TOP 10 Moments in the history of football

10. Luis Figo, a world famous footballer who played for Barcelona in 1995 until 2000. Probably it was the fans favorite player in FC Barcelona until 2000. This is when "it" happens, the decision of main rival Barcelona, Real Madrid to splash the cash and break the transfer list fees record by Luis to Real Madrid.

The move caused outrage among Barcelona fans, Madrid got him for a world record for an amount of 38 million pounds. And that's when the funbegins during the game between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, when Luis Figo stepped up to participate in the corner, pig's head thrown at him from Barcelona. Another incident occurred during the 2004 EURO Cup Final between Greece and Portugal. A Portuguese fan ran on the field, managed to escape the police and in the direction of Barcelona, Luis jersey threw at him, when the whole world watching.

9. 1996 - African Challenge.
Olympics 1996Atlanta surprised the most gold medals were in the hands of Nigerian football stars after they have passed Brazil in thrilling semi-final with a score of 4-3. The finish was by far between Argentina and Nigeria, more than 2 billion people saw it, of course, most of them thought that Argentina will have no problems ever gold medal, but most of them were wrong . Argentina was in the driver's seat, after leading 1-0. The goal came on a third Claudio Lopez scored minutes, 28Nigeria has managed to balance minutes as Babayaro has a perfect finish. So it was 1-1 at half time. In the first half second was Hernan Crespo gave Argentina the command again and Argentina on the way to get gold medals, but "not so fast," said Amokachi, as he scored the goal and once time has given hope of compensation Nigeria. Match was almost over and everyone thought it would be decided by penalty kicks. 90. Amunike minutes and gave the lead in Nigeria, was a shock for Argentina,The weather was almost over, Argentina had no chance, so it ended with a final score of 3-2. Nigeria won the gold medal for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games.

8. 1960, the first European Football Championship (EURO) held in France. E 'was won by the Soviet Union, which is a matter of Yugoslavia 2-1 in a thrilling final in Paris. It 's very interesting to note that earlier in the competition Spain had withdrawn from his quarter-final against the USSR for political reasons. As interesting fact, USSR also scored the first goal to play the EURO history, during qualifying.

7. 1998/1999 English Premier League Manchester United have all possible trophies this season. They were making the first team in the history of football in a season. First, they got the title of Premier League, finishing first in the standings, then took the title of FA Cup by beating Newcastle United 2-0, and of course the famous UEFA Champions League> Final when United defeated again by a score of 1-0, and not one, but two goals in a game against Bayern Monaco 2-1 minutes of recovery, it was as a witness to one of the greatest comebacks of all time.

6th World Cup 2002 Korea / Japan. Korean fans will never forget that moment, when Guus Hiddink took them to the semifinals of the 2002 World Cup. Korean national football team has been the history of Asian football for the firstto reach the semifinals of the World Cup. Nobody expects the underdogs go so far as beats Portugal 1-0 in a group stage, a famous 2-1 win against Italy and then, drawing with Spain in the quarter final and then beat them 5-3 on penalties. But in the end could not take Germany into the semifinals, and lost 1-0. In the match for third place Korean team arrived in Turkey, but lost again. Finally, the Republic of Korea was fourth place in the World Cup 2002that was a great success for the football team in the country.

5. June 2003, Chelsea FC bought by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich for a record amount of 140 million pounds. At that time was the largest sale of a club in English football. Chelsea and Roman would make the strongest club best in the world. He started buying players for a record transfer fee brakes. first season with a new owner of Chelsea FC finished as runner-up. But next year,2004/2005 English Premier League, Chelsea have been English champions for the first time since 1954/1955 season. 2005/2006 season, took the trophy in the Premier League again, as were the English champions for the second consecutive year winning. These were the two most successful seasons in club history two years.

4. 11. January 2007. It was confirmed that David Beckham to leave Real Madrid for the United States to play club football, "Los Angeles Galaxy. BeckhamThe decision was a shock to many, as one of the best players in the football world the unity of the United States of America, where "football" is not so popular. He was the first major player in Major League Soccer in force.

3. 6. February 1958, the Munich air crash in Monaco. It 'was the darkest day in the history of Manchester United Football Club The board of the plan was Manchester United football team along with the club's fans and journalists. 23 of the 44 passengers died on board. Captain JamesThain to take off the pilot tried twice, but both attempts were aborted because of engine on the rise. As a third start was attempted, the plane failed to gain adequate height and crashed into the fence around the airport and then into a house. Now, every year on this day Manchester United holds a memorial for the people who lost their lives in the Munich air crash in Monaco.

2. 2006 World Cup Final produced one of the most famous moments in football history, whenZidane's head, is based on Italian defender Marco Materazzi. It 'was the last international game for Zidane and the French National 3 billion people around the world saw on it. The next day, newspapers around the world were not writing about how Italy won the fourth World Cup title, but Mark was writing about how Zidane pulled the "stunt" on. Certainly that was one of the greatest moments in football history.

1. Edison Arantes do Nascimento, aka Pele, the world's most famous name in football. Football is probably the best sport in the world, and Pele is the man who has done what it is today. Pele has 669 appearances in club football, scoring 626 goals. He also made 92 plays for the Brazilian soccer team and scored 77 goals. He made his first club appearance when he was 15. He made his first international appearance for Brazil when he was 16 and won his first> World Cup, Pele was 17 when he was celebrated as a national hero in Brazil. The number one in the history of football is now, if a goal 17th Pele his first goal for Brazil, just three months before his birthday run.

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