The best World Cup opening games

The best World Cup opening gamesA World Cup can take a few days to come to life, but every so often the opening match sets the tone straight away. A famous upset or a goal nobody saw coming can light up the first day, and the curtain-raiser is one of the fixtures people study most closely when the World Cup betting odds are released.For years the opening game was a cautious affair, with holders or hosts wary of an early slip. The matches that broke that pattern are the ones still remembered, whe