Battle of the World Cup stars

[Steulen]

Poms **** off.

Hurst -1
Ramsey -1

 

[ripper868]

Cruyff
Zidane

 

[Burgey]

Cruyff
Zidane

This.

 

[NUFAN]

Hurst and Zidane.

Maldini unlucky.

 

[Burpey]

Hurst and Maldini

 

[Uppercut]

Cruyff and Zidane.

The English have got a bit of a raw deal in these battles.

 

[duffer]

Cryuff and Zizou

 

[sledger]

Hurst and Zidane.

 

[Indipper]

Cruyff and Zidane.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Not a great day for the English challenge; Cruyff edges out Sir Geoffrey by the odd point & Zidane waltzes away with things in the second battle.

Next up:

Battle Three

Gary Lineker (England)
World Cups: 2 (1986, 1990)
World Cup Apperances: 12
World Cup Goals: 10
Best Performance: Semi-finalist in 1990
Noteable for: Being England's most reliable scorce of World Cup goals & that equaliser versus West Germany

v

Ronaldinho (Brazil)
World Cups: 2 (2002, 2006)
Apps: 10
Goals: 2
Best: Winner in 2002
Noteable for: Fluking the ball past Seaman in the quarters & never having the good grace to admit it

v

Jairzinho (Brazil)
World Cups: 3 (1966, 1970, 1974)
Apps: 16
Goals: 9
Best: Winner in 1970
Noteable for: Scoring in every game of the 1970 victory

Battle Four

Fabio Grosso (Italy)
World Cups: 1 (2006)
Apps: 6
Goals: 1
Best: Winner in 2006
Noteable for: Falling over that outstretched Aussie leg...

V

Roberto Baggio (Italy)
World Cups: 3 (1990, 1994, 1998)
Apps: 13
Goals: 9
Best: Runner-Up in 1994
Noteable for: Inspiring the Azzuri to the final in 1994 & a tragic inability to take penalties.

V

Nobby Stiles (England)
World Cups: 1 (1966)
Apps: 6
Goals: 0
Best: Winner in 1966
Noteable for: A gap-toothed smile and dancing round Wembley, socks rolled down & trophy in hand.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Jairzinho

see English argument for Hurst

and

Stiles

cos his great-niece played for Trondheims Ørn

 

[grecian]

Jairzino

Divine ponytail

 

[GIMH]

Lineker
Stiles

Those of you moaning about the English representation are just bitter about the fact you've never won the WC btw

 

[Jarquis]

Lineker
Baggio

 

[Pothas]

Jairzinho

Baggio

 

[Simon]

-1 Linekar
-1 Million Grosso

edit: maybe should vote for Baggio being my wife to be's uncle's second cousin, or so I'm told.

 

[BoyBrumby]

-1 Linekar
-1 Million Grosso

edit: maybe should vote for Baggio being my wife to be's uncle's second cousin, or so I'm told.

You wanna decide?

 

[marc71178]

Lineker

Grosso

 

[Indipper]

Jairzinho & Baggio

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Those of you moaning about the English representation are just bitter about the fact you've never won the WC btw

Not likely to either

Jairzinho & Baggio here.