15 interesting stories in World Cup history, from the most watched match to the stolen gold cup event 2
Almost every World Cup season witnesses a new record being broken, a new record being set or dramatic events that remain forever in everyone’s memory.
This record belongs to the 1950 World Cup final between Brazil and Uruguay.
This match is also famous as the match that caused many Brazilian fans to commit suicide when their team lost.
Brazilian soccer star Pelé won his first World Cup in 1958 in Sweden, and also witnessed Brazil’s first victory.
Miroslav Klose of Germany has a record of scoring 16 goals in the World Cup, even surpassing Ronaldo’s record.
Just Fontaine of France scored 13 goals in the 1958 tournament in Sweden, the most goals ever scored by a player in a single tournament.
Almost half of the world’s population watched the 2018 World Cup matches. This number includes people who watched the matches both on television and on digital platforms.
Uruguay was the first host country but eventually became the first World Cup champion.
Initially, South Korea and Japan both bid to host the championship.
Essam El Hadary, goalkeeper of Egypt, played at the 2018 World Cup in Russia at the age of 45. The tournament also awarded him the title of oldest player to successfully save a penalty when he successfully saved the penalty of
Turkish player Hakan Sukur scored the first goal after 10.89 seconds in the match against South Korea in the third place play-off.
Before the 1966 tournament taking place in England, the championship gold trophy was displayed at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London.
Mexico has lost a total of 25 matches since the biggest football tournament on the planet began.
Italy took home the World Cup in 1934 and 1938, and Brazil won the title in 1958 and 1962.
Argentina and Germany have played each other more than any other country.
The Asian team made its World Cup debut at the 1938 tournament under the name Dutch East Indies.
Stadium 974 in Qatar’s capital Doha is built from shipping containers and will be completely demolished after the tournament ends.
Source: The Sports News
