World Cup 1970: The beginning of modernity in football | A total of 831 players registered for the Qatar World Cup

World Cup 1970: The beginning of modernity in football

The North American country got the right to host the World Cup for the first time. It was the first World Cup where all 6 continents were represented. In this sense, the real world cup started from here.

FIFA allocated quotas to Africa and Asia. This was their long-standing demand. El Salvador, Israel and Morocco were selected for the tournament for the first time.

Morocco and Israel were placed in different groups, keeping political bitterness and possible boycott in mind.

This world cup is the beginning of modernity in football. The use of yellow and red cards started from this version. From this version, the system of substitution was started in the game. At that time, a team could substitute two players at most in one match.

The official match ball was used for the first time in the World Cup. The matchball, named Telstar, was produced by the Adidas company.

The competition was extended to five cities in Mexico. The final match was held at the Stadium Azteca in the capital, Mexico City. The audience capacity of that stadium is 1 lakh. However, the official data shows that 1 lakh 7 thousand 412 people attended the final.

Due to its high scoring game and aggressive style, the Brazil team was considered the greatest team in history in the 1970 World Cup. Brazil team won all 6 matches and scored 19 goals when they won the World Cup title for the third time in 12 years.

It was Pele's last World Cup. He was able to leave his mark of greatness in the final. He scored the first goal for Brazil and assisted the third and fourth goals. Brazil won the title by beating Italy 4-1.

After winning three World Cups, Brazil got to keep the Jules Remit Trophy. A new trophy (now) was created for the 1974 World Cup.

This World Cup was broadcasted live on color screen for the first time. Every World Cup match was watched by an average of 50,000 people. It is called the greatest edition of the World Cup because this time Brazil won the World Cup for the third time and Pele, the greatest of the century, played for the last time.

Brazil's Jairjinho was given the nickname of 'World Cup Hurricane'. He scored goals in all the matches played by Brazil including himself.

The World Cup matches were broadcast at midday in the hot summer of Mexico in order to broadcast live in the convenient time of Europe.

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A total of 831 players registered for the Qatar World Cup

 A total of 831 players have been registered for the upcoming FIFA World Cup, which will start from November 20 in Qatar. A total of 831 players from 32 countries have been selected to play in Qatar World Cup.

It was time to register the team list for the World Cup by Tuesday. Accordingly, all 32 participating nations have announced their teams.

On Tuesday, FIFA released the list of all teams and said that there are a total of 831 players. Iran has announced a 25-member squad while all the others have announced a 26-member squad. Although there is a rule to have 26 players in the final team in the World Cup, Iran has announced a team of 25 players.

Previously, the team was 23 people, but this time the number has been increased. After the Covid-19, 26 players were started in international football and for the first time in the World Cup, 26 players were kept in each team.

The two superstars of world football, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, are preparing to play in the World Cup for the fifth time in a row. Out of that, Messi has played 19 matches in the World Cup so far. If his team Argentina reach the final of the Qatar World Cup and Messi has played all 7 matches, he will also be the most capped player.

Currently, the record of playing the most 25 matches in the World Cup is held by Germany's Lothar Mathews.

Canada's Atiba Hutchinson is the oldest player announced to play in Qatar World Cup. He is also the oldest captain at 39 years and 285 days.

The youngest player is Yusofa Mauko from Germany. He is 18 years old. The youngest captain is England's Harry Kane. He was 29 years and 115 days old.

Similarly, the oldest coach is Louis van Hal from the Netherlands. He was 71 years and 104 days old. The youngest coach was Lionel Scaloni of Argentina at the age of 44 years and 188 days.

Argentina coach Scaloni and captain Messi played together in the 2006 World Cup.