Hitting the Ground Running: Ranking the 5 Best FIFA World Cup Group Stage Games of All Time

There are many factors which can determine how memorable a game is or isn't - the atmosphere, the players, the controversy and the occasion all have some role to play. Most of the excitement is probably reserved for the latter stages of a World Cup, when it's do or die situation, but that's not always the case - group stage games can be as equally enthralling. Here are five examples to prove it: It might have been 2nd round group game, but Brazil's 1982 encounter with Italy is still regarded... Via All the latest breaking football news, transfer rumours, analysis, and match reports - 90min http://www.90min.com/