{"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\/fr\/our-legacy\/puma-world-cup-moments-that-stole-the-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Les moments de la Coupe du monde PUMA qui ont vol\u00e9 la vedette"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/fr\/\">Accueil<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/fr\/category\/sports\/\">Sports<\/a>\/\n        Les moments de la Coupe du Monde PUMA qui ont vol\u00e9 la vedette\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\/fr\/category\/sports\/\">Sports<\/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%2Ffr%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%2Ffr%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\/fr\/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%2Ffr%2Four-legacy%2Fpuma-world-cup-moments-that-stole-the-show%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" >Les moments de la Coupe du monde PUMA qui ont vol\u00e9 la vedette<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >Retour sur les grands moments de la Coupe du monde de PUMA<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">4 juin 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\/fr\/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\/fr\/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\/fr\/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%2Ffr%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%2Ffr%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\" >La coupe du monde<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0a maintes fois cr\u00e9\u00e9 des souvenirs footballistiques qui ont marqu\u00e9 l'histoire de ce sport. Les joueurs et les \u00e9quipes de PUMA ont particip\u00e9 \u00e0 bon nombre de ces moments inoubliables, souvent de mani\u00e8re inattendue. \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\" >\u00c0 l'approche de la Coupe du monde, CATch UP se prom\u00e8ne dans les m\u00e9moires pour revisiter l'\u00e9poque o\u00f9<strong> <\/strong>nos \u00e9quipes et nos joueurs ont su voler la vedette.<\/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 commence son incroyable carri\u00e8re\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\">Publicit\u00e9 PUMA avec la signature de Pel\u00e9 et la chaussure du Br\u00e9sil vainqueur de la Coupe du Monde - la PUMA WELTMEISTER - en 1958.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col\">\n            <div class=\"\" >Lors du tournoi de 1958 en Su\u00e8de, Pel\u00e9, \u00e2g\u00e9 de 17 ans, a jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le central dans le premier titre du Br\u00e9sil en Coupe du monde, devenant le plus jeune joueur \u00e0 marquer et \u00e0 remporter la comp\u00e9tition - un record qui tient toujours aujourd'hui.\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\" >Apr\u00e8s avoir manqu\u00e9 les premiers matches en raison d'une blessure, il est entr\u00e9 en jeu lors de la phase de groupe et s'est rapidement impos\u00e9. Lors de la phase \u00e0 \u00e9limination directe, ses performances ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9cisives : un tripl\u00e9 en demi-finale et deux buts en finale contre le pays h\u00f4te. Sur l'ensemble du tournoi, il a inscrit six buts en quatre matches.<br><br>Ce tournoi a marqu\u00e9 le d\u00e9but de sa carri\u00e8re internationale et l'\u00e9mergence de l'une des premi\u00e8res ic\u00f4nes mondiales du football, qui s'est termin\u00e9e par un record de trois titres de la Coupe du monde.\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 : La Coupe du Monde de Maradona\u00a0<\/h2>Lors de la Coupe du monde 1986 au Mexique, le triomphe de l'Argentine a \u00e9t\u00e9 marqu\u00e9 avant tout par Diego Maradona, dont l'influence s'est \u00e9tendue \u00e0 toutes les phases du jeu de l'\u00e9quipe, depuis la cr\u00e9ation d'occasions jusqu'\u00e0 la finition elle-m\u00eame.\u00a0<br><br>Le quart de finale contre l'Angleterre est devenu l'un des matches les plus discut\u00e9s de l'histoire du football. En l'espace de quelques minutes, il a d\u00e9fini le match de deux mani\u00e8res tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rentes : d'abord en ouvrant le score de mani\u00e8re controvers\u00e9e, puis en traversant seul plus de la moiti\u00e9 du terrain, en battant plusieurs adversaires avant de marquer ce qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 appel\u00e9 plus tard le \u201cbut du si\u00e8cle\u201d.<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br>Avec cinq buts et cinq passes d\u00e9cisives, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 sacr\u00e9 meilleur joueur du tournoi. Plus que les chiffres, c'est son leadership et ses moments d'\u00e9clat qui l'ont distingu\u00e9 - une performance qui reste l'une des plus compl\u00e8tes et des plus marquantes de l'histoire du football.<\/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\">Diego Maradona, athl\u00e8te PUMA, entre dans l'histoire lors de la Coupe du monde 1986<\/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 : Les bottes color\u00e9es sur le devant de la sc\u00e8ne<\/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=\"\" >\u00c0 France 1998, la tradition s'est fissur\u00e9e. Pour la premi\u00e8re fois, des bottes color\u00e9es sont apparues sur la sc\u00e8ne mondiale - audacieuses, visibles, impossibles \u00e0 ignorer. \u00c0 l'\u00e9poque, les bottes noires et blanches \u00e9taient encore la norme. Mais certains joueurs ont os\u00e9 \u00eatre diff\u00e9rents. Les Marocains El Moustafa Hadji et Sa\u00efd Chiba, le capitaine am\u00e9ricain Thomas Dooley et le Camerounais Joseph Ndo ont rompu la tradition en portant des bottes PUMA color\u00e9es pendant le tournoi.<\/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\">Le Marocain El Moustafa Hadji avec ses bottes rouges PUMA KING lors de la Coupe du monde 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\" >Son compatriote camerounais Rigobert Song est all\u00e9 encore plus loin en portant deux bottes PUMA KING de couleurs diff\u00e9rentes.\u00a0<br><br>\u00c0 une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 le football \u00e9tait encore largement uniforme, PUMA a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 ce changement. L'expression a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 remplacer la conformit\u00e9, transformant les chaussures en une forme visible d'identit\u00e9.<br><br>Ce qui a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 l'\u00e9poque est devenu un \u00e9l\u00e9ment d\u00e9terminant du jeu moderne. Les couleurs distinctives, souvent contrast\u00e9es, font d\u00e9sormais partie de la mani\u00e8re dont les joueurs s'expriment et fa\u00e7onneront \u00e0 nouveau l'aspect du jeu lors de la Coupe du monde. Les chaussures d\u00e9pareill\u00e9es, qui \u00e9taient autrefois une exception, sont devenues un \u00e9l\u00e9ment reconnaissable du langage stylistique de PUMA, comme en t\u00e9moigne le dernier pack Showtime, qui vient de sortir avant la Coupe du monde.<\/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\">Le Camerounais Rigobert Song (\u00e0 gauche) portant ses bottes PUMA KING de couleurs diff\u00e9rentes.<\/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 et un objectif d\u00e9terminant pour la Cor\u00e9e du Sud\u00a0<\/h2>Lors de la Coupe du monde 2002, la Cor\u00e9e du Sud, coorganisatrice, a atteint les demi-finales, devenant ainsi la premi\u00e8re \u00e9quipe asiatique \u00e0 le faire.\u00a0<br><br>Leur match de huiti\u00e8me de finale contre l'Italie s'est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 en prolongation, lorsque Ahn Jung-hwan a marqu\u00e9 le but en or d\u00e9cisif pour assurer une victoire 2-1. Chauss\u00e9 de ses bottes PUMA, il a eu l'occasion de remporter la victoire, \u00e9liminant l'un des favoris du tournoi de mani\u00e8re spectaculaire et laissant une impression durable sur la comp\u00e9tition.<\/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\">2002 Publicit\u00e9 PUMA avec 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 : le Maroc \u00e9crit l'histoire du football africain\u00a0<\/h2>Lors du tournoi au Qatar, le Maroc, emmen\u00e9 par les joueurs PUMA Romain Sa\u00efss et Jawad El Yamiq, a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 ce qu'aucune \u00e9quipe africaine n'avait r\u00e9ussi auparavant, en atteignant les demi-finales pour la premi\u00e8re fois.\u00a0<br><br>En chemin, ils ont d\u00e9jou\u00e9 les pronostics, notamment en \u00e9liminant l'Espagne en huiti\u00e8me de finale aux tirs au but, et ont battu plusieurs pr\u00e9tendants \u00e9tablis gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un style de jeu disciplin\u00e9 et coh\u00e9rent. Leurs performances ont \u00e9t\u00e9 marqu\u00e9es par la clart\u00e9 tactique, la conviction collective et une forte connexion avec les supporters au pays et \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger.\u00a0<br><br>Plus que les r\u00e9sultats individuels, le parcours du Maroc s'est distingu\u00e9 par sa signification plus large. Il a boulevers\u00e9 des id\u00e9es re\u00e7ues et laiss\u00e9 une impression durable bien au-del\u00e0 des derniers matches.\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\">Le joueur marocain et athl\u00e8te PUMA Jawad El Yamiq f\u00eate sa qualification pour les demi-finales. <\/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>Quand la Coupe du monde commence, le spectacle commence aussi\u00a0<\/h2>La Coupe du monde couronnera toujours un champion.\u00a0<br><br>Mais les moments qui restent appartiennent souvent \u00e0 ceux qui ont jou\u00e9 sans contrainte, quand les attentes comptaient moins que les convictions.\u00a0<br><br>\u00c0 l'approche de la Coupe du monde, de nouvelles histoires vont \u00e9merger. PUMA sera pr\u00e9sent avec 11 \u00e9quipes et plus de 70 joueurs individuels. Nous avons h\u00e2te qu'ils donnent le meilleur d'eux-m\u00eames et qu'ils volent une fois de plus la vedette.\u00a0<br><br>Le Portugal, champion en titre de la Ligue des Nations, pourra-t-il poursuivre sur sa lanc\u00e9e sur la sc\u00e8ne mondiale ? Comment l'Autriche se comportera-t-elle lors de son retour tant attendu apr\u00e8s 28 ans ? Et les \u00e9quipes africaines s'appuieront-elles sur l'histoire r\u00e9cente pour r\u00e9aliser une nouvelle perc\u00e9e ? Les r\u00e9ponses restent \u00e0 \u00e9crire - et c'est pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment ce qui rend la Coupe du monde si passionnante. Nous sommes pr\u00eats.\u00a0<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De la perc\u00e9e de Pel\u00e9 au parcours historique du Maroc, retour sur les moments de la Coupe du monde o\u00f9 les joueurs et les \u00e9quipes PUMA ont laiss\u00e9 une trace durable sur la plus grande sc\u00e8ne du football. <\/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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