Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Which player won the Golden Boot and yet his team could not get past the group stage of that World Cup?

  1. Oleg Salenko

  2. Paolo Rossi

  3. Just Fontaine

  4. Roger Milla
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Oleg Salenko won the Golden Boot as top scorer (6 goals) in the 1994 World Cup, but Russia was eliminated in the group stage. This is a rare instance where the tournament's top scorer failed to advance to the knockout rounds. Paolo Rossi won it in 1982 and Italy won the World Cup, while Just Fontaine (1958) and Roger Milla (1990) also saw their teams advance further.

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