Best Goals of 2006 World Cup is presented here and was played in Germany. 2006 World Cup was the 18th FIFA edition and was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany. This was won by Italy against France which was one of the memorable finals played ever in the football history. The final match of FIFA World Cup 2006 played at Berlin Olympic Stadium on July 9 2006. The final between Italy and France will always be keep in mind for the notorious head butt incident, which saw the legendary Zinedine Zidane being sent off in his final international match. But overall it was a successful and profitable tournament ever held by FIFA.
The 1990 host was chosen by FIFA on May19, 1984, and it was played in Italy from June 8 to July 8, 1990. This was FIFA 14th editions of Football World Cup. Italy was the second country to host the World Cup twice. Costa Rica, Ireland, and UAE qualified first time. This world cup was also a comeback tournament for USA after the gap of 40-years. The official mascot of 1990 World Cup was Ciao , a stick figure player with a football head and an Italian tricolor body. The 1990 World Cup format was 24 qualified teams were divided into six groups of four. The top two teams and four best third place finishers from the six groups advanced to the knockout stage, which eliminated the teams until a winner was crowned. In total, 52 games were played. The 1990 World Cup is highly considered one of the poorest World Cups ever, the goals per game is extraordinary low with just 2.21 goals per match. In spite of low scoring goals this world cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, at around 26.69 billion watched this World Cup. The Opening Match of FIFA World Cup’s is the most unforgettable upsets, with Cameroon beating Argentina at a brilliantly revamped San Siro. The final between West Germany and Argentina was bad-tempered Final in the history of the World Cup. Argentina were so defensive in the final, and wanted to try their luck in penalty shoots, but they couldn’t do that. Final match was won by Germany, who beat Argentina 1 -- 0 to win the World Cup for the third time. The only goal in the final was scored by Germany in the 85th minute when Mexican referee Edgardo Codesal awarded a penalty to Germany, after a foul on Rudi Völler by Roberto Sensini. Andreas Brehme converted the goal and crowned 1990 final to Germany. Italy beat England 2–1 to finish third after both teams lost semi-finals in penalty shootouts. 1990 Football Venues •
The 1994 FIFA World Cup, was the 15th editions. United States was chosen hosts by FIFA on 4th July 1988. The World Cup held in US from 17th June to 17th July 1994. Nigeria, Greece, and Saudi Arabia qualified first time. 24 teams qualified divided into six groups and then 16 teams qualify for the 2nd round. This was last tournament of great Diego Maradona having played in 1982, 1986, 1990. Ronaldo was a talented young player in 1994 and he was only 17 years old at that time but he didn’t play any match. Cafu is the only player in the history of game who played three World Cup finals in 1994, 1998, 2002. Though he played only one game in that tournament against Italy, Romário was acknowledged as the most important player of this World Cup, thanks to him the way his goals. This was the last World Cup of Romário. The 1994 World Cup final was perhaps least interesting game of the whole tournament. Both sides were very careful throughout their previous matches. In the beginning of the tournament Brazilians were not at their best it. The Final was played in front of 94,000 fans at the Pasadena Rose Bowl but it was very sluggish game, because both teams are not ready to take any risk and scared of losing the match. This was the first world cup which decided on penalty shootout in the attendance of 94,000 fans and that was largest crowd since then 1950. Brazil becomes 4th nation to grab the fourth world cup titles. They beat Italy 3-2 in a penalty shootout after the game ended 0-0 at extra time.
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was 16th editions and held in France from June 10 to July 12. In 1992 France was selected as hosts by FIFA. Italy, Argentina, Germany, Romania, Spain, Netherlands and Brazil were seeded along with host France. Croatia, Jamaica, Japan, and South Africa first time qualified for World Cup. This is first time in the history of football that final match featured the host nation and defending champion. This world cup won by France who outclassed Brazil in the final by the heavy margin of 3-0. This was France first ever World Cup title and registered as 7th nation who won the World Cup, and first host nation after Argentina did it in 1978. Zinedine Zidane scored two beautiful goals, first in the 26 mintues with a header from an in-swinging corner, and almost an identical 2nd goal scored in the half stoppage time. In the second half, Brazilian star Ronaldo had a open chance to half the deficit but he could not succeed. Midfielder Emmanuel Petit added another stoppage time goal in the 2nd half and confirm the France victory over Brazil by 3-0. An estimated one million people took to the Paris streets to celebrate through the night. France became the seventh world champions, joining Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, England and Argentina.
France were drawn in Group C alongside Denmark, South Africa and Saudi Arabia.
Ist Match South Africa 3-0 Won
2nd Match Saudi Arabia 4-0 Won
3rd Match Denmark 2-1 Won
2nd Round Paraguay 1-0 Won
Quarter Final Italy 4-3 Won (Penalties)
Semi Final Crotia 2-1 Won
Final Brazil 3-0 Won
Brazil were drawn in Group A for the group stages alongside Scotland, Morocco and Norway.
The 2002 World Cup was FIFA 17th editions and first time in the football history when two countries were chosen as hosts by FIFA. The 2002 World Cup staged in Asian countries South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. This was the fifth time Brazil had won the FIFA World Cup, strengthen their status as the most successful team in the history of the world cup. The final match held at Yokohama, Japan in the official attendance of 69,029 fans. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2-0 in the final. Brazil Ronaldo scored twice in the second half and, established his reputation as the world’s best striker by winning the Golden Boot award for the tournament’s leading scorer with eight goals. Brazil’s captain Cafu, who became the first player to appear in three successive World Cup finals, received the World Cup trophy in an emotional prize giving ceremony on behalf of the team. Turkey beat Korea Republic 3-2 in the third place match that would be remembered by fastest ever World Cup goal, scored by Parma striker in just 11 seconds. Brazil won the football world cup in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002 and became runners up in 1950, 1958.
The 2006 World Cup was the 18th FIFA edition and was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany. The tournament was won by Italy, who secured their fourth World Cup title. They defeated France 5–3 in a penalty shootout in the final. Italy was placed in Group E along with Ghana, USA and the Czech Republic.
The final match of FIFA World Cup 2006 played at Berlin Olympic Stadium on July 9 2006. The final between Italy and France will always be keep in mind for the notorious head butt incident, which saw the legendary Zinedine Zidane being sent off in his final international match. France opened the scoring through Zidane converting a controversial seventh minute penalty kick which glimpsed off the underside of the crossbar and into the goal. Marco Materazzi then equaled the scores in the 19th minute through Andrea Pirlo corner. At the end of the 90 minutes, the score was level at 1–1, and the match was enforced into extra time and then match went onto the penalties. Italy Gennaro Grosso calmly placed the ball in the net Italy banged in joy as they beat France 5-3 on penalties. Germany defeated Portugal 3–1 to finish third.award.
Portugal hold their nerve to win the match by 1-0! That was incredible football match between rivalry countries. You can easily judge the pressure atmosphere in the ground, it wasn’t a football match because 16 yellow cards and 4 red cards in a single match just to say incredible. In the 23 minutes Portugal Maniche found time to score an extraordinary goal and hold on to beat a physical Dutch team that lacked punch in the six yard box. Netherland World Cup is ended by a determined Portugal. The Dutch created some decent chances but could not find the finishing touch that needed to equalize. On the final whistle Portugal celebrated their victory madly.
David Robert Joseph Beckham, born 2 May 1975 is an English footballer who currently plays in midfield for Milan in Series. He is also an established member of the England national team and twice runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year and in 2004 the world’s highest-paid footballer. David Beckham was the first British footballer to play 100 Champions League matches. David Beckham was captain of England from 15 November 2000 until the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals and during which he played 58 times. Since then he has continued to represent his country and earned his much-publicised hundredth cap for England against France on 26 March 2008. He is currently England’s most-capped outfield player with 115 appearances. In January 2007, it was announced that Beckham would leave Real Madrid and sign a five-year contract with Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy. Beckham’s contract with Los Angeles Galaxy became effective on 1 July 2007 and gave him the highest player salary in MLS history. His playing contract with Galaxy in 2007, 2008 and 2009 was worth $6.5m per year. He debuted for the team on 21 July 2007 in a friendly versus Chelsea at The Home Depot Center. Here you may enjoy best goals ever he made.
Ronaldo has played for Brazil in 97 international matches, amassing 62 goals. He was a part of the Brazilian squad that won the 1994 and 2002 World Cup. Ronaldo became the highest goalscorer in the history of the World Cup with his fifteenth goal. He was one of the most prolific scorers in the 1990s and in the early 21st century. Overall he has appeared in 602 matches and scored 413 goals.
