Soccer - FIFA World Cup - Vol 1 - 1930 - 1962

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Summary: Why did I pay for this!?
Review: I bought the entire collection thinking I would be very happy with it. After watching it I am very dissappointed with all of them. First the menus are very slow and don't seem to be well thought out. That's just the begining though. Once you get past that there is very little to these videos, personally the ones that come out specifically for each event are better. This collection as a compilation falls short of what I expected. Many important players and games are left out throughout the entire collection. The comentary is boring and lazy, the same phrases are used to the point that I wanted to just mute it. Then it also seems that the producers couldn't even get all the names correct. There is for example no "Randy Cordoba" who played for the USA in 1994. He meant Marcelo Balboa, this was done for the description of the near miss bicycle kick vs Colombia. This was not the only case of getting the names wrong. I can understand difficulty with pronunciation, but come on getting the whole thing incorrect. Ridiculous. I've seen replays of the shot of Hurst in the 1966 final which prove it never crossed the line, no it doesn't matter now but still. You'd think a big production like this would at least have better angled replays. In short don't waste your money. Like I said earlier the videos that come out specifically for each event are far better, and give you more entertainment for your money.

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Summary: FROM THE AUTHOR
Review: The legend begins in Uruguay in 1930 then moves to Europe amidst great controversy in 1934 and 1938, producing a series of memorable matches. The South Americans returned to glory and the USA defeated England in 1950. Hungary and West Germany emerged through from classic matches to reach the 1954 Final. The 17 year old Pele was introduced to the world as Brazil dominated in 1958 and introduced the 4-3-3 system to great effect as they swept through the 1962 tournament.