9) Ahn Jung-Hwan’s Golden Goal for South Korea that knocked Italy out of the 2002 WC was also 12 years ago.
But Italy made amends by winning the next edition in 2006. Seven years have lapsed since that.
8) Roberto Carlos chips the ball to Zidane, who swivels his left foot to hit a perfect volley into the top right corner.
That moment of magic happened 12 years ago.
Zidane is now Assistant Manager at Real Madrid, whereas Roberto Carlos has retired.
7) 13 years ago, David Beckham scored a curling freekick in the last minute of a qualifier match against Greece in 2001 to send England to the 2002 World Cup.
In the meantime, England have continued their tradition of not going past the quarterfinals in World Cups.