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** Don't forget 2010, in which England was eliminated by Germany, in a game which included a ball kicked by England across the goal line but not counted by the ref. (Ironically, England's 1966 win included a goal many Germans believe to have not crossed the line.)
** In 2002, England also lasted two rounds fewer than Germany, having been eliminated in the quarterfinals while Germany made it to the finals. It it's any consolation, England were eliminated by the same team (Brazil) that defeated the Germans during the finals.
* [[And the Adventure Continues...]]: Congratulations, you won the World Cup! Now what? Come back again to the next competition 4 years later to defend your title. But first you must go through a qualifying process which took roughly 2-3 years. Though it applies to all sports competition.
** Until 2002, the defending champion did not need to go through qualifiers. Apparently, FIFA changed the rule because of France's horrible performance in that year's World Cup (in which they, defending the 1998 title, were flushed out in group stage ''without even scoring a goal!'') The host team remained the only one exempt from the need to go through qualifiers.
*** FIFA was proven right when Italy repeated France's performance in 2010, dropping out of the competition without winning a single game. Likewise France, the previous runners-up, also dropped out after much drama and no victories.
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** Also averted with Brazil in 1962, where Pelé got injured in the second game, but the team was still champion.
** But it's also played straight, as things sometimes don't go well when the best player is away (France failed to qualify twice without Platini, and bombed without Zidane - not only in 2010, but 2002 as well, he was injured and only played the third game).
* [[Battle in
* [[Big Game]]: A whole month of them.
* [[Book Ends]]: The 1994 Cup began as it ended, with a missed penalty kick. First, Diana Ross blown a spot [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjKAwcp-j7E during the opening festivities of the tournament.] Then, in the Brazil-Italy final, Roberto Baggio [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbkRApq9qY skied his kick] during the closing penalty shootout.
* [[Brand Names Are Better]]: FIFA's "commercial partners" tend to be of the corporate Behemoth variety.
** [[Trope Co Trope of the Week]]: Four of the individual awards have one of the partner's names ("Mastercard All-Star Team", "Gillette Best Young Player", and two for Adidas, Golden Ball - best player - and Golden Boot - top scorer). Plus, the "Budweiser Man of the Match" chosen in the website by fans.
* '''[[Brian Blessed
* [[Bring My Red Jacket]]: Since the English team won the 1966 Cup in its red second uniform, it's used in really special occasions (such as in their [[Heroic Rematch]] with Argentina in 2002, and against Slovenia in 2010, when a win was needed to qualify; it worked on both).
** A kit clash was required but the red kit does seem to have some success.
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** Since nobody cares very much who comes third and the pressure to succeed is off, this is often the most enjoyable game of the whole tournament.
* [[Cool Mask]]: Some Mexican fans dress in a very ''Lucha Libre'' style in the stands!
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: A large part of the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, whether unfounded or not. Back in 2009, two FIFA executive members had been caught selling their votes for the World Cups by [[Useful Notes/British Newspapers|the Sunday Times]] and were subsequently suspended. Further allegations of corruption by the English, against their rivals for the 2018 tournament, the Russians, probably [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|ended up killing their bid]], and the announcement of Russia landing it was met mostly with derision about Russia "buying the World Cup". Ten years earlier, A German satire magazine tried to [[Comically Small Bribe|bribe some officials with a $20 gift basket]] just to see what would happen. See [[wikipedia:Titanic chr(28)magazinechr(29)#2006 FIFA World Cup bribery affair|the Other Wiki]] for details.
* [[Cultural Posturing]]: There's no greater forum for it.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Happens with some regularity due to the weakest teams (usually from Asia, Oceania, Central America, and a few Africans) being seeded with the [[That One Boss|strongest ones]] in the group phase. Scores of 7-0 (Portugal vs North Korea, 2010, the [[Irony]] is that the North Koreans were expecting to get back at their elimination at 1966, then [[It Got Worse]]), 8-0 (Germany v. Saudi Arabia in Sapporo in 2002), 9-0 (Hungary v. South Korea in Zurich in 1954, Yugoslavia v. Zaire in Gelsenkirchen in 1974) or 10-1 (Hungary v. El Salvador in Elche in 1982 - the largest score in the competition so far) or happen every now and then.
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* [[David Versus Goliath]]: The Davids sometimes win; USA 1-0 England in Belo Horizonte in 1950, North Korea 1-0 Italy in Middlesbrough in 1966, Algeria 2-1 West Germany in Gijon in 1982, Cameroon 1-0 Argentina in Milan in 1990, Senegal 1-0 France in Seoul in 2002, Switzerland 1-0 Spain in Durban in 2010. In the 2011 Women's World Cup, Japan's 1-0 victory against two-time defending champion Germany (and later, champions over perennial favorites United States, 3-1 in penalties).
** A lot of people attribute the popularity of the sport to this. While the David can (and most likely will, depending on the opponent) get stomped, it is entirely possible for the smaller team to drive home a small lead, thanks to the fact that football is quite low scoring. A solid defense and a lucky shot is all it takes for the underdog.
* [[A Day in
** And a few teams - many from Africa (Cameroon in 1982 and 1990, Morocco in 1986, Nigeria in 1994 and 1998, Senegal in 2002, Ghana in the latest 2), some Eastern Europeans in the 90s (Romania and Bulgaria in 1994, Croatia in 1998), and any good performance by an Australasian (North Korea in 1966, South Korea and Japan in 2002 and 2010, Australia in 2006).
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Dino Zoff was 40 when he won the World Cup with Italy; Roger Milla scored a goal at the age of 42 in 1994 (surpasssing his own record, as 4 years before he was leading Cameroon to the quarterfinals)
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* [[Enemy Mine]]: The national teams often collect players that play for rival teams the rest of the year. Some of which are, in fact, [[wikipedia:El Clasico|famous]] for ''that'' [[wikipedia:Arsenal F.C. and Chelsea F.C. rivalry|bitter]], [[wikipedia:Liverpool F.C. and Manchester United F.C. rivalry|historical]] [[wikipedia:Derby della Madonnina|rivalry]].
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Plentiful. [http://www.kickette.com/files/2010/06/nandofit.jpg Look] at [http://www.kickette.com/files/2010/06/reinacasillasvaldes-reuters1.jpg these] [http://www.kickette.com/files/2010/04/davidvillatakemenow.jpg fine] [http://www.kickette.com/files/2010/07/spainsecrets.jpg examples] of [http://www.kickette.com/files/2010/08/fabio-ap.jpg estrogen-baiting][http://newscaster.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ITLAY-Champion-of-FIFA-2006-World-Cup.jpg gents]- and that's just from the 2006 and 2010 champions. On the other hand, there's no shortage of [[Ms. Fanservice|good-looking women]] in the Women's World Cup.
* [[Everything's Squishier
* [[Every Year They Fizzle Out]]: Oh poor Spain. They got better, with their victory at the World Cup 2010 as the climax.
** The Netherlands also count, see [[The Woobie]].
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** Also Scotland in 1986 had to replace the late, great Jock Stein, who had died after the final qualifier against Wales. The replacement was Alex Ferguson! Even with great managers like these, they've never qualified for Round 2.
** In a non-lethal example, Spain's keeper Cañizares got his foot injured in a [[Noodle Incident|bathroom accident]] just mere days before the beginning of the 2002 Cup and was subtitued by Iker Casillas. Casillas has been Spain's first choice goalkeeper ever since and is now the current team's captain.
* [[FIFA World Cup Special]]: Nike in particular tend to pull out all the stops for the World Cup, in 2002 [[Revival
* [[Football Hooligans]]: Sadly, sadly present.
* [[Germanic Efficiency]]: No-one ever praises Germany's team. But they've reached 12 semi-finals out of the 17 tournaments they've played. Nobody ever says that Germany is "an excellent team." They say that group with the Germans is "a difficult group." Or, as someone else put it: "Football is a simple game. 22 men chase after a ball for 90 minutes, and at the end, the Germans win."
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* [[Hello Boys]]: Interesting ambush marketing campaign by a Dutch brewer (Bavaria) had several girls in mini-dresses designed to catch the attention of the cameraman during the Netherlands vs Denmark game, with the dresses well known to the Dutch public as associated to the brewer. FIFA, who is sponsored by another brewer (Budweiser) were not too happy.
** In the same Cup a Paraguayan girl held her cellphone [[Victoria's Secret Compartment|in an unusual place]]. Some stated it was part of a mobile company campaign, but she denies it - however she did get [http://img.over-blog.com/535x635/0/51/46/84/billboard/Larissa-Riquelme-football.jpg good use] of the "[[Buxom Is Better|vast advertising space]]".
* [[Hero
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Ronaldo suffered a convulsion before the 1998 finals. This really affected Brazil's team, who then lost 3-0 to France. (He redeemed himself by scoring both goals in the 2002 final win over Germany.)
* [[Heroic Rematch]]: Four years later we meet again... West Germany and Argentina in the 1986 and 1990 finals being the best example. Germany also defeated Argentina in two straight quarterfinals (Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010, the latter by [[Curb Stomp Battle|4-0.]])
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** For "resurrections" as players, Ronaldo in 2002 (after the [[Heroic BSOD]] in 1998 and suffering with injuries in-between the 1998 and 2002 tournament) and Paolo Rossi in 1982, both with the title and the Golden Boot.
* [[History Repeats]]: Some teams face each other very often. The record is 7 times, for Brazil vs. Sweden (which includes the 1958 final... and Sweden have never won: 3 draws and 4 defeats) and Germany vs. Serbia/Yugoslavia (German 4, one draw, plus one victory for each Yugoslavia and Serbia)
* [[Hoist
* [[Homogenous Multinational Ad Campaign]]: In the biggest sporting event in the world with ad boards, the only way to work.
* [[Hope Sprouts Eternal]]: Oh [[Little No|no!]] The World Cup is over. All is lost. [[And the Adventure Continues...|On to the next tournament.]]
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Wayne Rooney moaning about the fans after an awful performance for England against Algeria. Eloquently rebuffed in [http://www.spaotp.com/2010/06/what-load-of-rubbish.html this article].
* [[Instant Win Condition]]: Golden Goal in 1998 and 2002 allowed Laurent Blanc (France v Paraguay '98), Henri Camara (Senegal vs Sweden '02), Ahn Jun-Hwang (S Korea vs Italy '02) and Ilhan Mansiz (Turkey vs Senegal '02) to end the game, no questions asked.
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** David Beckham getting sent off against Argentina in 1998. England would lose the game on penalties; headlines the next day famously said "10 heroic lions, one stupid boy."
** Brazil also subverted this in 2010 with Felipe Melo - sure, he scored an assist against the Netherlands. But in that same game he scored an own goal <ref>although FIFA later changed the attribution to Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands</ref> and got expelled after ''stomping'' a Dutch player ''on the ground'' (final score: 2-1 to the Dutch), Brazil managed their best performance (3-0 against Chile in the second round) without him, and overall he played [http://twitpic.com/21wrfz horribly] ''and'' [[Unnecessary Roughness|violently]]. That's one player who ''deserved'' to be blamed.
** In a strange case after Spain's defeat to Switzerland in 2010, the British press said that Spanish people were somehow [[Yoko Oh No|putting the blame on the goalkeeper's girlfriend]] ([http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/spanish-goalkeepers-girlfriend-distracts-british-press/ no one could prove it]). Then they were champions, [http://ultimahoraonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sara_carbonero_4.jpg she] was "absolved", and it was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFbF60NQAbE&feature=popular literally] [[Sealed
** Blamed for Argentina's loss against Germany in 2006: Cambiasso. The guy who kicked (and missed) the last penalty. Poor guy had nothing to do with his teammates' failures.
** After the 2010 final, the Dutch Media attempted to blame referee Howard Webb for their loss as he missed a corner decision for the Netherlands prior to the Spanish goal and even claimed he favoured Spain in general. However it's widely considered Webb, who was probably too lenient on the Dutch, could (and according to Netherlands legend Cruyff ''should'') have sent two Dutch players off before it was even half-time. In particular Nigel de Jong's infamous 28th minute ''mid-air'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2NqS4IBLxw "tackle"] on Alonso's chest somehow avoided a straight red. Spain were likely the best passing team in the world and being a ''single'' man down to them with so long to go in the match would have likely all but ended their chances.
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* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: The same US team that defeated England 1-0 in 1950 qualify as this (with the goal scored by a Haitian dishwasher no less! No, really.)
* [[Royal Brat]]: The Kuwaiti sheikh Fahid Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, president of his country's FA, who interrupted their game with France in 1982 to contest a decision! (see [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]] [[The World Cup/YMMV|here]])
** [[Can't Get Away
* [[Rule of Sean Connery]]: A World Cup official film seems good enough. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiXl5rt5e7Q One narrated] by [[Sean Connery]] (and scored by [[Yes|Rick Wakeman]])? Pure awesome!
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ns3lvU9r88 Another] has one of the actors listed under [[Rule of Sean Connery]], [[Sean Bean]].
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** And West Germany in 1966. The team that lost an epic final decided in extra time by an endlessly discussed goal is remembered in Germany much more intensely and fondly than e. g. the Cup-winning 1990 squad. To say nothing of the legendary status of the 1970 team, who came ''third''. Say "game of the century" (''Jahrhundertspiel'') in the presence of German fans and they'll know you're referring to the heart-stopping semifinal against Italy (3-4 after extra time).
** This trope was certainly invoked by German keeper Oliver Kahn in 2002. Until the final match, he had only conceded one goal, but this loss in particular sent his career plummeting.
* [[Separated
** And the football-based toy officially called table football is called "foosball" in English, while Germans usually refer to it as a "Kicker".
* [[Serious Business]]: Andrés Escobar was tragically shot dead on returning home to Colombia in 1994 after scoring an own goal in his team's last game against the United States in Pasadena.
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* [[Special Guest]]: In 2006, ITV brought in cricket legend Shane Warne to be an analyst for an Australia football game. Less [[Egregious]] was their use of South Africa rugby union World Cup winner François Pienaar talking about the nation at the 2010 Opening Ceremony/Match.
** Also in 2006, ESPN dropped in veteran baseball announcer Dave O'Brien as the lead announcer for the tournament, selecting him over long-time soccer announcer JP Dellacamera. O'Brien was not only terrible, he was hostile about being terrible. Fortunately, ESPN learned from this, and avoided the mistake for the 2010 World Cup by hiring a flotilla of British soccer announcers and international analysts.
* [[Stay in
* [[The Stoic]]: Possibly Sven-Goran Eriksson.
* [[Suicidal Overconfidence]]: Ghana attacking Brazil in 2006 qualifies as this. Brazil just picked them off on the break!
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