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The 50 Most Badass Moments in World Cup History


With the World Cup in South Africa upon us, everybody's getting caught up in the fever. Hooray for soccer! But newbies, take note: This competition existed well before every game was broadcast in HD and the U.S. had a decent team. Eighteen times, in fact—eighteen glorious tournaments full of moments to remember, from the magic (Pele) to the tragic (Andres Escobar) to the Maradona-ic...yeah, 'nuff said. So, to prep you for the month of madness, we sought the help of noted footy author (and real-life Englishman!) Tim Webber to compile this comprehensive list of the greatest World Cup moments of all time. Oh, whoops, did we say "greatest"? What we meant was: badass!

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    Laky June 8th, 2010 at 10:57 AM

    this was beyond hilarious, has to be top 10

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    Rza June 8th, 2010 at 12:29 PM

    This was soooo funny!

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    June 9th, 2010 at 12:08 AM

    wrong year! 1994

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    Yesper June 10th, 2010 at 06:55 AM

    It was indeed Dennis Bergkamp scoring the game winning goal in the 1998 WC quarter finals against Argentina. The 75m spot-on pass came from Frank de Boer.

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    jvan June 10th, 2010 at 04:28 PM

    Mobutu actually threatened the lives of the Zaire players an their families should they lose by more than three clear goals, so my guy was scared shiteless and just trying to waste time.

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    mbg41 June 11th, 2010 at 08:03 AM

    this has to be the most boring list ever.

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    Guilherme June 12th, 2010 at 09:24 AM

    Pelé is the only who is remembered for his goals and his misses (near legend goals), despite scoring more than a 1,000 goals in his career.

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    mbg41 June 12th, 2010 at 04:53 PM

    Most boring list, Ever.

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    Quaziks June 13th, 2010 at 03:35 AM

    anyone seen an Australian football game before? this is common

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    Json June 16th, 2010 at 10:06 PM

    No offense cause this list is ok but lose your boner to italy. Also how can you not put zidane in the 06 world cup final as the most badass moment? He snipes probably the most clutch/nicest pk in the history of the world cup and then headbutts materazzi, still winning the Golden Ball. Then just straight up quits soccer. Thats the definition of badass.

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