We look at the worst World Cup performances from all the major players. Which takes us to Roy's England and Pele threatening never to play for Brazil again...
: England took revenge on Argentina for their 1998 quarter-final exit by contributing to their group stage exit in Japan and South Korea. Marcelo Bielsa’s men got off to a decent start by beating Nigeria, with Gabriel Batistuta scoring the only goal. Then they met England and fell to a 1-0 defeat with David Beckham netting from the spot, leaving them needing to beat Sweden to qualify. They did not, with Hernan Crespo’s 88th-minute strike only good for a point.
Sweden and England qualified, prompting Bielsa to weep and repeatedly nut the changing-room lockers, apparently.: Since they won their fourth title, Italy have been rather sh*t when it comes to the World Cup. They haven’t qualified for Qatar, they weren’t in Russia; and they might as well have not bothered going to Brazil or South Africa. In 2014, they beat England before losing to Uruguay and Costa Rica. But they were even worse as defending champions, failing to win a game in 2010.
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