Monday 31 May 2010

10 days to go

The fact that any of FIFA’s 200-plus affiliated nations can reach the World Cup finals is what makes the tournament so special.

However, it can also make for some interesting match-ups in the David and Goliath sense, and therefore throw-up a few one-sided results.

The biggest of these came in 1982 when Hungary put ten past El Salvador as they ran out 
10-1 winners – the most any team has scored in one match.

The match was also notable for Hungary’s Laszlo Kiss scoring the World Cup’s fastest ever hat-trick, bagging in the 69th, 72nd and 76th minute. The fact he came on as a substitute in the 55th minute makes it even more impressive.

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