Unsolved mysteries about the World Cup

An email from TV Globo revealed a shocking secret that Selecao had made a secret deal with FIFA for the 1998 World Cup for $23 million!

"Alien" had a seizure in France 1998.

Specifically, Brazil "helped" France win the World Cup to please the new FIFA president, Sepp Blatter; and at the same time, to ease the unstable social situation in France at that time.

Four years later, FIFA has made the road to victory easier than ever for the Samba players. In addition, Brazil will be hosting the biggest football festival on the planet for the next decade.

Do you believe that all of the above events came true? In the 1998 World Cup, Brazil unexpectedly lost to France in the final match, on a day when "Fat Ronaldo" was invisible on the field. In the next World Cup, Selecao won the championship after defeating Germany in the final match. Not only that, in 2014, Brazil officially hosted the biggest football festival on the planet!

2. World Cup 1990: Argentina's "holy water"

In the 1/8 match of the 1990 World Cup when Brazilagainst Argentina, the match was forced to stop when a Tango player was in pain. During that time, medical staff Lorenzo of Argentina gave a bottle of water to defender Branco (Brazil) to drink.

A moment later, when the match resumed, Branco felt dizzy and could not keep up with Maradona. In the 80th minute, the "Golden Boy" passed the ball to Caniggia to score the only goal of the match.

Argentina squad at the 1990 World Cup.

After the event, many conspiracy theories were raised. Many people believed that "Albicelestes" had played a trick on Selecao, the water Branco drank was laced with sedatives. Whether true or false, this is still considered a mystery that will never be solved!

3. World Cup 1970: Gordon Banks got beer poisoning?

Banks was the starting goalkeeper for the Three Lions as they won the 1966 World Cup. Four years later, before the quarter-final against West Germany, Banks drank a few beers and suffered from severe stomach pains. The pain continued for two days.

In the end, head coach Ramsey had to put goalkeeper Peter Ponetti in the starting lineup. The worst case scenario happened, in his first time as a starting goalkeeper in a World Cup match, "substitute" Ponetti had the worst performance of his career. As a result, England lost 2-3 to West Germany.

Gordon Banks' incredible save at the 1970 World Cup.

What is difficult to explain is why only Banks got poisoned, while his teammates drank the same beer."Until now, I still don't understand why I got food poisoning. Everyone drank the same beer, but I was the only one who got a stomachache. It's unbelievable!"Banks told Sportsmail in 2016.