Your World Cup,
your predictions.

At 38, Roger Milla was supposed to be winding down, not changing perceptions of an entire continent's football. Cameroon became the first African side to reach a World Cup quarter-final and Milla became the face of it — scoring, sprinting to the corner flag, hips swaying in celebration each time. The dance mattered because the football matched it. Joyful, fearless, impossible to ignore.

Diego Maradona at 25, in his prime. Argentina vs England in a quarter-final still pulsing with Falklands War context. First, the punch goal that should not have stood — bedlam, no VAR, the ref bought it. Four minutes later, five England players beaten in 11 seconds. Cheat and genius in the same match. Football's chaos at its most concentrated.