Battle of the World Cup stars

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Wow. Two close battles for very different reasons.

Will vote for Eusebio. Style & Substance over Substance.

 

[Somerset]

Cocu and Matthaus

 

[Jarquis]

Cocu
Eusebio

 

[Uppercut]

Cocu
Eusebio

 

[duffer]

Cocu-Eusebio.

 

[GIMH]

-1 Barnes

Eusebio

Can't believe Aldo went out, you're all wankers except for those who voted for him

 

[marc71178]

I can't believe you've negatived someone you seconded to put in

 

[BoyBrumby]

Cocu & Eusebio move on to the 2nd round.

The penultimate brace of round one battles:

Battle Twenty-Nine

David Platt (England)
World Cups: 1 (1990)
World Cup Apperances: 6
World Cup Goals: 3
Best Performance: Semi-Finalist in 1990
Noteable for: The opening goal in the quarter-final win over Cameroon & the glorious last-gasp volley that defeated the Belgians.

v

Gheorghe Hagi (Romania)
World Cups: 3 (1990, 1994, 1998)
Apps: 12
Goals: 3
Best: Quarter-Finalist in 1994
Noteable for: A wonderful 40 yard lob versus Columbia & the third and crucial goal to knock out Argentina in 1994

Battle Thirty

Tim Cahill (Australia)
World Cups: 1 (2006)
Apps: 4
Goals: 2
Best: Second Round in 2006
Noteable for: Scoring Australia's first ever world cup finals goal and a memorable second to complete the comeback win versus Japan.

V

Carlos Alberto (Brazil)
World Cups: 1 (1970)
Apps: 6
Goals: 1
Best: Winner in 1970
Noteable for: Captaining arguably the greatest team of all-time & applying the perfect finish to the best team goal the finals have seen.

 

[GIMH]

Platt
Alberto

 

[grecian]

Hagi. one goal does not a legend make, i'm afraid
Alberto

 

[Jarquis]

Hagi
Alberto

 

[fredfertang]

Not quite the same now but back in 94 Argentina losing was as good as an England win so for me Hagi to go forward with Carlos Alberto

 

[Steulen]

Hagi, Alberto. No competition really.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Hagi & Carlos Alberto. Easy choices here.

 

[Somerset]

Hagi and Carlos Alberto.

 

[duffer]

Hagi and Timmeh.

 

[biased indian]

Hagi and Carlos Alberto.

 

[Ausage]

Hagi
Timmeh!!!!!!

 

[NUFAN]

Hagi and Cahill.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Platt, Carlos Alberto.