Quiz: what happened next at the World Cup?

Can you deduce the brilliance from the blunders?

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What happened next?

Rivellino smashes the ball into the top corner, one of the great free-kicks in World Cup history

Rivellino lays the ball off to Gerson, who pings his thunderous shot off the bar

Rivellino falls over and Italy score on the break

Rivellino smashes the ball into the stands behind the goal, one of the worst free-kicks in World Cup history

What happened next?

A good old-fashioned streaker romps into view

Brazil score from Nelinho's corner but referee Clive Thomas blows for time.

Nelinho stumbles as he takes the corner, kicking the ball twice and giving away a free-kick

Nelinho begins surging towards the box with the ball, Zico having craftily already tapped the ball to take the corner

What happened next?

Illunga Mwepu storms out of the wall and hoofs the ball away

Jairzinho curls a beautiful free-kick past Kazadi Mwamba in the Zaire goal

Referee Nicolai Rainea books all five men in the wall for encroachment

Valdomiro flicks the ball up for Rivellino to volley at goal

What happened next?

The ball is scrambled clear to Claudio Canigga, whose storming run is ended by Benjamin Massing’s thunderous foul

Roger Milla toe pokes home at the near post and the world sees his famous corner flag goal celebration for the first time

François Omam-Biyik climbs high above Roberto Sensini to nod home the only goal of the game

Argentina goalkeeper Nery Pumpido looks to claim the free-kick only to fumble the ball onto his own crossbar

What happened next?

After Michel Platini’s long pass, Harald Schumacher crashes into Patrick Battiston

Platini slips the ball through for Alain Giresse, who slots in France’s equaliser to make it 3-3 in extra-time

Play stops after Platini’s attempted pass hits a seagull

All four Germany players converge on Platini but he spins away and launches a France attack

What happened next?

Ronald de Boer scuttles forward and clips the ball to Dennis Bergkamp, who superbly cushions a tumbling header into the path of Patrick Kluivert, who tucks home

Frank de Boer’s raking through ball is controlled by Dennis Bergkamp, who scores one of the great goals in World Cup history

Ronald de Boer thunders a shot from 40 yards that crashes off the left-hand post

Frank de Boer’s slip allows Claudio Lopez to stroll through and score for Argentina

What happened next?

Diego Maradona tears past the entire England defence to score Argentina’s second

Maradona punches the ball into the net for Argentina’s first

Maradona miscontrols the ball and launches into a tackle on Glenn Hoddle that could have seen him sent off

Maradona picks up the ball and instructs the referee to stop play because of an injury

What happened next?

The card waving performer third from the right falls flat on his face in the background

Diana Ross runs up and skews wide one of the weakest penalties in World Cup history

The audio cuts out and Diana Ross is left lip-syncing to silence

Diana Ross trips and stumbles on to the stage

What happened next?

Rivaldo curls a glorious corner onto the head of Ronaldo – 1-0 Brazil

Rivaldo is almost hit by a coin and hands it to the linesman

Turkey’s Hakan Unsal pings the ball into Rivaldo and is sent off after the Brazilian player’s theatrics

Rivaldo clunks his corner out for a throw in on the far side of the pitch

What happened next?

Jack Charlton gets in the grill of Fifa’s official on the sidelines after being refused permission to give his players water

John Aldridge loses the run of himself after officials delay his introduction from the bench

The referee stops the game for 10 minutes as conditions are “too hot”

Ray Houghton scores a screamer to give Ireland a memorable win over Italy

10 and above.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner

9 and above.

So close!

8 and above.

Champions League level

7 and above.

Europa League level

6 and above.

Just outside the European places

5 and above.

Mid-table safety

4 and above.

Mid-table safety

3 and above.

Below average

2 and above.

Pretty poor

0 and above.

Useless

1 and above.

Not great

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/26/world-cup-quiz-what-happened-next