Football is as famous as cricket in India and people have the craziest enthusiasm in the whole World. It was established and found long time ago and now over 211 countries give their best in football officially. It is the most enjoyed sport across the world through screens and televisions. However, there a few breath-taking and unknown facts about football that sets an amazing standard for it.
Only 8 Countries achieved the Title of Winner in the FIFA World Cup
The most renowned and highly competitive championship in the World is FIFA. It includes 211 national associations. Till now 21 FIFA World cup championships has been organised since 1930. This huge event goes on the ground with every fourth year. The most interesting fact about this diverse sport is only 8 nations have managed to reach at the winning stage. At this stage, Germany and Italy have four titles each Argentina, France, and Uruguay have two titles each. England and Spain hold one title each. Where-as, Brazil is the king by achieving 5 winner titles till now. We see players shuffling across the teams which make the game more interesting.
Greatest defeat of all time is 149-0.
Don’t need to check you have read it right! Yeah I know we have mostly seen the winnings by marginal number: Onan average most FIFA wins are recorded with the score of 3:2. However in 2002, AS Adema lost to StadeOlympiqueL’Emyrne in Madagascar by 149-0. It is reported that the losing team AS Adema staged a protest by deliberately kicking the ball into their-own goalpost 149 times. This was a protest against a referring decision by the team AS Adema. While we have seen popular teams experiencing embarrassing losses, this protest makes the score 149-0 looks unbelievable.
Series of 36 red cards in one match.
According to the rules of football, there is no limit to the number of red cards the referee can present in a match. In an iconic incident, a referee has set a record of presenting 36 red cards to all the players of both the teams including the coaches and substitutes. This crazy ordeal occurred in Argentina in a game between rival teams Claypole and Victoriano Arenas. Reports say that two players who got involved in an ugly brawl were first presented red cards. However, they continued fighting which prompted the referee to present red cards to all of the members from the two teams.
Fastest goal ever scored was in 1.8 seconds.
Footballer NicklasBendtner holds the record of scoring the fastest goal ever. In a match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, the substitute player headed a corner from CescFabregas directly into the net. While we usually watch players taking several minutes to score goals, 1.8 seconds to score one is unbelievably impressive.
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