Baggio in 94 WC - missed crucial penalty in final, despite being the hero carrying Italy through to the final
Maradona in 90 WC - still in the peak of his power, everyone expecting him to shine, especially on the back of his GOAT performance in 86 WC and having won titles in Serie A, somehow he end up failing to score a single goal in the whole tournament, his overall performance is also disappointing/underwhelming as compared to his 86 WC
Cantona at Man Utd - never manage to win CL for us, mainly due to stupid foreigner rule
L.Ronaldo in 98 WC - being by far the best player i the world playing for the best national team, everyone expecting him to dominate/win this WC for Brazil, like Pele did in the past. He has amazing tournament prior to the final game, then went totally missing in the final (due to medical issue?), play poorly and then losing badly to France.
Ronaldo in 18 WC - before the start of WC, he has a great season with Real winning CL, leading in contention for Ballon D’or. In his first WC game, he scored a great hattrick against Spain, look set to finally have a great WC tournament and win his 6th Ballin D’or. But somehow, he end up losing in last 16 and also losing out Ballin D’or to Modric