ESPN Delivers World Cup Drama in Epic Promo

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By Sam Laird2014-01-02 20:31:52 UTC

Ladies and gentlemen, it is finally 2014 and that means one thing above all else: The World Cup is this year.

ESPN just released its first ad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Embedded above, the nearly two-minute spot will give soccer fans goose bumps as they while away these final six months until the greatest event in sports kicks off June 12.

See also: World Cup Draw: What You Need to Know

Set to a sweeping soundtrack, the ad looks back on iconic players and teams from past World Cups. It juxtaposes that history with current Brazilian stars and street scenes from the soccer-obsessed South American country, which ESPN calls the event's "spiritual home."

The ad captures so many reasons the World Cup captures the collective imagination of sports fans around the globe: the epic scale, the history, the drama, the human emotion, the undeniable sense of global importance.

But if you're somehow still not excited, this clip of a Portuguese sportscaster celebrating Portugal making the tournament in November will surely do the trick.

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Homepage image: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images

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