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How to Watch Football Tactically — A Quick Guide for the Casual Fan
Casual viewers watch the ball. Tactical viewers watch the players without the ball. Here''s how to upgrade your viewing in 10 simple shifts.
Brazil-Germany 7-1. Argentina-Croatia 3-0. France-Argentina 4-3 final. Seven World Cup matches that defined the modern era.
Casual viewers watch the ball. Tactical viewers watch the players without the ball. Here''s how to upgrade your viewing in 10 simple shifts.
Trying to convert a friend or partner into a football fan? These eight matches show football at its best — drama, beauty, narrative, and stakes.
Complete World Cup 2026 schedule with kickoff times auto-adjusted to your timezone. All 48 nations, 12 groups, knockout bracket, plus how to subscribe via Google / Apple / Outlook calendar.
Japan's road to World Cup 2026: full Group F schedule (Netherlands, Tunisia, Sweden), key players to watch, and the Samurai Blue's pursuit of a first quarterfinal.
Region-by-region World Cup 2026 broadcast guide: Fox + Telemundo (US), BBC + ITV (UK), TSN (Canada), Optus + SBS (Australia), and more. VPN options for fans abroad.
学生限定の年一括プラン。年 16,000 円、月割換算で実質 1,333 円。
2026/7/20 までの加入で最初の 3 ヶ月が月 980 円。初年度総額 26,340 円。サッカー特化プランで W杯 2026 全 104 試合 + Jリーグ + 欧州主要リーグを網羅。
2026/4/21〜8/30 期間限定加入のサッカー特化プラン。月 2,600 円、年総額 31,200 円。
DAZN 通常プラン。月 4,200 円。サッカー以外のスポーツも視聴したい人向け。
年一括 32,000 円。月割換算で実質 2,667 円。
ABEMA とまとめて契約できる DAZN プラン。月 3,800 円 (2026/1/30 料金改定)。
年一括 30,000 円。月割換算で実質 2,500 円。
DMM プレミアム同梱で月 3,480 円。DMM のアニメ・映画も見放題に。
ドコモ料金プラン契約者は月 6 円で DAZN 見放題。
au 料金プラン契約者は 0 円で DAZN 見放題。
現地観戦で USA / メキシコ / カナダに行った日本人向け。日本サーバー経由で DAZN・NHK 配信を視聴可能。
Brazilian torcidas. Argentine barras bravas. Liverpool''s Kop. Borussia Dortmund''s Yellow Wall. The ten fan bases that define football''s emotional landscape.
Subscribe to a live World Cup 2026 calendar feed that auto-updates when fixtures shift. Step-by-step setup for Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and Outlook.
The 21st century has produced eight World Cups: 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, and counting. The matches that define each era — the ones we still talk about — fall into a small group. Here are seven that crossed the line from "good" to "legendary".
The greatest World Cup final ever played, by widespread consensus. Mbappé hat-trick. Messi closes his career argument. 120 minutes of swings, missed penalties, fortuitous goals, brilliant individual moments. Argentina win on penalties. Argentina's first title since 1986.
The most shocking result in World Cup history. Host nation Brazil, in their own country, lost 7-1 to Germany. Five goals in 18 minutes of the first half. Germany went on to win the tournament. Brazil's footballing identity has been rebuilding since.
Mario Götze's extra-time goal. Argentina (Messi's team) lost the final at the Maracanã. A second consecutive Argentina loss in the final (after 2006). The match that may have ended Messi's chance until 2022.
Co-hosts South Korea beat Italy in extra time on Ahn Jung-hwan's golden goal. Italy were heavily favoured. Korea then beat Spain in the QF, going on to fourth place. The defining underdog run of the modern era.
Andrés Iniesta's 116th-minute volley. Spain's first World Cup. The most rough-and-tumble final ever played — 14 yellow cards, one red. The Dutch played anti-football and lost on it.
Less the match, more the spectacle: Maradona as Argentina manager, pacing the touchline in a tracksuit, hugging his players, getting suspended for FIFA conduct violations. The match itself was a 4-1 Argentina win, but the surrounding theatre was peak World Cup.
Croatia, a country of 3.8 million, reach the World Cup final. England up 1-0 from a Trippier free-kick, then collapse in extra time. Mario Mandžukić's 109th-minute winner. The smallest country ever to reach the final.
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2026 will produce its own — and a few will join this list within 4 years of being played.