Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Chai Zhi
The quadrennial World Cup is the dream of all professional players, and the world's best national team is a time for young leaders, a top stage for them to showcase their football talents, and the best shortcut to raise their value and advance to the big clubs. Looking back at the 92-year history of the World Cup, there are endless stories of fame on this much-anticipated platform, some people have become famous and football since then, and some people have been short-lived, fleeting like shooting stars.
Bailey: The "first man" to become famous in World War I
Pele is the most typical World Cup famous star, and he is also the most accomplished star after becoming famous in the first battle.
Be famous as soon as possible! This phrase is perfect for Bailey. At just 17 years and 249 days, he played as a substitute for the 1958 World Cup in Sweden and shined in his first World Cup, scoring the only goal of the game against Wales in the quarter-finals, scoring a hat-trick against France in the semi-finals, and scoring twice in the final to help the "Samba Army" win 5-2 to the hosts.
On his first World Cup trip, Pele scored six goals in four games, all of them in the knockout rounds, becoming a well-deserved "first man" to become famous in the first game.
In the history of world football, there is no second player who can score in the semi-finals and finals at the age of 17.
Mbappe: Broke the Argentine defense alone
Mbappe began his explosion in Ligue 1 in 2016-2017, scoring 15 goals and assisting 11 in 29 appearances and scoring 6 goals in 9 appearances in the Champions League, becoming a sought-after rising star in European football.
What really made "Mbappe" famous was France's 4-3 victory over Argentina in the 2018 World Cup Round of 16, and the 19-year-old Mbappe fought a "god" with a dream performance of two goals and one point. In the 10th minute, he broke through the entire Argentine defence and was brought down in the box to create a penalty that led by Griezmann. He then broke through Argentina's goal twice in the 63rd and 68th minutes, becoming only the fourth under-20 player in history to score in a World Cup knockout match.
Mbappe almost single-handedly eliminated his opponent and watched Messi leave, which is also considered to be the "handover" moment of the old and new stars.
Klose: The debut is the peak, and the battery life is even more amazing
German striker Klose made his debut. In the 2002 World Cup, the 24-year-old Klose made his World Cup debut, swooping over the defenders and shaking his head to complete a hat-trick in the first match, helping Germany win 8-0 against Saudi Arabia, and finally winning the silver boot of the World Cup in Korea and Japan with four goals.
Klose has played in four World Cups, scored 16 goals in 24 matches, and is the all-time goalscorer in the World Cup, although he did not achieve Ronaldo's amazing data of 8 goals in a single session, but he has gained in each World Cup, and his stability is invaluable. Even though he was no longer an absolute workhorse for Germany at the 2014 World Cup, he still scored two goals in limited playing time.
Owen: "Wind Chaser" wins with speed
The 1998 World Cup in France was the first time England teenager Owen stepped onto the World Cup field, when the clothes were angry, the young and frivolous, the 18-year-old "Golden Boy" was full of dreams and expectations for everything. Although he has scored 18 goals in 36 league games in the 1997-1998 season, becoming the youngest Golden Boot winner in Premier League history, he is really known for his famous match - the quarterfinals of the Anglo-Argentine League.
This fast-moving "wind-chasing boy" tore through Argentina's defenses many times. A penalty was produced in the ninth minute to help Alan Shearer equalize, and the thrill came in the 16th minute: Owen received a pass from David Beckham, dangled Chamot and Ayala in a row, and blasted the goal on the right side of the penalty area, which became a classic goal in World Cup history.
Like a soaring falcon, Irving instantly flew over the Pampas prairie in Argentina, and the narrator exclaimed: "Owen taught us that to have speed is to do whatever you want." ”
Salenko: The five-goal record in a single game has been sealed so far
In the 1994 World Cup, when the world's attention was focused on stars such as Baggio, Romario, Batistuta, Gascoigne, Klinsmann and others, the Golden Boot Award was won by the little-known striker Salenko from Russia. In the United States World Cup, Russia lost to Brazil in the first game, and although Salenko scored a goal in the second round, the team still lost 1-3 to Sweden and was out early. In the final round, facing Cameroon, which only had a chance to qualify if they won, Russia won 6-1, Salenko played "Five Sons Denko" to set a World Cup record, and shared the glory of the Golden Boot with Stoichkov with 6 goals, and no one has broken the record of 5 goals in a single World Cup game.
After the World Cup in the United States, Salenko moved to clubs such as Valencia and Glasgow Rangers, but he never reproduced the style of the World Cup, which was short-lived.
J Ronaldo: One goal fame to join "Galaxy Battleship"
At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Colombian midfielder James Rodríguez, later known as "Jristiano Ronaldo", became the brightest star. He became the absolute dominant player in the group stage with three shots and three passes, and his stunning performance made him quickly popular in Colombia, but the real "one-goal fame" came in the round of 16 against Uruguay, Rodriguez and Suarez's peak match.
In the 28th minute, Rodriguez's "flying fairy" from 25 meters away made the stadium boil, stopping the ball in the chest, turning and volleying, and moving consistently to the dead corner. In the end, Rodriguez won the World Cup Golden Boot with 6 goals in 5 games, and joined Real Madrid after the game for a huge price of 80 million euros, which is a valuable goal. But the Colombian star did not gain a foothold in the "Galaxy Battleship", and the stars gradually dimmed after moving to Bayern Munich and Everton.
Skirac: The "nobody" in the golden boot
In the 1990 World Cup in Italy, Italy had two newcomers, one was Baggio and the other was Skiraci, who was a supernova at the time and had already made a name for himself in Florence, and Skiraci was a complete "nobody", grassroots in grassroots. Before the start of the World Cup in Italy, Skiraci played only one international match for the national team.
However, from the first group stage of the World Cup to the quarter-finals, Schillac scored a goal on a stunning occasion until the semi-final against Maradona's Argentina, but Schillac still scored a goal in the final penalty shootout.
In the third match, Skiraci scored another goal to win the World Cup's Golden Boot and Ballon d'Or with six goals.
Although his edge at the World Cup completely overshadowed Baggio, Skiracci played four seasons in Serie A, never scoring more than six league goals before disappearing after moving to Japan's J-League.
Ovilan: Replicating Maradona's "goal of the century"
As the backdrop for the biggest scoreline in World Cup history (the 2002 World Cup lost 8-0 to Germany), the Saudi Arabian has also had his own moment of fame. In the 1994 World Cup group stage against Belgium, in the 6th minute, Oviran received a pass about 70 meters from the opponent's goal, and then drove straight in with the ball, and four Belgian defenders chased and blocked by Ovilan, and finally shot the ball in front of Belgian goalkeeper Predhom to block.
The goal replicates Maradona's "goal of the century" against England in 1986, with which Oviran also made his name in the history of world football.
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