SHOCKING RESULTS



1. United States vs England 1-0 in 1950
When the news about this result arrived in England, people thought it was a
misprint in the newspaper. They thought the result was 1-10 instead of 1-0.
England with legends like Billy Wright and Tom Finney wasted lots of chances
and couldn't prevent the American part-timers from winning. [Matchreport]
2. North Korea vs Italy 1-0 in 1966
North Korea in their first (and only so far) World Cup apperance shocked the
world by beating and sending home Italy after this win. The Italians arrived
at home with their bus attacked by rotten tomatoes. [Matchreport]
3. Algeria vs West Germany 2-1 in 1982
Algeria were 1000/1 favourites to win the cup, West Germany at 3/1. The
Germans had only lost 4 matches in 4 years before this game. Their coach Jupp
Derwall said after the match: "I still can't believe this. It's beyond my
understanding." [Matchreport]
4. Cameroon vs Argentina 1-0 in 1990
Cameroon ended this match with nine men and managed to keep the defending
champions at bay, and secure a famous victory in the opening game of the 1990
World Cup. [Matchreport]
5. Senegal vs France 1-0 in 2002
World and European champions France were huge favourites to cash in three
points against Senegal making their World Cup debut in this opening match of
Korea/Japan 2002. It was the first of several surprising results in the
tournament. [Matchreport]
6. East Germany vs West Germany 1-0 in 1974
The day when East beat West in their first ever meeting. A goal by Sparwasser
ten minutes from time settled the game. West went on to win the tournament
though. [Matchreport]
7. Spain vs Denmark 5-1 in 1986
Denmark had won all their first round games including trashing the South
American champions Uruguay 6-1, and West Germany 2-0. They even took the lead
in this game against Spain, but then everything fell apart. Butrague?o scored
four of Spain's five goals in this bizarre game. [Matchreport]
8. Bulgaria vs Germany 2-1 in 1994
Germany, who had reached the previous three finals, looked on track to reach
number four in this quarterfinal when Matth?us gave them the lead on a
penalty. But then two quick goals by Bulgaria ruined everything.
[Matchreport]
9. Northern Ireland vs Spain 1-0 in 1982
Not many fancied the Irish to win this match against the host nation,
especially not after playing much of the game with only ten men. But they
scored early in the second half and kept the lead in a match they had to win
to stay in the tournament. The win meant the Irish qualified to phase two.
[Matchreport]
10. Cuba vs Romania 2-1 in 1938
This was a sensational result at the time. Cuba didn't manage to qualify in
the first place, but stepped in when Mexico withdrew. Romania took part in
both 1930 and 1934 and were established as a quality team. Cuba themselves
were trashed 8-0 by Sweden in the very next round! [Matchreport]


  
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