I was 3 years old when it was held so obviously have no recollection of it. But I hear all the boomers on this board say it was the best world cup they have seen. Why?
What was so good about the 98 world cup?
Christian Lewis
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Camden Wilson
02 was better.
Aaron Morgan
No
Joshua Perez
Good teams. The netherlands being fantastic in particular (but failing in the end as usual).
Hudson Mitchell
The goat World Cup was 1990
Joshua Johnson
02 was better
Turkey finishing in 3rd gave meme potential too
Jayden Powell
Best part of '98 for me was Chilavert fighting off France nearly all by himself only to lose in extra time, great game.
Luis Turner
Ronaldo, Zidane, Owen, Bergkamp
Oliver Rivera
based fellow 1995 bro
all you have to know is the only good world cup during our lifetime was 2006
Austin Cox
Yeah 2006 was my favourite world cup that I saw
Justin Brown
Because we were 8
Sebastian Williams
Croatia's first ever world cup appearance
Henry Bennett
2010 was better
Christian Thomas
It had everything you want in a World Cup.
>Great atmosphere
>The worlds best players all performing and not going missing like in recent world Cups
>exciting matches with lots of goals
>GOAT songs (3 Lions, Vindaloo, Cup of Life)
And also the fact that we were kids and it was pre-9/11 so the world hadn't gone to shit yet. But it isn't all nostalgia, it was objectively a great WC. The only black mark you can put on it is the one sided final.
Daniel Hall
Was 2018 really the worst one in recent memory? It was the first time I watched but I still enjoyed it. Wish I could follow some yuro leagues but time zone difference makes it hard to keep up
Carter Garcia
world cups in Europe are always kino
just happens it was the first WC for a lot of us
Nathaniel Johnson
2018 suffered from a shitty side of the bracket
wasn't too bad, imo, I liked it more than 2010
Alexander Ross
2018 was objectively fine. Too bad the final was so one-sided.
Jace Thomas
Half of the reason why I got interested in football in the first place is for the history and I got a little sad that nobody seemed to care about France winning this time around when french fans still talk so fondly about 98. I guess winning the WC at home is on a whole other level though
Grayson Brown
from a completely neutral (alas) perspective 2018 had its moments, but I think the spectacle overall was kinda lacking. Even France which had the most exciting and technical team on paper won by virtue of very linear catenaccio
Joshua Hernandez
africa won the world cup
Brandon Garcia
it was good because it was our last one
Aiden Fisher
Yes.
From the last 2 decades, it goes like this:
'98 < 2006 < 2002 < 2010 < 2018
Michael Scott
You forgot 2014
Colton Smith
You should see the France team in 98...
Cooper Anderson
best world cup coming through
Jayden Thomas
The US did another T&T
Kevin James
how can you include a fucking ricky martin song and not carnival de paris
Jace Wright
2010 was easily the worst, 2018 was probably tied with 2014, agree with your top 3 though
Bentley Nelson
For me its:
1)2006
2)2002
3)2018
4)2014
5)2010
Jaxson Long
2018 shall never happen again, good luck next time.
I watched all the games while I was painting a room, and I enjoyed painting white walls white again more.
>engald
>its coming home
>wins only by penalties and eventually gets rekt by a real team.
>other teams
>scared of each other in their matches, diapers flowing with poop, joke performance.
>Croatia and Belgium
>Jihad on the pitch, Martyrdom on the turf
>yet getting outed by weird france
>france
>Idk what they were playing but it sure wasnt football. Pogba dabbed.
>The Worst Final so far, made me laugh and hope it gets forgotten.
Christian Fisher
2014 > 1998 > 2006 > 2018 > 2002 > 2010
Only fond memories I have of 2010 was our NT getting far and the hype surrounding it. But when I see highlights from that WC I get instant PTSS from the vuvuzelas, shit atmosphere, empty stadiums, wonky ball physics and endless games which ended 0-0 or 1-0.
2002 was shit because of time zones and obvious match fixing.
2018 was alright, but France played the most boring football with a great squad and the other big teams didnt deliver ultimately. Plus one side of the bracket was hilariously weak.
Cooper Long
Too bad the final was so refballed
Alexander Ross
93 boomer here
this is the correct modern WC ranking
2006 > 1998 > 2018 > 2002 > 2014 > 2010
Michael Miller
Kino NT
>tfw gamarra was playing for my hometown club at the time
Our league used to be so good
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