Santiago Garces / Laurence Griffiths
Diego Maradona caressing the ball as six anxious Belgium players fan out in front of him. A tender post-match embrace between Pele and Bobby Moore. Andres Iniesta surrounded by a horde of Italian opponents at Euro 2012. Zinedine Zidane, head bowed, trudging past the trophy after being sent off in the 2006 World Cup final.
Great football photographs have the power to sum up a game, a tournament and sometimes even an entire career. The advent of smartphones has turned everyone into a photographer, but even in an age of night mode, Instagram filters and triple 12 mega-pixel cameras, a perfectly composed photo still has the power to cut through the noise.