On this day in 1990, in our first ever World Cup, Ireland lost out by a solitary goal in the quarter-finals to the tournament hosts Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Within days the Irish team would land in Dublin to a crowd of over 500,000 people in scenes that likely wouldn’t have been bettered had they won the competition itself.
Word of advice: When your team wins a penalty shootout, don’t break the TV.
It just might be the goal of the World Cup and this fan footage of James Rodriguez’s outrageous strike shows it in all its glory. The Colombian commentary is also pretty special.
Someone describing themselves as DJ Carlos Danger has gone and made a EDM/Trap (as he calls it) remix of the USMNT chant ‘I Beleive’ that has taken this World Cup by storm. And the video has hot girls in short […]
Atomic have designed 4 special edition commemorative posters declaring their support for Nigeria, Cameroon, Mexico and Algeria.
On this day in 1990, Ireland defeated Romania in a penalty shoot-out to reach the quarter-finals of our first ever World Cup.
The Brazil squad sure no how to liven up a plane journey in typical Seleção fashion.
Neymar’s first goal against Cameroon was the 100th goal of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil’s 100th World Cup game.
On this day in 1986, Diego Maradona scored two of the most talked about goals in World Cup history. The ‘Hand of God’ at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City was followed by what many still consider to be the greatest goal of all time.
At the 1974 World Cup in West Germany, East Germany were drawn in the same group as the tournament hosts. In their first and only appearance at the finals, the East shocked the watching world by beating the defending European champions.