The goats choose their GOAT

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In major competitions, omens have always existed and there is always a well known figure who predicts upcoming football matches. In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Paul the octopus became well known all over the world. The octopus was predicting the winners of matches from his fish tank at the Sea Life Aquarium in Germany. The most glorious thing about this animal was that he correctly predicted seven results at the 2010 World Cup, including the final, while he got four out of six right at Euro 2008.

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In the end, our concern over what the future holds leads tus to establish trends where dogs dunk balls into buckets with the club crests on them or people take part in marble races to determine the order of the groups. The 2022 World Cup has once again brought and strengthened all these types of superstitions which, once again, also reappear in Betway's latest advertisement. This company has chosen its infallible method to get rid of all doubt and they have chosen five goats: Billy, Jerry, Benny, Jaco and Betty; to respond to the question of who is the greatest player of all time. The idea was the following: we took these five goats and let them loose in a stable where there were five mannequins with the shirts of five players who made history in football: Messi, Ronaldo, Pele, Maradona and Zidane. Choosing their favourite was quite easy. The goats decided who was the best player in the history of football based on the last mannequin standing. After lots of goring, bites and kicks, only one mannequin was left standing. But to know the result of this curious hall of fame ceremony, you can watch the video at the bottom of this article. We will not give anything else away. But we will leave you with five glorious World Cup moments which involve our five superstars, from the Hand of God to Pele's milestone in 1958. An exhaustive review of facts which should never be forgotten about. The historic moment in Leo Messi's World Cup Our contemporary Messiah is a living legend thanks to his dribbling, his pace and his goalscoring ability which sees him take out any opponents who come in his way. We have chosen Messi's performances at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil where his goals against Nigeria and Iran were vital to Argentina reaching the final of a World Cup after many years. The historic moment in Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup In the case of the Portuguese beast, who dazzled everyone through his work and constant professionalism; he starred with a hat-trick he scored against Spain in the group stages of the 2018 World Cup. His last goal in the 88th minute made him the oldest player ever to score a hat-trick in a World Cup. The historic moment in Zinedine Zidane's World Cup The magician of modern football was a superstar as a player. His quality, combined with his goalscoring ability and his pace have made him one of the best French players in history. His performance in the 1998 World Cup final against Brazil is highlighted as his two headers helped France win the World Cup for the first time in their history. The historic moment in Pele's World Cup We can only be full of praise for the Brazilian legend. Such a versatile player, who could play in several positions and play with both feet. An absolute superb ball player who managed to achieve the feat of being the player to have won the most number of World Cup games ever. It all started with a terrific performance in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden where the then 17 year-old lifted the trophy after scoring one of the best goals in history in the final of that tournament. The historic moment in Maradona's World Cup This list would not make sense without the player classed as the God of football. Diego Armando Maradona's skill was that of a footballer who had been born with the ball stuck to his foot and made impossible things possible. Like scoring a goal after beating half of the England team to scoring another goal against them with his hand in which would become the most memorable match of the 1986 World Cup (and in history). Argentina went on to win that tournament.
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