"A little with the head of Maradona, and a little with the hand of God"
"A little with the head of Maradona, and a little with the hand of God"
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The 2026 World Cup will be the first time that the tournament has 48 nations playing. It’s not the first time they have expanded the number of teams, since the first editions of the tournament between 1930 and 1950 went between 13 and 16 times. After that, every edition was played with 16 teams, until 1982, the year that they introduced 8 more teams. That went until 1998 when FIFA decided to play a 32 nation World Cup, the model that was played until Qatar 2022. Many people argued against adding more teams, because they say that some nations would lower the level of competition, but there are lots of people in favor of it because they believe that the level won’t be affected because nowadays football is more popular than before in every country and that there will be more matches to enjoy. Our World Cup API provides live match-commentary for your users to be able to follow every World Cup match they can’t watch live.
Diego Armando Maradona played one of the biggest matches ever against England in the 1986 World Cup. During the first half he was already having an amazing game, unstoppable with the ball and being the playmaker of Argentina, but in the second half he had the most memorable performance ever. First, he scored the 1-0 with his hand, in what he later named “The hand of God”, but the biggest moment came a few minutes later, when he received the ball in the midfield and dribbled half of the England team and the goalkeeper to score one of the greatest goals of all time if not the greatest. It was a crucial match for Argentina considering the war that ended few years before and that it was the quarterfinals of the World Cup they ended up winning. Our World Cup API provides live match-commentary for your users to be able to keep in touch with every big game and not miss any big moment.
Before the 2018 World Cup there was a lot of doubts about if Samuel Umtiti, the starting centerback for France, could play the tournament due to a knee injury. He decided to play even though he was putting his career in danger because he was advised to have surgery. He ended up winning the World Cup and being one of the best defenders of the tournament alongside Raphael Varane, his partner. He also scored the only goal in the 1-0 win over Belgium in the semifinals. The decision to play in the World Cup affected the rest of his career, which was plagued by injuries and a never-ending rehabilitation process for his knee. This helps to understand how important the World Cup is to the players, who might risk their career to have the chance to win the most prestigious tournament in sports. Our World Cup API offers the possibility to keep in touch with the live events in every match played during the competition.