The FIFA World Cup, the highest honor of its sport, is cursed. But don’t feel too bad. The curse only happens once a team has already won the cup. Since 1998, six out of seven defending champions returned for the next tournament and were knocked out in the first round.
In 1994 the US won the tournament. But at the next cup in 1998, the US was out in the first round and France won the cup. Then in 2002, France was out in the first round and Brazil won the cup. Seeing a pattern?
Brazil managed to stay in till the quarterfinals in 2006, but Italy won the tournament. In 2010, Italy was out in the first round and Spain won the cup. In 2014, Spain was out in the first round and Germany won the cup. In 2018, Germany was out in the first round and France won again. France better be worried for 2022.
