Tuesday, June 1, 2010

SOME WORLD CUP TRUTHS.

1) The Italian coach Vittoria P0zzo is the only coach to coach Italy to two world cup triumphs, he did it in 1934 and 1938. This has never been done by any other coach in world cup history.
2) In the 1964 world cup in the U.S.A. The Russian Oleg Salenko scored a total of five goals , in the match verses Cameroon. This is the highest number of goals scored by a player inone match.
3) Brazil and West Germany have reached the world cup final 7, seven times. The most by any country so far.
4) The world cup has been won by Europe and South America only. No country from Africa, Asia, Australasia or North or Central America have ever won the world cup.
5) In the 2010 world cup all the previous winners will be taking part. England, France, West Germany, Italy, Brazil , Argentina and Uruguay will all be there.
6) Brazil has played in 92 world cup games and scored 201 goals.
7) The two giants Brazil and Germany have played only one final in the F.I.F.A history in 2002 , which Brazil won.

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