First impressions: How World Cup winners started the tournament
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Your support makes all the difference.The first round of fixtures are now out of the way and every team has kicked off their World Cup campaign.
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But what do these early results and performances tell us? Despite England's draw against the USA, can they still go on and win the competition? Does Spain's defeat spell disaster?
Here, we cast our eye over the history of previous World Cups to take a look at how the eventual winners of each tournament started their campaign.
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