discuss World Cup Controversies: What's the Most Shocking Moment?

[Alamson]

The World Cup remains the greatest football event. And we have witnessed exciting matches, incredible upsets and controversies. I can't forget Maradona's "Hand of God" in the 1986 World Cup. It was a quarter-final match between Argentina and England. There was no VAR and the error from the referee cost England that match. Argentina went on to win that edition of the World Cup. What is the most shocking World Cup controversy that still makes you angry whenever you remember it?

 

[lens]

Hand of God

Yeah! I still remembered the incident of the "Hand of God". It is certainly one among the infamous moments of World Cup history.

For me, the most disgusting moment was Zinedine Zidane head-butting Marco Materazzi at the World Cup final of 2006. I mean Zidane was the leading player, the legendary player, and captain of the French side, and seeing him in that manner was an occasion to be witnessed
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[Ja sa bong]

FIFA helping Argentina win the World Cup in Qatar to make sure Messi won the World Cup was one of the biggest corruption and controversies I've witnessed in the tournament.

 

[1stop]

I just flashed back to the VAR controversies surrounding the 2018 World Cup. The VAR were to help resolve controversies arising during a tournament, however, more arguments were generated by the introduction of the VAR itself.

I can never forget the number of times these reviews and arguments over penalty, goal, and red-card decisions dotted the tournament.

 

[Pete Griffin]

I can't forget Maradona's "Hand of God" in the 1986 World Cup. It was a quarter-final match between Argentina and England. There was no VAR and the error from the referee cost England that match. Argentina went on to win that edition of the World Cup.

I say this as a proud Englishman. The Hand of God didn't cost us the match. Maradona, in 1986 as a tour de force. He scored both goals for Argentina, and whilst the Hand of God was a travesty, the other goal was a work of footballing genius. England struggled against Argentina, struggled in the Mexican heat. I think they would have been beaten anyway.

 

[Harsh World]

England struggled against Argentina, struggled in the Mexican heat.

I'm not a soccer fan or a fan of most sports, but after my personal experience of moving from the US to Japan and engaging in extreme activities, I know the climate can impact endurance. As such, new arrivals to Japan had to wait 30 days before they were made to push themselves to the limits.

Don't sports teams arrive at least a week before a match? I would think that this could help. Also, with the amount of money soccer (football for you) brings in, it would seem like teams could make an indoor training facility to mimic the climates they're about to play in so that they could have 2-4 hours of indoor practice before playing a game in the same conditions so that they could acclimatize a little before playing in the real environment.

If either arriving a week earlier or playing indoors where the heat was cranked up, do you think that Mexican heat would've had that great of an impact on performance?