Lets relay here by posting any instance where we think similar occurences happened in the FIFA World-Cup. It could be from inception till recently concluded and in any of the editions of the FIFA World-cup.

I will start by posting:

History repeated itself at the World-cup when Germany won the 3rd place match at home in 2006 and also won it at South-Africa in 2010.

History repeated itself when Nigeria won the 1st 2 matches and lost the next 2 matches at USA 94. The same thing happened in FRANCE 98.(won 1st 2 matches and lost next two matches)

History repeated itself when Argentina defeatf Mexico in the round of 16 (btw 7:30-10:00 at night) and lost their 1/4 final match to Germany (3:30-6:00) afternoon; in Germany 2006.
The same thing also happened in South-Africa 2010; Argentina defeated Mexico in round of 16 (7:30-10:00) in the night and lost to Germany in quarter-final (3:30-6:00) afternoon.

History also repeated itself in the FIFA World-cup when Brazil lost to france (1 - 0) in the quarter-final of Germany 2006 and lost (3 - 0) to France in France 98 final. Some players like Ronaldo, Zidane, Henry, Viera, Cafu, Barthez; were present in both squad

Emeka 7.:

History repeated itself when Nigeria won the 1st 2 matches and lost the next 2 matches at USA 94. The same thing happened in FRANCE 98.(won 1st 2 matches and lost next two matches)

u are missing it. Nigeria didnt win 1st 2 matches in 1994 WCup. Won one and lost to Argentina 2-1

^ Nigeria won Greece & Bulgaria and den lost 2-1 to Argentina and lost to Italy in round of 16. USA 94. In FRANCE 98 it was d same pattern.

Emeka 7.:

^ Nigeria won Greece & Bulgaria and den lost 2-1 to Argentina and lost to Italy in round of 16. USA 94. In FRANCE 98 it was d same pattern.

you r missing it,in 94 nig lost d second match but won d third but in 98 they won the first two matches

I thought the match they played against Argentina in USA 94 was their 3rd match.

Emeka 7.:

I thought the match they played  against Argentina in USA 94 was their 3rd match.

You can google it to clear the doubt

^^^^
Clearly someone who wasn't a witness to USA 94 would say we won our first two games i nthat competition

I watched dat Nigeria - Argentina match then (Live). I thought Super Eagles had already won d 1st 2 matches against Bulgaria and Greece before loosing 2 - 1 to Argentina.

In France 98 round of 16 match Argentina vs England Micheal Owen went down in d 1st half in d penalty box (right to left) camera view and got a penalty for his team;
In Japan/Korea 2002, with much of d same squad present in d 2nd 1st round match btw Arg -Eng. Owen also fell in that same position in the left penalty box and got a penalty for his team.

History repeating its self in this match.

France vs Uruguay played a goal-less draw in their 2nd 1st round match in Japan/Korea 2002.
France vs Uruguay also played nil-nil draw in their 1st match at South Africa 2010 (some players were present in both squad)

Now more.

History repeatead itself when; In Japan/Korea 2002;
Nigeria lost 1-0 to Argentina in thier 1st game, lost 2-1 to Sweden in their 2nd game after scoring earlier; and played a goal-less draw in d 3rd game against England
In South-Africa 2010, Nigeria lost 1-0 to Argentina, 2-1 to Greece after scoring earlier and drew 2-2 with South-Korea

In 2006, Germany beat a favorite Argentina in "controversial" cicumstances in the quaterfinals only to be beating by eventual winners Italy in the semis.
In 2010, Germany beat another favorites Argentina again "uncontroversially" in the quaterfinals only to be beaten again by eventual winners Spain in the semis.
Ignore d controversial stuff

Nice one there; does it mean d Germany - Argentina match in Germany was fixed in favour of D Germans ?

In France 98 quarter-final btw Holland vs Argentina; it was 1 - 1 at half-time then in 2nd half, Ariel Ortega (Jersey no 10) headbut Edwin Van-der-ser and got red card for it and his team eventually lost.
In Germany 2006 finals; it was 1 - 1 afta 1st half btw Italy vs France, den in 2nd 1/2; Zidane (Jersy num 10) headbutt Matterrazi and got red card for it, his team eventually lost d game.

Emeka 7.:

I watched dat Nigeria - Argentina match then (Live). I thought Super Eagles had already won d 1st 2 matches against Bulgaria and Greece before loosing 2 - 1 to Argentina.

we played Greece last

@Femi ;
I used to think Super Eagles played Greece 1st, Bulgaria next and Argentina last.

Emeka 7.:

@Femi ;
I used to think Super Eagles played Greece 1st, Bulgaria next and Argentina last.

check this link http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=84/results/index.html

Ok.

Check out this one.

Emeka 7.:

Nice one there; does it mean d Germany - Argentina match in Germany was fixed in favour of D Germans ?

Mehn, I dnt knw oo!

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In 2010, Germany beat another favorites Argentina again "uncontroversially" in the quaterfinals only to be beaten again by eventual winners Spain in the semis

Argentina were never favourite at the 2010 WC and were well beaten by Germany

In France 98 quarter-final btw Holland vs Argentina; it was 1 - 1 at half-time then in 2nd half, Ariel Ortega (Jersey no 10) headbut Edwin Van-der-ser and got red card for it and his team eventually lost.
In Germany 2006 finals; it was 1 - 1 afta 1st half btw Italy vs France, den in 2nd 1/2; Zidane (Jersy num 10) headbutt Matterrazi and got red card for it, his team eventually lost d game.

One was a Q-final match
one was a final match

one match produced the world cup winner
one match didnt provide a finalist

one game ended up with a 2-1 score
one game went to penalties

^But both were world-cup matches beyond group stages and in both cases, d no 10s were doing well for dier team b4 d red card and in both cases, d head-butt was out of play area as d camera didn't capture it dey only showed d replay after d incident.

Nigeria lost 1-0 to Argentina, lost d 2nd match 2-1 after scoring 1st and drew d 3rd match and didn't qualify in Japan\Korea 2002.
same thing happened in South-Africa 2010.

in d 1st match, Japan\Korea 2002
Argentina won 1-0 but could have been more, d lone goal came from Veron's corner headed in by Gabriel Batstuta. Ike Shorunmu saved Nigeria frm many goals down.

in South-Africa 2010
Argentina could have won more dan 1-0. Vincent Enyama saved Nigeria frm recving many goals and d lone goal came from Veron's corner headed-in by Gabriel Heinze.

Merry x-mas


In FRANCE 98, only 2 teams (France § Argentina) i.e. [South-America § Europe] won all 3 1st round matches 9 points. Argentina lost in d quarter-final,while France won d world cup final.

In Japan/Korea 2002, only 2 teams (Brazil § Spain) i.e [South-America § Europe] won all 3 1st round matches 9pts . Spain lost d 1/4 final while Brazil won d world-cup finals.

check dis out.

In FRANCE 98, England finishing 2nd in thier group lost out in d 2nd round.
In SOUTH-AFRICA 2010, England finishd 2nd in thier group and lost out in d next round.