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Football's brilliant substitutions, including Gotze's World Cup goal and the 1999 Champions League final

Inspired changes. That's what the following substitutions were.

Mario Gotze is probably one of the more famous changes in recent years and with the 2018 World Cup around the corner, talkSPORT.com decided to look more amazing substitutes.

Scroll through the gallery to see the decisions that have previously paid off and it's not just the managers who have made them, as players have even risked the wrath of their bosses by making the decision to bring themselves on.

talkSPORT will be in Russia when the tournament begins on 14 June to bring live commentary of every game.