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Football has seen several great players who have captured glory on the field. Juan Alberto Schiaffino is one of them.

He silenced all his critics who felt that he would not succeed against the toughest defenders of this sport. He made his mark as a remarkable inside-forward in the 1950s. He joined the Peñarol youth team at 17 years of age and one year later he became the first-teamer. When he was 19, he became member of the South American championship squad of Uruguay.

He performed fabulously at the World Cup, 1950. He scored five goals in this event and became the second highest scorer in it. He scored the equalizer in the final against Brazil that helped Uruguay on the course of victory. After four years, Schiaffino was injured in the semifinal match against Hungary and the South Americans were defeated.

Following the World Cup, 1954 AC Milan paid a huge price to get the services of Schiaffino. After six months he represented Italy for the first time. He played a crucial role in making his club win three Championships as well as reaching the final of 1958 European Cup.

At 33 years of age, he joined AS Roma and played two seasons for them. He finally retired in 1962 after a superb career. In 1976, he managed Peñarol for a short time. He was also the national team manager of Uruguay team for some time. He represented Uruguay in 48 matches and Italy in four matches.

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There are some players who are known to display consistency in their performance. They perform well during most of their career. These players occupy a special place in the hearts of their fans as people expect them to perform every time they come into play. Rudi Voller is one of them. This stylish player captured great heights during the peak of his career.

Rudi Voller was the ace striker for West Germany in 1980s. He got the first cap in 1982 versus Northern Ireland. The next year he was chosen the Player of the Year and ended as the top goal scorer in Bundesliga featuring for the Werder Bremen team. He was known for his typical style of play. He hardly scored any spectacular goals during his career. But, he was brilliant when the ball was at his feet. He had the ability to beat one or two men before scoring. This player was known for his excellence when he was in the penalty-area.

At the World Cup, 1986 in Mexico the Germans progressed far in it. But Voller had to spend much time warming the benches because coach Beckenbauer wanted Klaus Allofs as the partner to Rummenigge in their attack. He played as the substitute in the semi final and scored the second goal in his team’s 2-0 win against France. He came from bench in final to score the equalizer. However, Argentina scored the late winner to become champions.

The World Cup, 1990 in Italy began and West Germany had to face the Dutch in second round. Rudi and Dutchman Rijkaard got involved into an incident and both of them were sent off. West Germany went ahead in the mega-event and Voller came back for the semifinal versus England.  Germans won and marched into the final.

During the final, Voller was fouled in the penalty-area and Andreas Brehme scored the penalty five minutes before the end against Argentina. West Germany became champions and Voller contributed by scoring three goals in this event.Voller also played at the World Cup, 1994 in USA. He could not do much and the team lost in the quarter-final against Bulgaria.

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Jurgen Klinsmann began his football career in 1982 with Stuttgart Kickers. He impressed with his performance there. In 1984 he joined Vfb Stuttgart and spend five seasons with them and got huge success. In 1988 he became the top goal scorer in Bundesliga.

In 1989 he joined his new side Inter Milan. He won the Serie A in the first season itself. In 1990, the striker played a key role in West Germany winning the World Cup in Italy. In this event he played 5 matches in Milan which was his home ground. This made the victory even sweeter.

In the following time Klinsmann established himself as a great striker. Then his team had to defend the World Cup at America in 1994. The striker was at his peak now. He had a fine tournament and contributed by scoring five goals in it. But the remaining team did not perform like a winning side. They lost 1-2 to Bulgaria in the quarter final and there were tears in Klinsmann’s eyes after the match.

He also represented Germany in the World Cup 1998 in France and had three goals in it. But the team again lost in quarter finals, on this occasion to Croatia.

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Cricket is such a sport which enjoys a huge fan following. People love to watch the cricket matches and can also sacrifice many things for the sake of watching these matches. Cricket lovers do not only like to watch the matches but also like to play them.

The teams of cricket are formed after a great consideration and these teams work for making the name of their country prominent and noticeable. The people are able to get the kind of entertainment from the cricket matches which they actually look for.

There are two different types of cricket matches and it is not necessary that if you like one kind then you will surely like the other one also. Test matches are greatly different from the one day matches. In a test match, the matches are usually prolonged and have more overs as compared to the overs of the one day matches.

But in case of the one day matches the matches do not continue for many days. As the names says that the one day matches have the length of only a day. Both teams have to finish their innings in that particular day. Some of the matches are only for the day but some are also day and night matches depending on the weather conditions.

No matter what kind of cricket matches they are, the cricket lovers will always have the fun from watching these matches. They can have a great time and can have a good entertainment at home.

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