if the second and third placed teams finished on the same points, then there would be a play-off with the winner going through. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE GOAL, From beginning to end, England's 2006 World Cup campaign embodied everything that was wrong with English football, from the arrogance of the players to the celebrity hanger-oners. Gerd Muller put the Germans ahead before two goals from the Italians gave them back the advantage. This World Cup also saw the entry and qualification of the Soviet Union for the first time, while Argentina appeared for the first time since 1934. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE INCIDENT, World Cup songs are as much a part of the Finals as injury scares, penalties and the excessive drinking of lager. England went on to lose but will forever look back at what might have been. 29th June, 1958.
But when trying to get the ball under control, we was robbed by Roger Milla who stormed down the other end to poke it in. If the first two teams finished on equal points then goal average would decide who was placed first and second. A genuinely good song was combined with some memorable cameos by members of England's 1990 World Cup squad - most notably John Barnes' rap. He then rammed his head into Materazzi's chest, knocking him to the ground. Brazil beat Sweden 5–2 in the final in the Stockholm suburb of Solna to claim their first title. Czechoslovakia was a fairly strong team with a rich football tradition, and was considered to be no walk-over for the West Germans or the Argentinians, but nobody expected much from tiny newcomers Northern Ireland. Later, Cruyff would say the reasons for his international retirement were kidnap threats to his family. Germany began to back their team and the atmosphere surrounding their matches swelled the feeling and passion of the tournament. CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THE MOMENT, During England's quarter-final with Brazil at the 1962 World Cup there was a pitch invasion of the canine variety. Cup, the Germans were hugely weakened. CLICK HERE TO WATCH HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MATCH... Be warned, it's not quite HD!

The plan was supposed to bring them good luck - but they were dumped out of the tournament in the second round by Croatia - providing more than enough ammunition for a few blonde jokes. He hit back with four goals before José Augusto made sure of the win with the fifth on 80 minutes. Erich Juskowiak became the first German player to be sent off in It also marks the first and only World Cup hosted in Europe not won by a European team; a feat mirrored in 2014 where a World Cup hosted in the Americas was not won by a team from the Americas for the first time, with Germany beating Argentina 1–0 at the final. England can rightfully be accused of finding excuses when they've been knocked out of the World Cup. The format of the competition changed from 1954: 16 teams still competed in four groups of four, but this time each team played each of the other teams in its group at least once, without extra time in the event of a draw. He then cut in on goal, beating another man before fooling two more to go in on goal. The 1958 World Cup is remembered as the tournament where the CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE MOMENT, Argentina looked like the team of the tournament in 2006. One-on-one, he was calm enough to take another touch before unleashing the ball past the keeper. It was also the first time Brazil had failed to score in a World Cup finals match. Rivaldo was later fined by FIFA. So when Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup final, he must have been pretty desperate to get his hands on it.