16 moments that help Miroslav Klose surpass Ronaldo

Miroslav Klose has surpassed the record of Ronaldo – the phenomenon, to become the top scorer in the World Cup history. More meaningful, the 16^th goal was scored in the game that Germany defeated Brazil 7-1, the home team of the legend Ronaldo.

The German manager Joachim Loew said: “That was a really meaningful goal for the whole team. A record that can only be beaten by Thomas Muller. He deserved that before he reached the age of 36 and still playing in the professional environment.

That was also the second goal of Klose in Brazil, after being substituted and scored against Ghana, to level off with Ronaldo

Let’s check all 16 moments that help Klose to become a part of the World Cup history:

1. Klose celebrated with his debut goal in the first World Cup playing against Saudi Arabia (2002)

2. His 2nd goal in the game

3. Klose finalized his hat-trick in the game and celebrated with a front-flip

4. His 4th goal was scored in a tie 1-1 against Ireland, all were scored with headings.

5.The 5th goal in the game against Cameroon. Five goals for the first time playing in World Cup has left people strong impression

6. In the next World Cup tournament which was hold in Germany (2006), he netted 5 goals and thereby receive the Golden Boots

7. The first two goals in this World Cup were scored against Costa Rica

8. Number 11 of Germany remained the good form with two other goals against Ecuador

9. Klose celebrated his 4th goal in World Cup 2006

10. The German striker scored an important goal to set a tie against Argentina and then won on a penalty kick-out.

11. Klose celebrated his 11th goal in a game against Australia in World Cup 2010

12. The next goal was in a game that Germany outperformed against England 4-1

13. At the age of 32, Klose contributed to the win 4-0 against Argentina which was managed by Maradona

14. The moment when Klose finalize the 4-0 win for Germany in the quarter final 2010

15. This goal leveled off himself with Ronaldo and it was in the tie 2-2 between Germany and Ghana (2014).

16. The moment that helped Klose become the legend of World Cup and this goal put on 2-0 for Germany against Brazil after 23 minutes playing.

 

World Cup 2014 was the last international tournament for Klose and it was a great gift for him as he and his teammate brought home the champion cup.

Ronaldo – the phenomenon and the mysterious World Cup 1998 Final.

Ronaldo, one of the organizers for the 2014 World Cup tournament in Brazil, had revealed a mysterious part in the final World Cup 1998, where Brazil was defeated by France with a disappointed performance by Ronaldo himself.

As you could know that in the 1998 World Cup final between Brazil and France, the champion had gone to France – the host nation with a surprise won 3-0 against “Selecao”. That was a game left a lot of secret till now since the most excellent player – Ronaldo showed a strange disappointed form. His health problem before and during the match was still a question without any appropriate responses.

Recently, Ronaldo – a part of the organizers for the World Cup 2014 host nation – Brazil, had announced some mystery in the final 16 years ago. “The Phenomenon” told the press that he was fainted and unconscious for 3 or 4 minutes, only few hours before the match against France.

Ronaldo remembered: “I was in a seizure after lunch. I was unconscious for 3 or 4 minutes. I did not know why and no one did. It was unclear due to the big pressure or I was affected by some mental problems. Every possibility could happen”.

“When you were in that situation, in a tournament like World Cup and even a final game. You always thought about it and nothing else. We were always under that big pressure.”

He also revealed that his present in the squad that game was his decision. “The doctor had come to me and explained about my current condition. They advised that I should not play but I did not accept. I wanted to play in the final and I would play, even anything can happen”.

“I came to the hospital and operated all the possible health test. No conclusion had been made and I felt fine. I left the hospital and felt that seizure had never happened. After that, I called my manager Zagallo and expressed my feeling that I wanted to play. He accepted it” Ronaldo said.

His decision to play the game under bad health condition was believed to be a huge mistake for him and Brazil that year. “The phenomenon” had unstably played during the game and failed to stop Zidane and his teammate from achieving an incredible win in order to become the champion that year.

The most impressive opening ceremony in the World Cup history

With the budget up to 90 million USD and the participation of a lot of top stars in the entertainment world, the World Cup 2014 opening ceremony was the liveliest one in the World Cup history.

– Top stars gathered at Arena de Sao Paulo

According to Brazilian press, the president Dilma Rousseff would not invite so many guests like the previous ceremony. M.s Rousseff only invited the other presidents of the nations which participated in the World Cup 2014. The rest of the tickets were mainly sent to 150 retired players which used to be World Cup champions, “The top scorer in all time” Just Fontaine (13 goals in World Cup 1958) and even the Egyptian retired player Abou Treika.

The opening ceremony of the 2014 World Cup was the place not only to gather football stars but also to attract many famous singers all over the world. Besides the three singers performing We are one (Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte), many other famous stars around the world like Santana, Wyclef, Arlindo Cruz, Ricky Martin, Sergio Mendez, Carlinhos Brown, Rodrigo Alexey, Beyonce, Sir Paul McCartney – the Beatles and Shakira would also come here to share the happiness.

As a famous country for festivals, Brazil cannot miss the “hottest” samba dancers in this opening ceremony. Predictably, around 660 artists around Brazil would gather in Arena de Sao Paulo. Moreover, 60000 fans also came here to enjoy the festive atmosphere. More than 1 billion football fan all around the world would observe the ceremony through TV or Internet.

– 90 million US dollars for 2 hour-festival

The opening ceremony for World Cup 2014 lasted for almost 2 hours with various amazing performance focused on three major themes: football, nature and Brazilian people. In order to satisfy the demand of everyone that paid attention to the ceremony, the World Cup organizers had to invest the money that was up to 90 million US dollars.

The representative of the organizers insisted that the budget invested for the ceremony was not exceeded. However, this was the highest amount that ever used for a World Cup ceremony.

Especially for the giant glowing orb, the organizers had to put in 15 million US dollars. This amount of money was somehow equal to the total amount which were used for the opening ceremony in South Africa 4 years ago. If compared with the amount used for the opening ceremony in Olympic London 2012, the amount in Brazil had been doubled.