Across
- 5. Suffring from an internal dispute they lose to Belgium, Italy and Brazil at the tournament held in Spain.
- 7. They got out of the groups in Mexico, after being comfortably beaten by Frnace in the rounf og 16.
- 8. Lost to Mexico at their opening defence, then went out when south Korea beat them at the Russian World Cup edition.
Down
- 1. They are considered the worst defending World cup Winners in history, witout a single goal to their name, losing to Senegal and Denmark, and drawing with Uruguay.
- 2. Having their star man failed to recoevr, they Went out at the group stages losing to Hungary and Portugal in England.
- 3. Even with a heroic squad They failed to win a singlr game, they finished bottom of their group in South Africa.
- 4. After the WWII they had none of their previous edition squad, they went out in the group stage losing to Sweden.
- 6. Despite still having a brilliant squad they fell apart in the heat of Brazil.