Ryan Giggs running through the streets of Manchester

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Kaka and Shevchenko, 2000s AC Milan

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In 2005, 11-year-old Harry Kane posed with England captain David Beckham and a teammate at the launch of the Beckham Academy. 13 years later, Harry Kane is the England captain and the girl has become his wife.

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Werder Bremen's 2008-09 elite squad

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Kaka, Luis Ronaldo, Carlo Ancelotti & Dida smoking shisha during their AC Milan days (2007-08)

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Maldini and Cannavaro go up against the Fenomeno. Italy vs Brazil 1997

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Beckham jumping out of the tackle that originated the equalizing goal in the 2002 WC.

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Czech Republic line up, Euro 2004. “The nearly perfect team”

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sinisa mihajlovic has died. he took part in the 1998 world cup with the yugoslav national team. rest, warrior.

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Ballon d'or 1997. Ranking.

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Maldini experienced, first-hand, the transition from classic to modern football.

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The First World Cup Soccer Ball - Tiento, 1930.

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world cup 2002. with simplicity, fun and a pinch of luck, they amaze everyone. the senegal.

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Vialli in action for Chelsea in the UEFA Cup Winners Cup 1997

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twenty years ago they started as favorites and sensationally returned home. among them a player who certainly deserved to lift this cup.... gabriel omar. Argentina 2002.

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Inspired by another post. One of Italy’s starting 11 during the 2002 World Cup. Pictured: Buffon, Maldini, Nesta, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Totti, Vieri. Among the bench: Materazzi, Del Piero, Inzaghi, Gattuso, Montella.

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Who can recognize Italy's cool assistant coach in the 1994 World Cup?

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February 12, 1997. World Cup qualifiers 1998. Wembley bows to this boy who beats the English at their home with a goal. The blues hadn't won in Windsor since the 1970s.

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David Beckham and Dwight Yorke ahead of England vs Trinidad and Tobago, 2006

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Throwback to this iconic picture of Rui Costa and Materazzi where they were staring down the flares thrown by the inter fans during the 2nd leg of the quarter final between the two Italian giants. The match was abandoned and handed to Milan by UEFA.

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Chile 1998. iron team, solid, with an explosive attack made by zamorano and salas. Back in the world cup after 16 years.

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Chelsea 1997-98. final of cup winner cup.

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Which is your childhood nostalgia starting XI? I am posting mine

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July 17, 1994. world cup final. On a hot Californian afternoon Roberto froze the hearts of millions of Italian fans. Baggio, missing this penalty, delivers the cup to Brazil after twenty-four years. Despite everything, it was a beautiful and exciting adventure.

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In 2005, Kylian Mbappe had the chance to take a picture with Thierry Henry

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Under 21 European Championships. 2000. Italy coached by Marco Tardelli wins the competition for the fourth time.

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Inter f.c.. 2010-2011. last time (before today) in the champions quarter-finals.

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Serie A. 1995-96. Roberto carlos, Inter.

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Hernan Crespo at Chelsea with his Premier League winners medal in 2006

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April 28, 2004. Genoa. Italy-Spain friendly match. Baggio's last time in the national team. We miss you, Roberto.

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Serie A. Inter football club. 1999-2000, season.

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Nesta, Vieri, Mihajlovic, Pancaro, Marchegianni and Mancini; Stankovic, Favalli, Almeyda, Nedved and Salas. Late 90s Lazio was simply ridiculous.

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Micah Richards challenges Cristiano Ronaldo in the Manchester derby at Old Trafford on 10th Feb. 2008. The match, which City won 2-1, came four days after the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster - United donned a special kit and City wore shirts without their main sponsor. (Premier League)

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career oliver bierhfoff.

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British forwards Mark Hughes (Wales) and Gary Lineker (England) being unveiled as new signings at Terry Venables' Barcelona in 1986

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Atletico de Madrid... Diego Forlan, Jose Antonio Reyes (RIP), Simao Sabrosa and Sergio 'Kun' Aguero.

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April 9, 1997. champions league. semifinals. amsterdam arena. in one of the best performances of juventus coached by lippi, the bianconeri beat the hosts ajax 2-1.in the photo, the formation of that game. in turin, they will win again, 4-1.

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Kaka, Clarence Seedorf and Ronaldinho at AC Milan.

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Will Ghana take revenge on Uruguay who left it out of the 2010 World Cup?

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Cristiano Ronaldo, Diego Forlan, Ruud Van Nistelrooy in MANCHESTER UNITED.

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Vinnie Jones (Wimbledon) grabs Paul Gascoigne (Newcastle) 1988

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Van der saar, Davids, kluivert, stam... fearsome Dutch team at the 2000 European Championships.

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Rest easy Sir Bobby Charlton [1937-2023]

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It was nice. It was nice to dream together with these guys dragged by Salvatore toto Schillaci, hero for a summer who came from warm Sicily to make millions of fans fall in love. It was good, despite the bitter ending. thanks again, today, by then. Italy 1990.

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Serie A, 2011-12. Milan. last time (before today) in the quarterfinals of the champions league.

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Ballon D'OR 2000, legendary

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World cup, usa '94. Round of 16. Italy-Nigeria. With the Italians one goal down from the first half, everything seemed settled after Gianfranco's red card. Baggio will take care of putting things right one step away from elimination. Twenty-nine years have passed since that very hot Boston afternoon

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December 16, 1998. Parade of stars at the Olimpico in Rome. Italy-all star's 6-2. in the photo, the formation of the rest of the world.

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Serie A 2002/2003

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Beckenbauer, Schwarzenbeck and Jairzinho. Bayern vs Cruzeiro in the 1976 Intercontinental Cup, won 2-0 by Bayern on Aggregate.

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2004: Remembering the wonder goal that announced Zlatan to the world.

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Louis van Gaal when he played for Sparta Rotterdam, 1980s

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Nigeria 1994. after the triumph in the cup of Africa, at the American World Cup they finished first in their group. On a very hot Boston afternoon they came close to qualifying for the quarter-finals before Baggio brought Italy back to the surface. two years later, they will win Olympic gold.

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Serie A. 1990-91. April 6th. Roberto Baggio returns to Florence for the first time since he was sold to Juventus. leaving the field he will pick up a Florentine scarf.

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Ronaldo despairs. The opportunity to win the serie A, fades incredibly. However, he will dry his eyes with the world cup.

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soccer is also played in these parts. first and only time in the world cup but enough to be fondly remembered. Reagge boyz. jamaica 1998.

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A.S. Monaco... in the mid 90s.

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Sir Bobby Robson, Jose Mourinho & Ronaldo Nazario celebrate with the UEFA Cup Winners Cup 1996/1997, they would also win the Supercopa de Espana, Copa del Rey & finish second in La Liga. 2 points away from a quadruple.

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1982-83. Hamburger SV. beating the favorites juventus in the champions cup final they conquered the greatest european trophy.

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In case you didn't know, in the 1994 World Cup there was a group in the World Cup in which all the teams were tied.

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surely they wouldn't have won that world cup but they didn't deserve to go out so soon. a team from the European game, so far from the famous futbol bailado. all this was the Brazil 1990.

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1994. Ronaldo to PSV Eindhoven.

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Serie A. 2001-2002, season. Inter. one step away from glory. the nerazzurri,under the orders of hector cuper coach, will lose the scudetto on the last day.

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happy new year for everyone ✨️

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West Germany play hosts Malta on a barren pitch in a Euro 80 qualifier, 1979. The match ended in a scoreless tie.

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On a day like today, 17 years ago, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal in the World Cup, converting from a penalty against Iran in the group stage. The Commander would become the first and only player in history to score in 5 World Cup events.

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Euro2000. Portugal stopped in the semifinal by a penalty from zizou.

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Serie A. 1987-88. AC Milan win their eleventh Scudetto after nine years. The first trophy of the Berlusconi era.

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World cup 1994. Spain. The path of the Iberians stopped at the quarterfinals.

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Edgar Davids & Clarence Seedorf at Ajax

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Mark Gonzalez and Peter Crouch (Liverpool). Premier League 2006/07

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first selection in a world cup without diego with many militant players in the rich Italian series A, of the time. they will beat the English in the round of 16 but in the next round they will be stopped by hiddink's men. Argentina 1998.

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Serie A. Milan 1996-97. Final placing, 11th place.

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2005 Ballon d'Or — Ronaldinho wins after helping Barcelona win their first La Liga title in 6 years. Frank Lampard comes in 2nd and Steven Gerrard comes in 3rd. (Awarded Nov. 28, 2005)

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1983-84. In the Champions Cup final, Roma were beaten by Liverpool on penalties in their Olympic stadium. The English will lift the trophy for the fourth time, the giallorossi are left with the bitterness of a faded opportunity that still burns today.

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1994 world cup qualifiers. malta-italy. Gianluca vialli will play for the national team for the last time, also scoring a goal.

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european championships of holland and belgium, 2000. The flop of the reigning champions. Germany is eliminated in the first round.

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Serie A. 1988-89. The three foreign Juventus players.

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Inter second shirt, 90s, worn during a game by Youry djorkaeff.

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Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta, Xavi Hernandez. Too much class in one picture

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Artist from Ireland. I get a lot of requests to paint footballers so here's one I did of the great Thierry Henry 👍

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The late Rashidi Yekini scored the first ever World Cup goal for Nigeria on June 21st, 1994. The journey of the Super Eagles ended on July 5th, 1994. One of the most passionate and meaningful photos taken in football history

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He grew up in a harsh and very poor environment, in the favelas of Pernambuco, having to make a living at all costs. He suffered from malnutrition, his body was unbalanced, his legs were bowed and many thought he was not suitable for football. But Rivaldo became the best footballer in the world.

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Roger Lukaku, 1996 African Cup of Nations

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Artist from Ireland. Finally got around to doing a painting of Lionel Messi, hope you guys like 👍

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Artist from Ireland. Here's a painting of Sir Alex I was requested to do last year.

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Ghana and Uganda lineups before the final of the 1978 African Cup of Nations, won by Ghana 2-0 in Accra.

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Artist from Ireland. Got a commission to paint one of my favourite football moments this week, King Eric.

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Artist from Ireland. Did a painting of Cannavaro last year for a friend.

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The French lineup before their friendly versus Italy in Naples, 16 February 1994. Their first match after the Bulgaria disaster.

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Artist from Ireland. Did this painting of Diego Maradona last year, one of my favourite players ever.

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Dennis Bergkamp, European Champs 1992 Semi Final vs Denmark

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Artist from Ireland. Got a request to paint Frank Lampard a few months ago, thought it would be cool to paint another couple of players to match along with it.

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43 years ago in 1981 - Uruguay players celebrate after winning the World Cup Winners' Cup vs. Brazil with fans in a makeshift pool at the Estadio Centenario

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World Cup Qualifiers 1994. France team.

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Ballon D'Or 2003

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On this day 42 years ago, the 'three points for a win' rule came into effect in England's Football League following its introduction for 1981/82. The standard was formally adopted by FIFA in 1995. The opening First Division results and final table are shown below.

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Artist from Ireland. Here's a painting of the legendary Henrik Larsson I finished for a friend last year 👌

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Ronaldo (playing for Inter Milan) dribbles past Lazio goalkeeper Luca Marchegiani to slot home Inter's third (and winning) goal in the 1998 UEFA Cup Final played in Parc des Princes, Paris (the home stadium of PSG). Ronaldo, then only 22, was already a Ballon D'or winner.

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July 3, 1998. world cup. Quarter finals. Gigi di biagio sends the ball over the crossbar, France in the semifinal, for Italy, penalties still fatal.

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The depth in this Arsenal squad was unreal. I haven't worked out the exact season - either 02-03 or 03-04.

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