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World Cup Willie, Striker and Ciao: Best World Cup mascots





Martin Ainstein undergoes an unforgettable experience in Moscow as he visits the Russian Cosmonaut Training Center during his tour of World Cup host cities. This article has been edited and originally appeared on ESPN FC on June 7, 2014. From the cuddly to the surreal to the conceptual art projects, the World Cup mascots down the years have been a rather mixed bunch. Here are 10 of the best ... 10. Footix, France 1998 If you want to read into this type of thing, the mascot for the 1998 World Cup seemed to symbolise the sort of positive thinking that France needed, and eventually rode, to win the tournament. After all, they hadn't been involved since... espnfc.com

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