On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia won over Argentina by 2-1 which sent the biggest shock waves in FIFA World Cup history after the biggest upset, United States win over England in 1950. Know the biggest upsets in FIFA football world cup history
As per the data company, Nielsen Gracenote, Tuesday’s win of Saudi Arabia was the second shocking win in the history of FIFA after 1950.
After using their complex formula factors of team strength, ranking system, history, and location, the data company ranked Arabia’s on 51st with the chance of beating Argentina which stated unbeaten in 36 internationals.
List Of Top 10 Biggest Upsets In FIFA World Cup Football History
While, the data company is shocked and upset with this year’s Saudi’s win, they also revealed the Top 10 usepts win of the history of FIFA World Cup.
As per Gracenote’s data, some of more upsets such as North Korea beating Italy in 1966 and Cameroon beating Argentina in the 1990 opening match didn’t make the top 10.
As per the data company, the top 10 Upsets winning of the World Cup are as:
1. Saudi Arabia 2-1 Argentina, 2022
Saudi Arabia, which is ranked 51st in the world, was facing an Argentine team which has a record of 37 international unbeaten games.
Things were going pretty smoothly but when Lionel Messi put Argentina ahead with a 10th minute penalty, the goal was made by Saleh Al-Shehri and Salem Al-Dawsari in the early Second half of the game to secure a stunning yet upset win.
2. United States 1-0 England, 1950
For the 1950 Gamez England was appearing for the first time, while team US was already a semi-professional squad.
England’s team featured Alf Ramsey in defence, but they lost in the first half to Joey Gaetjens.
3. Switzerland 1-0 Spain, 2010
Spain’s team went to South Africa as the champions of European and World cUp favourites, though, they only had 22 shots while the opponents had 6.
Spain lost in the second half of the game when Gelson Fernandes secured a goal. Although Spain recovered from the setback and moved ahead as they won the final 3 weeks later.
4. Algeria 2-1 West Germany 1982
It was Algeria’s first ever World Cup match and the team delivered the finest hour as they made the first goal and secured the win against West Germany.
As A Result, Austria and West Germany conspired to play out a 1-0 win for the Germans which sent both the teams to the second stage on goal difference.
All the expenses were taken by North Africans, however, Germany went against Italy in the final and lost to them utterly.
After the tournament was over, FIFA changed the rules to make simultaneous kickoffs.
5. Ghana 2-0 Czech Republic, 2006
Czech team had already reached the European Championship final in 2004, so naturally, they were expected to do pretty well and go deep in the World Cup.
The team even opened pretty well with a 3-0 against the United States. On the other hand, Ghana was making their World Cup debut, and had already lost to Italy.
6. Uruguay 2-1 Brazil, 1950
In this match, Brazil’s team were leading midway through the second half, however, Uruguay scored twice within 14 minutes and secured the trophy for the 2nd time which remains quite popular in both nation’s history.
7. South Korea 2-0 Germany, 2018
Germany had already lost their game against Mexico but they still had a massive shock left to see as they were beaten by South Korea after the Koreans team secured 2 goals to achieve the victory.
8. Wales 2-1 Hungary, 1958
At the time, Hungary was considered as one of the best teams in the world but after a group draw, the team had to negotiate with Wales to play-off against the same side.
The Hungarian team was expected to give some fantastic game, however, the team was left with shock after Ivor Allchurch and Terry Medwin of Wales secured the comeback win in the second half of the game.
However, Wales didn’t appear in the World Cup again until a 1-1 draw against the United States.
9. Northern Ireland 1-0 Spain, 1982
The game was hosted in Spain itself and the host was in desperate need to draw to the finish top to progress the easier second half, however, Northern Ireland dominated the match as Gerry Armstrong scored a most famous goal of his life.
10. Senegal 1-0 France, 2002
At the time, France was World as well as European Champion and they went head to head against Senegal and lost 1-0.
The match was quite famous nationwide because the champions lost to the one, who were making their debut at the tournament.
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