Every four years, the world stops for ninety minutes that can define a lifetime. A World Cup final is where history meets legend. Here we revisit the greatest finals ever played.
1950 — the "Maracanazo"
Brazil needed only a draw against Uruguay before nearly 200,000 fans, but Ghiggia's winner silenced the Maracanã — a wound in Brazil's memory for decades.
1966 — Hurst's hat-trick and the ghost goal
England won their only world title 4-2 over West Germany, with Geoff Hurst's hat-trick including the famous goal that bounced down off the crossbar — still debated today.
1970 — Brazil's symphony
Pelé's Brazil beat Italy 4-1 playing the most beautiful football, crowned by Carlos Alberto's fourth — still rated the greatest team goal in World Cup history.
1986 — Maradona's stage
Argentina beat West Germany 3-2, Burruchaga's 83rd-minute winner set up by a moment of Maradona genius, in a tournament where he scored 5 and assisted 5.
2022 — the epic that crowned Messi
Argentina 3-3 France (4-2 pens): Mbappé scored a hat-trick (the first in a final since 1966) and still lost, as Lionel Messi finally lifted the trophy that completes his legend.
What makes these nights timeless isn't the score — it's the emotion. At Malaab Al-An we keep that memory alive.