{"id":188621,"date":"2026-06-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=188621"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:00:00","slug":"puma-world-cup-moments-that-stole-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/our-legacy\/puma-world-cup-moments-that-stole-the-show\/","title":{"rendered":"PUMA World Cup Momente, die die Show stahlen"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/de\/\">Startseite<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/de\/category\/sports\/\">Sport<\/a>\/\n        PUMA World Cup Momente, die die Show stahlen\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowPostHeaderImage headerImageAnim\">\n    <div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n        id=\"postHeaderImage\"\n         style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;        aspect-ratio:2        ;\" >\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n        class=\"\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/World-Cup-Moments_CatchUp.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;        object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide rowPostHeader\">\n    <div id=\"postHeaderText\" class=\"col tcenter\" >\n        <div class=\"cat\"><a class=\"secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/category\/sports\/\">Sport<\/a><\/div>\n        <div id=\"headerSocialIcons\" class=\"headerSocialIcons tleft\">\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fde%2Four-legacy%2Fpuma-world-cup-moments-that-stole-the-show%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fde%2Four-legacy%2Fpuma-world-cup-moments-that-stole-the-show%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/our-legacy\/puma-world-cup-moments-that-stole-the-show\/&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fde%2Four-legacy%2Fpuma-world-cup-moments-that-stole-the-show%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" >PUMA World Cup Momente, die die Show stahlen<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >R\u00fcckblick auf PUMAs wichtigste Momente der Fu\u00dfballweltmeisterschaft<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">4. Juni 2026 <\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"\" class=\"headerSocialIconsMobile tcenter mobile\">\n            <a class=\"sharing\" id=\"mobileshare\" onclick='navigator.share({ \"title\": &quot;PUMA World Cup moments that stole the show&quot;, \"text\": &quot;From Pel\\u00e9\\u2019s breakthrough to Morocco\\u2019s historic run, revisiting the World Cup moments where PUMA players and teams left a lasting mark on football\\u2019s biggest stage. &quot;, \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/our-legacy\/puma-world-cup-moments-that-stole-the-show\/\" })'  target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/our-legacy\/puma-world-cup-moments-that-stole-the-show\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/our-legacy\/puma-world-cup-moments-that-stole-the-show\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fde%2Four-legacy%2Fpuma-world-cup-moments-that-stole-the-show%2F&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fde%2Four-legacy%2Fpuma-world-cup-moments-that-stole-the-show%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_intro\" >Die Weltmeisterschaft<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0hat immer wieder Fu\u00dfballerinnerungen geschaffen, die die Geschichte des Sports gepr\u00e4gt haben. PUMA-Spieler und -Teams waren an vielen dieser unvergesslichen Momente beteiligt, oft auf unerwartete Weise. \u00a0<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" >Im Vorfeld der Fu\u00dfballweltmeisterschaft wirft CATch UP einen Blick zur\u00fcck auf die Zeiten, in denen<strong> <\/strong>konnten unsere Teams und Spieler die Show stehlen.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row headline -->\n<div class=\"row headlineBlock rowSingleColumnWide\">\n    <div class=\"col\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2px;\">\n        <h2 >1958: Pel\u00e9 beginnt seine unglaubliche Karriere\u00a0<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row cols image text -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowTwoColumnsNarrow spacing articleText\">\n    <div class=\"col\">\n            <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\" aspect-ratio: 0.70892978868439  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1958_Flyer_D_Footwear_Weltmeister_1.webp'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 50%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"descr\">PUMA-Werbung mit Pel\u00e9s Unterschrift und Brasiliens WM-Siegerschuh - dem PUMA WELTMEISTER - im Jahr 1958<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col\">\n            <div class=\"\" >Beim Turnier 1958 in Schweden spielte der 17-j\u00e4hrige Pel\u00e9 eine zentrale Rolle bei Brasiliens erstem WM-Titel und war der j\u00fcngste Spieler, der ein Tor erzielte und den Wettbewerb gewann - ein Rekord, der bis heute Bestand hat.\u00a0<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" >Nachdem er die ersten Spiele verletzungsbedingt verpasst hatte, r\u00fcckte er in der Gruppenphase in die Startformation und machte sich schnell einen Namen. In der K.o.-Phase wurden seine Leistungen entscheidend: ein Hattrick im Halbfinale und zwei Tore im Finale gegen den Gastgeber. Im Laufe des Turniers erzielte er sechs Tore in vier Spielen.<br><br>Dieses Turnier markierte den Beginn seiner internationalen Karriere und die Entstehung einer der ersten globalen Fu\u00dfball-Ikonen, die mit einem Rekord von drei Weltmeistertiteln endete.\u00a0<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" ><h2>1986: Maradonas pr\u00e4gende Weltmeisterschaft\u00a0<\/h2>Bei der Weltmeisterschaft 1986 in Mexiko wurde der argentinische Triumph vor allem von Diego Maradona gepr\u00e4gt, dessen Einfluss sich auf jede Phase des Spiels der Mannschaft erstreckte, vom Erzeugen von Chancen bis hin zu deren Abschluss.\u00a0<br><br>Das Viertelfinale gegen England wurde zu einem der meistdiskutierten Spiele der Fu\u00dfballgeschichte. Innerhalb weniger Minuten bestimmte er das Spiel auf zwei sehr unterschiedliche Arten: zun\u00e4chst durch ein umstrittenes Er\u00f6ffnungstor, dann mit einem Sololauf \u00fcber mehr als das halbe Spielfeld, bei dem er mehrere Gegner \u00fcberlief, bevor er das Tor erzielte, das sp\u00e4ter als \u201cTor des Jahrhunderts\u201d bezeichnet wurde.<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br>Mit f\u00fcnf Toren und f\u00fcnf Assists wurde er zum besten Spieler des Turniers gek\u00fcrt. Mehr als die Zahlen waren es seine F\u00fchrungsqualit\u00e4ten und seine brillanten Momente, die ihn auszeichneten - eine Leistung, die als eine der vollst\u00e4ndigsten und bedeutendsten Einzelleistungen in der Geschichte des Spiels gilt.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image multi 1 -->\n<div class=\"row rowImages2 spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.71086807928913  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1986_P_DIA_F_Diego-Maradona_WC-86_002.webp'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 50%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.72832369942197  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1986_P_I_F_Diego-Maradona_AK.webp'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 50%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0  ; background-image: url(''); background-size: cover;background-position: 0% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1986_P_DIA_F_Diego-Maradona_2.webp\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"descr\">PUMA-Athlet Diego Maradona schreibt bei der Fu\u00dfball-Weltmeisterschaft 1986 Geschichte<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row headline -->\n<div class=\"row headlineBlock rowSingleColumnWide\">\n    <div class=\"col\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2px;\">\n        <h2 >1998: Bunte Stiefel stehen im Mittelpunkt<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row cols image text -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowTwoColumnsNarrow spacing articleText\">\n    <div class=\"col\">\n            <div class=\"\" >In Frankreich 1998 brach die Tradition. Zum ersten Mal erschienen farbige Stiefel auf der Weltb\u00fchne - plakativ, sichtbar, un\u00fcbersehbar. Zu dieser Zeit waren schwarze und wei\u00dfe Stiefel noch die Norm. Doch einige Spieler wagten es, anders zu sein. Die Marokkaner El Moustafa Hadji und Sa\u00efd Chiba, US-Kapit\u00e4n Thomas Dooley und der Kameruner Joseph Ndo brachen mit der Tradition und trugen w\u00e4hrend des Turniers bunte PUMA-Stiefel.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col\">\n            <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\" aspect-ratio: 0.66666666666667  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1998_P_DIA_F_Mustapha-Hadji.webp'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 50%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"descr\">Der Marokkaner El Moustafa Hadji mit seinen roten PUMA KING-Stiefeln bei der Fu\u00dfballweltmeisterschaft 1998<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" >Rigobert Song aus Kamerun ging sogar noch einen Schritt weiter und trug zwei verschiedenfarbige PUMA KING-Stiefel.\u00a0<br><br>Zu einer Zeit, als der Fu\u00dfball noch weitgehend einheitlich war, trug PUMA zu diesem Wandel bei. Der Ausdruck begann, Konformit\u00e4t zu ersetzen, und machte Schuhe zu einer sichtbaren Form der Identit\u00e4t.<br><br>Was damals begann, ist inzwischen zu einem bestimmenden Element des modernen Spiels geworden. Unverwechselbare, oft kontrastreiche Farben sind heute Teil des Ausdrucks der Spieler und werden auch bei der Weltmeisterschaft wieder das Aussehen des Spiels pr\u00e4gen. Ungleichfarbige Schuhe, einst eine Ausnahme, sind zu einem erkennbaren Element von PUMAs Designsprache geworden, was sich auch im neuesten Showtime Pack widerspiegelt, das gerade vor der Weltmeisterschaft ver\u00f6ffentlicht wurde.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1998_P_I_F_Rigobert-Song_Cameroon-vs.-Chile.webp\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"descr\">Rigobert Song (links) aus Kamerun tr\u00e4gt seine verschiedenfarbigen PUMA KING-Stiefel<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" ><h2>2002: Ahn Jung-hwan und ein entscheidendes Ziel f\u00fcr S\u00fcdkorea\u00a0<\/h2>Bei der Fu\u00dfballweltmeisterschaft 2002 erreichte Gastgeber S\u00fcdkorea als erste asiatische Mannschaft das Halbfinale.\u00a0<br><br>Das Achtelfinalspiel gegen Italien wurde erst in der Verl\u00e4ngerung entschieden, als Ahn Jung-hwan das entscheidende goldene Tor zum 2:1-Sieg erzielte. In seinen PUMA-Stiefeln hatte er den Sieg vor Augen, schaltete einen der Turnierfavoriten in dramatischer Weise aus und hinterlie\u00df einen bleibenden Eindruck im Wettbewerb.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnNarrow spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Narrow;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2002_Advertisment_shudoh_Ahn.webp\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"descr\">PUMA-Werbung von 2002 mit Ahn Jung-hwan <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" ><h2>2022: Marokko schreibt afrikanische Fu\u00dfballgeschichte\u00a0<\/h2>Beim Turnier in Katar schaffte Marokko, angef\u00fchrt von den PUMA-Spielern Romain Sa\u00efss und Jawad El Yamiq, das, was zuvor noch keiner afrikanischen Mannschaft gelungen war: Es erreichte zum ersten Mal das Halbfinale.\u00a0<br><br>Auf dem Weg dorthin \u00fcbertrafen sie alle Erwartungen, schalteten unter anderem Spanien im Achtelfinale im Elfmeterschie\u00dfen aus und besiegten mit einer disziplinierten und koh\u00e4renten Spielweise mehrere etablierte Konkurrenten. Ihre Leistungen waren gepr\u00e4gt von taktischer Klarheit, kollektivem Glauben und einer starken Bindung zu den Fans im In- und Ausland.\u00a0<br><br>Mehr noch als die Einzelergebnisse war Marokkos Lauf von allgemeiner Bedeutung. Er ver\u00e4nderte lang gehegte Annahmen und hinterlie\u00df einen bleibenden Eindruck weit \u00fcber die Endspiele hinaus.\u00a0<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1447454812_Jawad-El-Yamiq.webp\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"descr\">Der marokkanische Spieler und PUMA-Athlet Jawad El Yamiq feiert das Erreichen des Halbfinales <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" ><h2>Wenn die Weltmeisterschaft beginnt, beginnt auch die Show\u00a0<\/h2>Die Weltmeisterschaft wird immer einen Sieger kr\u00f6nen.\u00a0<br><br>Aber die Momente, die \u00fcberdauern, geh\u00f6ren oft denen, die ohne Zwang gespielt haben, als Erwartungen weniger z\u00e4hlten als \u00dcberzeugung.\u00a0<br><br>Mit dem N\u00e4herr\u00fccken der Weltmeisterschaft werden neue Geschichten entstehen. PUMA wird mit 11 Mannschaften und mehr als 70 Einzelspielern dabei sein. Wir freuen uns darauf, dass sie ihr bestes Spiel zeigen und wieder einmal die Show stehlen.\u00a0<br><br>Kann der amtierende Nations-League-Sieger Portugal seinen Schwung erneut auf die Weltb\u00fchne tragen? Wie wird sich \u00d6sterreich bei seiner lang ersehnten R\u00fcckkehr nach 28 Jahren schlagen? Und werden afrikanische Teams an die j\u00fcngste Geschichte ankn\u00fcpfen und einen weiteren Durchbruch schaffen? Die Antworten stehen noch aus - und genau das macht die Weltmeisterschaft so spannend. Wir sind bereit.\u00a0<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Von Pel\u00e9s Durchbruch bis hin zu Marokkos historischem Lauf - wir lassen die WM-Momente Revue passieren, in denen PUMA-Spieler und -Mannschaften auf der gr\u00f6\u00dften B\u00fchne des Fu\u00dfballs einen bleibenden Eindruck hinterlassen haben. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":188631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_top_article":true,"is_featured_article":true,"EasyPostViewCounter":79,"meta-headline":"PUMA World Cup moments that stole the show","footnotes":""},"categories":[1091,18],"class_list":["post-188621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-legacy","category-sports"],"fullData":{"ID":188621,"post_author":"3","post_date":"2026-06-04 07:00:00","post_date_gmt":"2026-06-04 05:00:00","post_content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"id\":188631,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/World-Cup-Moments_CatchUp.jpg\"},\"headline\":\"PUMA World Cup moments that stole the show\",\"content\":\"Looking back at PUMA\\u0026rsquo;s defining World Cup moments\",\"className\":\"\",\"previewImage\":\"\",\"lock\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\",\"style\":\"\",\"TrpContentRestriction\":{\"restriction_type\":\"exclude\",\"selected_languages\":[],\"panel_open\":true}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"The World Cup\\u0026lt;sup\\u0026gt;\\u0026nbsp;\\u0026lt;\/sup\\u0026gt;\\u0026nbsp;has time and time again created football memories that have shaped the history of the sport. 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