FIFA World Cup History Quiz | Tactics, Turning Points and Great Players, 1974–2002

The essence lies in the fluidity: positions are not fixed, and teammates cover the role a player has left behind. Because everyone is involved in both attack and defense, it differs from rigid man-marking or reliance on a single playmaker. Nor is it simply a defensive counter-attacking system.

The Netherlands won a penalty without West Germany having touched the ball, and Neeskens put it away. West Germany then levelled through a Breitner penalty, and Müller made it 2-1 before half-time with what proved the winner. Cruyff won the opening penalty but did not score.

In extra time Kempes scored his second of the match to put Argentina ahead, and Bertoni added a third to make it 3-1. Nanninga scored the Dutch equalizer, so he cannot be among Argentina's extra-time scorers.

Rossi scored a hat-trick against Brazil, two in the semi-final against Poland, and the opening goal of the final against West Germany. Those six goals across three matches made him the tournament's leading scorer. Swapping the semi-final and final tallies misrepresents his part in each match.

The opener in the 51st minute came from the handled play later known as the "Hand of God". Four minutes later, in the 55th, he collected the ball in his own half and beat several opponents on a dribble to score what came to be called the "Goal of the Century". The two differ both in how they were scored and in how they are regarded.

Brehme converted with his left foot at the 1986 tournament and with his right in the 1990 final. FIFA record him as the only player to have scored World Cup penalties with both feet. The 1990 kick came during the final itself, not as two attempts in a shoot-out.

Massaro's kick had just been saved, so Baggio needed to score to keep the shoot-out alive. In the event he put it over, and Brazil were champions at that moment. Scoring would not have won it for Italy, however: Brazil still had a kick to come.

The 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four, and the top two from each — 16 in all — reached the round of 16. Qualifying the best third-placed teams belonged to the earlier 24-team format and was not part of the 1998 system.

Zidane headed in two corners in the first half, one delivered from each side. France won 3-0, but his two goals came neither from open play nor from free kicks: both were headers from set pieces.

Ronaldo finished as leading scorer with eight goals and scored twice against Germany to take Brazil to a 2-0 win. Rivaldo supported the attack throughout the tournament, but both goals in the final were Ronaldo's.