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MONDAY, JULY 9, 2018 19 The ‘late heroes’ of the World Cup

Russia players look dejected following their defeat in the penalty shoot out Greaves’s return to fitness. It proved during the opening round. But with The competition has a an inspired decision, as Hurst bagged a Dries Mertens absent against Brazil, • famous hat-trick in the Wembley finale De Bruyne moved further forward and history of players ‘coming to secure England’s only World Cup revelled in the role of orchestrator, Russia salutes heroes to life’ late in the event crown. scoring a crucial goal and getting himself involved in all of Belgium’s Reuters | Moscow heroes despite the defeat and the Some of them have 1982 – Paolo Rossi attacks and counter-attacks. Is this country was proud of them, Krem- emerged• as iconic figures Perhaps the most stunning and unex- the start of a storming run to he Kremlin dubbed the Rus- lin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was pected ‘late hero’ of all was the Italian the finish line? Tsian national team heroes and cited as saying by Interfax. of the tournament penalty-box predator Paolo Rossi. Rossi proud soccer fans saluted their “He watched, he was rooting had been one of the stars of Italy’s 1978 Raphael Varane underdog host team after the side for the team. We lost in a fair and There are candidates World Cup team, but in 1982, he had (France) lost on penalties to Croatia, bring- great game. They are still great for• this role in 2018 among only just returned to the professional There had been question marks ing an end to its World Cup chal- guys for us, they are heroes. They the semi-finalists game after a period of suspension, due over the form of the Real Ma- lenge at the quarter-finals. were dying on the pitch, we are to his involvement in a betting scan- drid centre-back leading Across Russia, hand-wringing proud with them,” Peskov was dal. As Gli Azzurri laboured uncon - into the knockout phase, fans had held their breath through quoted as saying. AFP | Moscow vincingly through the opening round, but a fine glancing head- extra time, hoping the team could Rossi looked sadly out of form, and the er to give Les Bleus the pull off another upset. Russia en- Russian roulette he FIFA World Cup has a long newspapers were taking turns writing lead against Uru- tered the World Cup as the low- Despite the result, street parties history of players, who made the sporting epitaph of a once great guay, and several est ranking side, but reached the broke out in central Moscow in Tfew waves in the opening rounds, forward. crucial clear- quarter finals against the odds. scenes reminiscent of the cele- yet became heroes as the competition When Italy faced a dazzling Brazil ances to- The disappointment of defeat brations following Russia’s shock reached its crescendo. As this year’s in the tournament’s second phase, few wards the Raphael Varane late on Saturday soon melted into victory over Spain on Sunday. The world finals reaches the last four, we gave them a prayer. The Brazilian goal- end of that applause as fans toasted a national Kremlin likened those festivities look at some of these ‘late heroes’ of keeper Valdir Peres stated his only real quarter-fi- nal encounter, side that had repeatedly defied to images of celebrations after past World Cups, and some names that worry prior to the game: that Rossi may indicate that France’s star defender expectations. Fans spilling out of victory in World War Two. might be added to the list at Russia 2018. might come back to life. So it proved, is approaching his best form. bars chanted “Russia,” dancing “It was a great match. Well done with a Rossi hat-trick securing a 3-2 in the street and singing along as to our guys, they tried hard... I’m 1958 – Pele win for the in one of the Harry Maguire (England) music blared. happy that we made it to the quar- World Cup’s most memo- Can the Leicester City de- “Our boys, they really did great. ters for the first time in history,” rable games. Rossi carried fender become England’s A huge thank you to them for this said Artyom Osadchy, a student. on with a brace against Fabio Grosso? Another tournament. What we achieved, Russians tuned in across the Poland in the semi-finals, player who has risen to that was so cool,” Andrey, a lawyer, country, from soldiers at their bar- and contributed one more the top of the profes - said next to a street corner screen racks in Rostov-on-Don to balleri- in the Final against West sional game the hard that had shown the match. nas in Saint Petersburg back stage. Germany to end as the way, Maguire has been President Vladimir Putin did Wild animal tamers at a circus in tournament’s leading scor- one of the most impres- not attend the game, but watched Moscow crouched round a phone er, and undoubted star. sive figures in the Three remotely, saying the players were streaming the game. Harry Maguire Lions’ run to the last four. 2006 – Fabio Grosso In the quarter-final clash 24 years later, another Italian team against Sweden, he made a tangible Pele in action during 1958 Wordl Cup final lifted the trophy, and it was full of re- contribution, with a powerful header against hosts Sweden nowned players: , Fabio to put England into the lead. Fernando Hierro leaves job Cannavaro, , Francesco The 1958 tournament in Sweden is of- Totti and others. By contrast, Fabio Andrej Kramaric AFP | 2010 winners Spain lost on pen- ten remembered as Pele’s World Cup, Grosso, a journeyman left-back from the (Croatia) alties to host nation Russia in the but few people now remember that he Palermo club, seemed like an interloper. Vatreni fans had been ernando Hierro, who stood in last 16. took no part in the opening two games: Starting two of Italy’s first-round games hoping for more Fas Spain coach when Julen Lo- “After travelling many kilo - an injury in a warm-up game had side- without making much of an impression, from the Hof - petegui was sacked on the eve of metres together, the Spanish lined the 17-year-old, and instead, it was he was hardly a name on everyone’s lips, fenheim for- the World Cup, will not continue Football Federation and Fernando the future Italy forward Jose Altafini, as the knockout stage began. ward, who in the role, the Spanish football Hierro have put an end to their who started up front for A Seleção. Pele has been in federation said yesterday. relationship,” the federation said. was restored to the team for the final and out of Under the former Real Madrid Hierro declined to return to his group game against the Soviet Union, the start- and Spain defender, who had lit- previous job as the federation’s but made little impact. ing XI since tle previous coaching experience, technical director and “will un- It was in the knockout rounds that O Croatia’s dertake new professional chal- Rei exploded into life: a tense quarter-fi- opening game lenges”, the federation wrote. nal against surprise package Wales was against Nigeria. Will Spain were tipped among the decided in the 73rd minute when Pele, the quick-reaction favourites until Lopetegui caused with his back to goal, beat his man with header that handed the chaos by announcing he would a deft flick and twisted around to drive Balkan side their equaliser become Real Madrid’s new coach the ball past Jack Kelsey in the Welsh Fabio Grosso against Russia in the quar- after the World Cup. goal. That was all the extravagantly In Gli Azzurri’s Round of 16 match ter-finals convince coach The federation, fearing a split talented teenager needed: a second-half against Australia, they had been re - Zlatko Dalic to keep between players from hat-trick from Pele helped Brazil to a duced to ten men and looked in dan- Kramaric in his and Real, sacked Lopetegui two 5-2 win over France in the semi-finals, ger of elimination, when a surging run starting line-up, Fernando Hierro looks dejected after days before Spain’s opening game and then came the unforgettable Final down the left from Grosso won the in the hopes of losing the penalty shootout against Portugal. against the host nation. His two goals Italians a crucial penalty, which Totti more such goals? Andrej Kramaric in that match, a brilliant chapeu and duly dispatched. Grosso remained in the volley followed by a towering header in side and grew in confidence, and was on the last minute, heralded the arrival of hand again to score a fine goal to break a new football superstar. the deadlock against the hosts Germany De Bruyne became in the semi-finals. The Final against a first-team regular 1966 – Sir Geoff Hurst France went to penalties after a 1-1 ex- West Ham United striker Geoff Hurst, tra-time draw, and by putting away all for Belgium in later knighted, was not the forward who five of their spot-kicks in the shoot-out, their World Cup was ‘supposed’ to lead the 1966 England Italy claimed a fourth World Cup title. 2014 qualifying team to World Cup triumph on home And who scored the fifth penalty for the campaign. turf. It was Jimmy Greaves, the Totten- Italians, to spark the celebrations? None He scored ham Hotspur hero, who was expected other than Fabio Grosso. four times to provide the goals for the Three Lions. as the Red But Greaves failed to find the net in the 2018 - ??? opening round, and an injury kept him So who could join these greats of the Devils qual- out of the quarter-final clash against past at Russia 2018? Here are some ified for their Argentina. That tempestuous match candidates from among the semi-fi- first major was instead decided by Greaves’s ‘un- nalists: tournament in derstudy’ Hurst, whose clever angled As the Daily Tribune World Cup 2018 Predict and Win contest is getting immense Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) 12 years response from the football loving readers, an exact forecast of each days matches header provided the only goal. is becoming tougher and unpredictable which adds to the excitement of the game. Hurst remained in the team for the Playing in a deeper role Kevin De Bruyne A winner of the past week, Maris Dealmeida was given the gift pack sponsored by semi-finals, and England coach Sir Alf than usual, the Man - Cocoa Cola. The Daily Tribune readers can participate in the Predict and Win contest Ramsey made the difficult decision to chester City maestro by filling in the contest form published in each days TDT sports page or Website and pick the same team for the Final, despite was somewhat subdued sending it to WhatsApp 33609505 or email: [email protected]