There are simply 48 days to head till fanatics get started going loopy for world soccer. Forward of the Global Cup in Russia, talkSPORT.com is counting down the times till it starts by way of having a look on the maximum iconic gamers to have featured in earlier editions.

The checklist, that includes Pele, Diego Maradona and Zinedine Zidane, seems to be on the biggest moments from probably the most iconic footballers – from most sensible scoring aces and majestic defenders to sensational scoundrels and people who simply didn’t know the foundations.

48) Rudi Voller: West Germany/Germany, ahead 1986, 1990, 1994

In spite of 8 objectives in 3 Global Cups, Voller is somewhat sadly highest identified for the 2 giant greenies in his mullet (see no.49 underneath). The injustice is that Voller did little to deserve both Rijkaard’s spittle or the crimson card he was once proven in that West Germany-Holland conflict. Certainly, he displayed admirable restraint. “I nonetheless cannot perceive why the ref despatched me off,” he later mentioned.

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WORLD CUP ICONS No.49: Dutch legend Frank Rijkaard who clashed with Rudi Voller in 1990