If the hours of watching matches in the coming weeks isn’t enough, the History Channel has been running a packed program of documentaries, interviews and shows on World Cups gone by.
The stand out has been a 5-part series named “Football’s Greatest Moments.” Episode 1, “Pele, Argentina and the Dictators,” gives a fascinating account of a journey to the final in Mexico 1970, of one of the greatest ever national sides.
The Brazil team, containing Pele, Jairzinho, Rivelino went on to win as a military dictatorship gripped their country.
For England fans, “Return to Turin: Italia ‘90” brings back stirring memories of one of their national team’s best-ever tournaments.
And the portrait of Argentinian legend Diego Maradona explores the character of one of the greatest but most divisive players in world football, whose sublime performances in 1986 took his team to victory.
