France have the champions curse... Italy2010,Spain2014,germany2018 had it before them...🏆💀
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@@kieffer4615 all of those suffered of aging squads, I think that France will get to at least the quarters mainly because their biggest stars will still be either young or on their peak in that world cup
I’m American and I’ve always thought it was an incredibly beautiful gesture, and Iran got the win after that. With that said, despite the fact that our governments don’t really get along, I’ve been lucky enough to meet several Iranians in other countries and I’ve found them to be incredibly friendly, inquisitive, and outgoing people, so I was not surprised by the class they showed.
In the first World Cup there was a dispute between Argentina and Uruguay over the manufacturer of the ball to be used for the final. So they decided that one ball of the two countries could be used in each half and at the end of the first half Argentina was leading but Uruguay scored 4 in the second half with their ball. I think this comeback was surprising, that too in a final.
@Vitor Carvalho the balls weren't as modern as they are now mainly being made of leather meaning they're heavier i would put my money on Uruguay finding a way to make the ball lighter
The best story of the 1st world cup imo is Yugoslavia them getting screwed against Uruguay in possibly the worst display of officiating ever, just ask the Serbs!
Forlan was as good that tournament as he ever had been. Cavani and Suarez were also solid, even if Suarez's most notable act was the handball save against Ghana.
@@misfitplayer9999 But its still history for the Belgians, we never finished 3th before (i mean, win the battle for 3th and 4th place). And Croatia was a surprise, they were so enjoyable to watch most of the time
The fact that New Zealand went through the 2010 World Cup unbeaten despite never registering a single point at their previous World Cup appearance in 1982 is probably more shocking that the champions curse..
@@GustavoCLa NZ, a country who had only ever been to 1 World Cup in 1982, had only ever scored 2 goals in that one World Cup showing, then go to the 2010 World Cup and win not only their first ever point, but finished a tournament without losing a match, INCLUDING a draw and finishing above then current world champions Italy. Tell me what isn’t there to be proud with a country with that footballing history and there lack of at the World Cup?
@Stefantheodordinu Gaming And why would that be a surprise?Romania had a strong team,and if we had a better GK,we could've topped Sweden,and maybe even Brazil(meaning defeating Italy being a walk in a park).Even so,we barely lost
Finally, some recognition for the famous Peru era from 1970-1982, its a shame in our best showings in World cup history, we had to face the famous 1970 Brazil team that destroyed everybody in that World Cup, and in 1978 we were in a really tough quarter final group stage with Argentina and Brazil.
True, it's sad since in the 1970s, we had a really good team but we just _had_ to face West Germany and Brazil in 1970 alone. Corruption within the Federation also played a pretty big problem
@@rizzoli7 Assuming you aren't joking a 'kiwi' is a nickname for someone from New Zealand. Not to be confused with 'kiwifruit' which we eat or the bird 'Kiwi' which we most definitely do not eat. You are a lot more likely to hear someone call themselves a kiwi than a New Zealander.
yes mate!!!!! I remember watching our journey. sure i was pissed after italy got that penalty but i don’t really care cause we’re practically the reason that italy got knocked out and we gotta be proud of that
I can't help but admire the amount of research you put into your videos, especially since you upload daily. Amazing job. P.S: I love how all the titles are alliterations, neat.
@@pullermatz5677 Yeah but we should never forget about that and always shit on modern neonazis at every opportunity to never let this happen again. Just look at current politics in Germany, extreme rights are on the rise again with the AFD.
You mentioned Croatia in 1998. but this was definitely THE shock back then. A country formed few years before, in their first World Cup appearance with 4 million population getting third place is insane.
1986 - Spain blowing up the "Danish Dynamite" 5-1 after Denmark had run rampant in the group stages, where they had handily defeated Scotland, Germany, and Uruguay. At that point, Denmark was seen as the likeliest team to join Brazil in a future final but neither team made it. It's a little known fact that Denmark had the lead and the game versus Spain quite in hand when, just before halftime, Jesper Olsen attempted a backpass to his goalkeeper which was intercepted by Emilio Butragueno and led to him scoring the first of his four goals that day. That goal changed the whole complexion of the game and, in the second half, Spain ran riot while Denmark collapsed. That game, combined with Spain's defeat of Denmark in the semifinals of the 1984 Euros and again in the group stages of the 1988 Euros, led to Spain gaining a reputation as Denmark's bete noire, something which continues to this day.
2:22 Yes please make Italy's controversies under Mussolini regarding their enormously generous treatment at the 1934 World Cup into another video. I can remember commenting this idea several months ago.
@@3dsaulgoodman43 I do recall a Uruguayan player by the name of Michele Andreolo playing for Italy but it was at the following World Cup in 1938. International representation was much more lenient and a bit of a sham in those days.
@@3dsaulgoodman43 There was Argentines that played for Italy who played for Argentina in the 1st wc, who were runners-up. Not sure about Uruguayans but definitely Argentines.
@@3dsaulgoodman43 Luis Monti, Raimundo Orsi and Enrique Guaita were the three Argentine players that starred for the 1934 Italian National Team. All three were what was known as "oriundi", that is they were born in Argentina to Italian parents.
@@tim-noelgrevers2702 They hadn't qualified since 1938. Neither did the Netherlands, BTW. But if Peru in 1970 is named a surprise, Poland and the Netherlands in 1974 were bigger surprises.
I'm so proud seeing Peru twice on this list! I always heard my father talk about Peru's golden generation I hope we can have one in these coming years.
My picks from the World Cups I have seen.. 2002: South Korea eliminating Italy and Spain to qualify for the Semifinals 2006: Zidane Headbutt 2010: Suárez “single handedly” saved Uruguay from a relentless Ghana 2014: BRA71L 2018: South Korea eliminate World Champions Germany from the Group Stage, possibly giving their Worst finish in a World Cup Campaign
@@youunculturedswine264 - Ronaldo won the World Cup with Brazil in 1994 and 2002. Unless you're referring to CRISTIANO RONALDO, an entirely different player.
I'm surprised that Bulgaria's 4th position in 1994 wasn't mentioned. By that time, Bulgaria had never won a world cup game, and during their USA march, defeated teams like Argentina, Mexico and most notably - the reigning world champion of Germany in the quarter finals. And I still remember Costacurta's handball in the penalty not being noticed by the referee during the lost semifinal against Italy.
That PoS doesn't even deserve the recognition for that. It was an injustice to an entire continent and for that combined with everything else he's done, he shouldn't even be ever allowed to play in any tournaments again.
I will never understand why people consider Uruguay beating Brazil on the 1950 "final" a shock. Up to 1954 Uruguay had NEVER lost a game on a world cup nor Olympic games. We participated on 1924/1928 wining both times gold medals, 1930 winning world championship. Brazil up to 1950 had won only 3 times the Copa America (continental tournament) and Uruguay had already won 8 times. So.. lets see.. .A 3 times world champion and 8 times continental champions that has never been defeated on world tournaments Vs a Team that had yet not won a single world cup + won only 3 times the continental cup.. why the result is such a surprise??
0:44 - 1930 - USA team - 3rd place ,Brazil eliminated 1st round 1:52 - 1934 - Italy won over Austria Wunderteam - Czechoslovakia surprises getting to the final 2:31 - 1938 - Cuba toppes Romania - Last World Cup before WW2 -12 years sadness 3:42 - 1950 - USA won over England (finally at WC) - Brazil loses the final against Uruguay with more than 200m people on Maracanã 4:36 - 1954 - Hungary, europe best team is defeated by Germany in the final after 8-3 in group phase 5:37 - 1958 - Pelé + Just Fontaine historic match - Sweden reach final- Brazil champion 6:22 - 1962 - Italy violent match against Chile - Czechoslovakia reach again final with Brazil 7:23 - 1966 - North Korea, Portugal and Soviet Union surprises World, reaching later phases. England won it's lonely title. 8:22 - 1970 - Peru with a great squad reaches quarter finals ,losing to Brazil that won the WC and obtained Jules Rimet Trophy with 3 titles 9:12 - 1974 - Holland with a magnificent team , the clockwork orange, reach final, but loses to West Germany, that plays a historical match against East Germany. 10:03 - 1978 - Argentina surprised the world with it's 1st title behind suspicious 6x1 match against Peru that was good in the WC 10:55 - 1982 - Algeria won 1st game over West Germany shocking everyone, but later a shame 0x0 match against Austria is the end for African squad. Brazil best football defeated by Italy that won the WC. 11:59 - 1986 - Morocco with Madjer and a great team do very well on WC. Denmark on other side, surprises everyone. Argentina with Diego Maradona finally won a honest title 13:00 - 1990 - Now Cameroon shows it's football to the World with Roger Milla only losing to England in quarter finals. 13:49 - 1994 - Saudi Arabia, 1st Middle East squad to show it's football and with an epic goal.Bulgaria do well too. Maradona banned after positive dopping test. 14:50 - 1998 - Spain defeated by the next African great team , Nigeria. Croatia, after Iugoslavia end, play a great football. Paraguay do well too. 15:26 - 2002 - The beginning of the curse of the last WC champion affect France, eliminated in 1st round. South Korea reach semifinals after suspicious match against Spain and Italy. 16:21 - 2006 - Zidane after France defeat Brazil, 2002 winner, loses his head after Materazzi nasty words against his family and France is defeated by Italy in the final. 17:19 - 2010 - Now, Italy can't advance in the weakest WC group with Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia. Spain surprises the world with the beginning of Tiki-Taka and won over Holland in the final after a several injury from a Holland player. 18:03 - 2014 - Brazil 1 x 7 Germany, became the shamest defeat in a WC by one of the World powerhouses. Costa Rica do a great WC.Spain, latest champion can't advance 1st round. In the end, Germany won over Argentina's Messi in Argentinazzo. 18:47 - 2018 - Now, Germany plays very badly, only winning against Sweden and being shock eliminated by South Korea. Belgium and Croatia do a great WC with Croatia defeated by France (almost an african team) in the final. 2022 -
2022 - Saudi Arabia defeated Argentina in the group stage, Morocco becomes the first African nation to advance the semi-finals, Japan thrashes Germany and Spain in the group stage, and Argentina becomes the champion of Qatar 2022 after defeating France via penalties.
I sometimes go back and watch De Jong's kick into Xabi's chest and think to myself: If a blind man can be the main referee of a World Cup final, I can achieve anything in life! It is very encouraging.
Croatia comfortably beaten in 2018 final ? Croatia had more possession, more shots and more shots on target......they just didn't have the referee on their side with him gifting France with a two goal head start.
Croatia reaching the semis in 1998 was a real upset, espcially the 3-0 against European champions Germany. I would choose that moment above the merely unlucky exit of Spain any day
I would recommend you look into Peru’s 2018 world cup qualification. It’s a very interesting story since how at many times it looked like they were done for.
I went to the play off match here in New Zealand. Peru didn't have the best of games that day, I was expecting them to win. But they put it right back in Peru!
In more recent tournaments, you seem to have a strong preference for small, non-European nations unexpectedly winning a single match against a strong European side. But those tournaments really had bigger surprises. 1986: Belgium reaching the semifinals 1994: Bulgaria reaching the semifinals 1998: Croatia reaching the semifinals 2002: Turkey reaching the semifinals 2018: Croatia reaching the final
I might be saying this with a little bias, but I think 1978 should have been Austria eliminating the reigning World Cup champions West Germany in the "Miracle of Cordoba"
It was cool to learn that it was west Germany and Austria colluding to fix a match in the group stage. Without that we wouldn’t have had all of the craziness yesterday with France, Germany, Portugal, and Hungary fighting for 3 spots.
as a Romanian I am obviously sad that we lost to Cameroon but in all other games I have rooted for the African team. They've had a really good and spectacular team, and I honestly wouldn't have minded them winning the WC. They've been so unlucky against England....
Fun fact: All of the last 5 World Cup championships saw the previous champion team get eliminated in the group stage. And after France's shocking elimination by Switzerland in the 2020 Euro Cup Ro16 a few days ago (after being up 3-1 in like the 84th minute too), I can definitely see that trend possibly continuing in the next World Cup too...
The France shock elimination by Switzerland in Euro 2020 is also the Hungarian curse that began since Euro 2016 that eliminated Belgium in quarterfinals of Euro 2016, France, Germany and Portugal in round of 16 of Euro 2020, and Italy in semifinals of 2023 Nations League.
The defeat of the undefeated Hungarian Golden Team in 1954 to Germany was really weird. They had beated Germany 8 to 3 in the group. This was due to downpour, German team had clogs on their shoes, dodgy refereeing and some questions about the team's cleanness from doping. Biggest upset in football history. Helped bring on 56 revolution in Hungary. Unfortunately, that ended the run. Hungarians haven't risen to that level, the best in the world at that time, since. Although their heroic fight against the death group, Portugal, France, and Germany, gives hope that the long drought of Hungarian football may be coming to an end.
2002 should be Germany reaching the finals and almost winning. Dude, we had the worst team back in 2002 and only thanks to the TItan himself, Oliver Kahn, did we manage to get this far. That's quite a surprise: A goalkeeper ensures the victory of an entire nation for 6 matches, not because he scores, but because he saves every ball that is threatening his goal. For me, the biggest surprise in the 2002 WC.
It might have been a shock to Germans, but not to the rest of the world. We always expect Germany to reach at least the semis. You guys have really set an insane standard. I couldn’t believe it when Germany was knocked out in the first round in 2018.
0:15 A pic worth 1000 words: 3 Uruguay heroes: The guy that assisted them getting back in the game (Fucile was fouled resulting in Forlan's free kick), the guy that kept them in the game (Suarez) and the guy that won the game (Abreu).
2002 world cup really was one of the greatest world cups ever. It was the year of the underdogs. Not just South Korea but Turkey clinching 3rd in just their 2 world cup ever. USA made the quarters before barely losing to Germany. Senegal's first ever world cup and made the quarters. Ireland just losing to Spain in penalties in the knockout. And then the finals while not an underdog featured the two greatest nations Brazil and Germany playing for the very first time ever. Brazil had Ronaldo the greatest striker in the world vs Germanys Oliver Khan the greatest goalkeeper in the world at the time.
In a way, it was interesting to get so many underdogs going but I think that the quality of the games and teams was just low to be honest. Is it possible that this the first WC you watched? Because in my case, it was first 94, where the amount of surprises was still a lot + there were so many crazy games. Then in 98 there were lots of action-packed encounters with their stories and dramas. After these two WCs 2002 felt somewhat dry and boring despite the progress of the underdogs. There were few engaging groups dramas and perhaps two/three interesting elimination games, much of which finished 0:0 or 1:0... This is my personal opinion.
2002 was a weird one as Korea seemed to bribe the referee to eliminate Italy and Spain to reach semifinal where Korea should have been eliminated in the Italy match. Also Germany v USA match also had some questionable referee decision to make Germany advance to semifinal which the USA should probably have.
Weren't they in the 2010 World Cup? Or maybe it was a Euro Cup that I'm thinking of (where one team scored in like the 119th minute and then Turkey scored after the 120th minute and went on to win the penalty shootout).
In 1994 the biggest surprise was actually Bulgaria. With cult matches against Argentina in the Group Stage, 2:0; Mexico in the Round of 16, 1:1 after extra time with 1 man down and then winning the penalties with the goalkeeper saving 3 penalties; Germany in the quarterfinals, 2:1, turning the tables from 0:1 earlier; and Italy in the semifinals, 1:2, having lost in a game with controversial refereeing, Bulgaria, as a complete underdog initially and who lost their opening game against Nigeria with 0:3, eventually made the biggest surprise on the tournament.
As a half-danish, half-russian guy with a lot of english associates, I have never quite forgiven Croatia for their 2018 run, lmao All my favorites barely got kicked out by penalties and prolonged gametime.
Maybe the biggest surprise was that Diego Maradona was given a goal in a World Cup by scoring with his hand. There have been a lot of surprises in the 21 world championships in the men's game. I hope you cover the women's World Cup's even though there has only been 8 world championships for the women, it is cool to see both the men and women's world titles in the sport. Qatar 2022 may bring new surprises as well for sure.
2018: here’s why Germany got nuked in 2018. Reason number 1 is complacency. They hadn’t been taking their competition seriously from 2016-18 to the point where it made them think they were better than everyone else w minimal effort. It also goes against the German way they’ve had at DFB. Next, Germany was doing poorly in friendlies matches and other matches(see reason 1 for why that is). Third reason: there was a ton of division within the team. After Leroy sane was snubbed of the last spot in favor of the Bavarian Julian Brandt, the bling bling gang of khedira, Ozil, Boateng, and Draxler felt that the bavarians of the team didn’t do enough to influence Löw to put Sane (who’s dad is black and mom is white) on the team for 2018. This caused so many rifts to where they never trusted each other on the pitch. Some of them were even going at it and refuse to pass to one another bc of their different origin and skin color. Fourth, the tactics were awful as hell. Germany not only looked lethargic (Spain 2014 lethargic), but they were also out of position. Kimmich and another defender would go up so high on the pitch that they would sometimes be farther than Werner, even if they weren’t in the bed yet. Germany was caught on counters too. This lead to the iconic Mexico goal scored by Lozano that would further cement the upset in 2018. Fifth reason: Löw selected out of form and out of prime players to play on the team and disregarded the youth on the German second and third teams which they could’ve easily taken one of those teams to a World Cup and still win. Although Werner was 22 at the time, he was so out of form at the World Cup and Muller was ineffective along with ozil. The midfield was slow and couldn’t get anything done and often got bypassed. Then the drfenders were bad at their job too. Boateng was too slow and out of form to keep up w other teams. He was also too old to even compete. Kimmich as I mentioned was often so out of position along with everyone else on the back line that teams would easily counter against them. And then Manuel Neuer started to show decline in his performances but a lot has to do w the back line and tactics. Reason 6: lack of leadership and urgency. Thank you for your time!
So, in 94 Saudi Arabia was a bigger surprise than Bulgaria knocking out the world champs Germany, and getting to the semis? Bulgaria were seeded 31st out of 32 teams in the WC, and had never won a game at a WC, but the Saudis reaching the round of 16, is somehow more surprising
This is the curse of eliminating Hungary in a major tournament. In Euro 2016, Belgium eliminated Hungary in round of 16 then was eliminated by Wales in quarterfinal. In Euro 2020, France, Germany and Portugal eliminated Hungary in the group stage, then all three teams were eliminated in the very next round.
2022 world cup played in Qatar. An entry on itself.
If it even happens
France have the champions curse...
Italy2010,Spain2014,germany2018 had it before them...🏆💀
@@kieffer4615 all of those suffered of aging squads, I think that France will get to at least the quarters mainly because their biggest stars will still be either young or on their peak in that world cup
fidel ramirez ozil kroos muller hummels reus maybe neuer..they were 28(still in their prime) in the world cup...
and maybe with no fans in the stadium :-(
1998: Iran vs USA. Iranian players shaking hands with and handing flowers to the American players.
This is what enmity and politics does. Ruins beautiful friendships.
I’m American and I’ve always thought it was an incredibly beautiful gesture, and Iran got the win after that. With that said, despite the fact that our governments don’t really get along, I’ve been lucky enough to meet several Iranians in other countries and I’ve found them to be incredibly friendly, inquisitive, and outgoing people, so I was not surprised by the class they showed.
One of the most tense games in a world cup.
Hell! In the states, they didn't televise the iranian people celebrating.
As an American I can say that the Iranians I've met are some of the nicest people ever. Inter-government beef ruins the love we should all have.
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In the first World Cup there was a dispute between Argentina and Uruguay over the manufacturer of the ball to be used for the final.
So they decided that one ball of the two countries could be used in each half and at the end of the first half Argentina was leading but Uruguay scored 4 in the second half with their ball.
I think this comeback was surprising, that too in a final.
At the end of the first half Argentina was only leading 2-1
should try 2018 AFC U23 Asian Cup, one of the weirdest final of all time :))
@Vitor Carvalho the balls weren't as modern as they are now mainly being made of leather meaning they're heavier i would put my money on Uruguay finding a way to make the ball lighter
The best story of the 1st world cup imo is Yugoslavia them getting screwed against Uruguay in possibly the worst display of officiating ever, just ask the Serbs!
@@lexico8165 Italy vs spain and austria in 34
Where’s England winning a penalty shootout in 2018 😅🤣
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Though not many Liverpool fans would cheer Jordan Pickford after this weekend.
I hope he'll make a video on european championships as well so we can all remember Iceland defeating england 2:1 in 2016
2002: Turkey finishing 3rd surely also deserves a mention!
2010: Going into that tournament, no one expected Uruguay to reach the semi finals either!
2018: Croatia makes the final, belgium finishes third 😮
@@derekg5889 Belgium was top 5 teams, there is no surprise in their campaign, Croatia was a Big surprise tho.
Forlan was as good that tournament as he ever had been. Cavani and Suarez were also solid, even if Suarez's most notable act was the handball save against Ghana.
94' Sweden finished 3rd
@@misfitplayer9999 But its still history for the Belgians, we never finished 3th before (i mean, win the battle for 3th and 4th place). And Croatia was a surprise, they were so enjoyable to watch most of the time
7 players that have a reputation of being terrible but aren't.
Heskey, Giroud etc
Lingard actually used to be a baller
@Charles Burton Mate that joke is so old. Some of us are ridiculously sick of it.
Charles Burton you’re still not funny
Bendtner, Bony
@Charles Burton Shush. Lingard is an ancient joke which only kids say as they are ridiculously obnoxious
The fact that New Zealand went through the 2010 World Cup unbeaten despite never registering a single point at their previous World Cup appearance in 1982 is probably more shocking that the champions curse..
They were also the only undefeated team of that world cup since spain lost a group stage game.
@@thomasfandrade Yes. Spain had lost against Switzerland.
Come on, they also didn't beat anyone. Getting off with 3 ties is something that shouldn't make anyone proud.
@@GustavoCLa NZ, a country who had only ever been to 1 World Cup in 1982, had only ever scored 2 goals in that one World Cup showing, then go to the 2010 World Cup and win not only their first ever point, but finished a tournament without losing a match, INCLUDING a draw and finishing above then current world champions Italy. Tell me what isn’t there to be proud with a country with that footballing history and there lack of at the World Cup?
@@brandon_thomas55 I think it would be more laudable if they got 2 defeats but 1 win.
talk about how bulgaria used to have 50,000 in attendence during every national team game to now barely managing 3000 attendants
Но това не е само в България, има го и в много други държави
Ееее адаш
also regurarly beating countries like germany france
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The day Bulgaria was doomed to slowly decline
Сасипаха я тая държава
1994 should've been Bulgaria making it to the semis.
yea bulgaria never won a world cup game before 94 despite being to several tournaments
Max Gonera and beat the last 2 world champions - Argentina and Germany - to get there.
@Stefantheodordinu Gaming Bulgaria defeated Argentina 2:0 in the group stage but both teams progressed to the 1/8 finals.
Tbh they had to face weak teams(or fallen,like Germany)
@Stefantheodordinu Gaming And why would that be a surprise?Romania had a strong team,and if we had a better GK,we could've topped Sweden,and maybe even Brazil(meaning defeating Italy being a walk in a park).Even so,we barely lost
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@@3dsaulgoodman43 haha thanks bro❤️
North Korea 1966: We gonna dominate this shit
Eusebio: I'm about to end your entire career
Finally, some recognition for the famous Peru era from 1970-1982, its a shame in our best showings in World cup history, we had to face the famous 1970 Brazil team that destroyed everybody in that World Cup, and in 1978 we were in a really tough quarter final group stage with Argentina and Brazil.
True, it's sad since in the 1970s, we had a really good team but we just _had_ to face West Germany and Brazil in 1970 alone. Corruption within the Federation also played a pretty big problem
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As a kiwi it might've been nice to have gotten the mention of going undefeated at the 2010 world cup even if it was the weakest group of all time haha
and of course finishing ahead of Italy.
what the hell is a kiwi? The fruit?
@@rizzoli7 Assuming you aren't joking a 'kiwi' is a nickname for someone from New Zealand. Not to be confused with 'kiwifruit' which we eat or the bird 'Kiwi' which we most definitely do not eat. You are a lot more likely to hear someone call themselves a kiwi than a New Zealander.
Aren't they the only country to not lose a game and not advance?
yes mate!!!!! I remember watching our journey. sure i was pissed after italy got that penalty but i don’t really care cause we’re practically the reason that italy got knocked out and we gotta be proud of that
I can't help but admire the amount of research you put into your videos, especially since you upload daily. Amazing job.
P.S: I love how all the titles are alliterations, neat.
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Alfie: Damn Nazis...
what exactly is wrong or notable about shitting on Nazis at every opportunity lmao
@@STANKYCHEEZEMAYNE Nothing, it was just the casualness of it that made me chuckle
@@STANKYCHEEZEMAYNE its was like 80 years ago, jeez calm down, germany changed
@@pullermatz5677 umm yeah but we ain’t chatting about Germans we are chatting about Nazis... big difference
@@pullermatz5677 Yeah but we should never forget about that and always shit on modern neonazis at every opportunity to never let this happen again. Just look at current politics in Germany, extreme rights are on the rise again with the AFD.
You mentioned Croatia in 1998. but this was definitely THE shock back then. A country formed few years before, in their first World Cup appearance with 4 million population getting third place is insane.
Quoique populaire ces derniers temps, l'utilisation à tout va du qualificatif "insane" demeure tout autant inapproprié
1986 - Spain blowing up the "Danish Dynamite" 5-1 after Denmark had run rampant in the group stages, where they had handily defeated Scotland, Germany, and Uruguay. At that point, Denmark was seen as the likeliest team to join Brazil in a future final but neither team made it. It's a little known fact that Denmark had the lead and the game versus Spain quite in hand when, just before halftime, Jesper Olsen attempted a backpass to his goalkeeper which was intercepted by Emilio Butragueno and led to him scoring the first of his four goals that day. That goal changed the whole complexion of the game and, in the second half, Spain ran riot while Denmark collapsed. That game, combined with Spain's defeat of Denmark in the semifinals of the 1984 Euros and again in the group stages of the 1988 Euros, led to Spain gaining a reputation as Denmark's bete noire, something which continues to this day.
2018 russia beating spain deserves a mention
Not really Spain wasn't a true contender and Russia was the host. It was an upset but it wasn't that crazy
Russia never deserves a mention
@DownwardsSpiral 😂
We were without a coach so it wasn't that much of a surprise
Russia eliminated Spain in round of 16 was necessary for England to reach the world cup final for the first time since 1966.
Russia’s run in 2018 and Ghana’s in 2010 both deserve a shout
14:48 The irony. England just lost to Italy in a shootout to lose the Euro cup final.
2:22 Yes please make Italy's controversies under Mussolini regarding their enormously generous treatment at the 1934 World Cup into another video. I can remember commenting this idea several months ago.
If I'm not wrong, Mussolini forced a Uruguayan player to declare for Italy?
@@3dsaulgoodman43 I do recall a Uruguayan player by the name of Michele Andreolo playing for Italy but it was at the following World Cup in 1938. International representation was much more lenient and a bit of a sham in those days.
@@3dsaulgoodman43 A player named Monti had to play for Italy, even though he was on Argentina's squad 4 years earlier
@@3dsaulgoodman43 There was Argentines that played for Italy who played for Argentina in the 1st wc, who were runners-up. Not sure about Uruguayans but definitely Argentines.
@@3dsaulgoodman43 Luis Monti, Raimundo Orsi and Enrique Guaita were the three Argentine players that starred for the 1934 Italian National Team. All three were what was known as "oriundi", that is they were born in Argentina to Italian parents.
1974: Poland, Poland finish third, and won matches against argentina, italy, yugoslavia, and brazil
It wasn't that much of a surprise... They were one of the best teams of that time... Some people even said they would win....
Poland won the group to the world championship. eliminated England
@@tim-noelgrevers2702 They hadn't qualified since 1938. Neither did the Netherlands, BTW.
But if Peru in 1970 is named a surprise, Poland and the Netherlands in 1974 were bigger surprises.
@@frankvandorp9732 Peru also didn't qualify since the 1930s so I don't really see your logic there
2002 could have been Turkey at semis and they never been in WC since that. They were in the tournament only 2 times which is 1954 and 2002.
I'm so proud seeing Peru twice on this list! I always heard my father talk about Peru's golden generation I hope we can have one in these coming years.
My picks from the World Cups I have seen..
2002: South Korea eliminating Italy and Spain to qualify for the Semifinals
2006: Zidane Headbutt
2010: Suárez “single handedly” saved Uruguay from a relentless Ghana
2014: BRA71L
2018: South Korea eliminate World Champions Germany from the Group Stage, possibly giving their Worst finish in a World Cup Campaign
*south korea cheating against italy and spain in the 2002 world cup
Rxad Heismann...yes that is true :P
The 2018 one was in Group Stage
Nooooo 2018 is Croatia reaching the final
Isaac Fung 馮皓朗...yes that’s what I have mentioned
Thank you for mentioning Peru. Cubillas was world class on his day. Making it to the 2018 World Cup was so special waiting over 30 years
30 years just to fuck Chile over. That's how I like it. 🇨🇴🤝🇵🇪
I thought the "Hand of God" was quite shocking thb...
@Márton Bálint nah I find it pretty mad
These are surprising outcomes, not shocking events.
Every amazing player that couldn't win the world cup tournament:
1930: Stabile
1934: Josef Bican
1938: Leonidas
1950: Ademir
1954: Puskas
1958: Just Fontaine
1962: ???
1966: Eisebio
1970: Boninsegna
1974: Cryuff
1978: Rensenbrink
1982: Zico
1986: Lineker
1990: Schillaci
1994: Baggio
1998: Šuker
2002: Vieri
2006: Henry
2010: Sneijder
2014: Messi
2018: Modric
1962 could be Popluhar, Masopust or Galic
Ronaldo?
@@youunculturedswine264 - Ronaldo won the World Cup with Brazil in 1994 and 2002.
Unless you're referring to CRISTIANO RONALDO, an entirely different player.
1962 could be Leonel Sánchez
@@benhenry6652 tbh I'd rather have neymar in 2014 and hazard in 2018. Ik messi deserved it but he didn't take his chance
I'm surprised that Bulgaria's 4th position in 1994 wasn't mentioned. By that time, Bulgaria had never won a world cup game, and during their USA march, defeated teams like Argentina, Mexico and most notably - the reigning world champion of Germany in the quarter finals. And I still remember Costacurta's handball in the penalty not being noticed by the referee during the lost semifinal against Italy.
The world cup biggest surprises
2022: Morroco reaching the semi finals
So they just skipped the suarez moment in 2010...wtf 😂
That PoS doesn't even deserve the recognition for that. It was an injustice to an entire continent and for that combined with everything else he's done, he shouldn't even be ever allowed to play in any tournaments again.
@@markymark443el árbitro señaló la infracción y expulsaron a Suárez. culpen a Gyan por cagarse en los pantalones y errar el penal.
1998, Croatia winning bronze medal at their first WC ever
i would not say Sweden overachieved back in 1958, since they were the host nation and one of the favourites to win
Croatia's whole run in Croatia is the greatest surprise in 98
This is what I love from the World Cup, the stories behind every one of them
2002: Rivaldo gets hit in the face with the ball but is amazingly able to continue playing.
I will never understand why people consider Uruguay beating Brazil on the 1950 "final" a shock. Up to 1954 Uruguay had NEVER lost a game on a world cup nor Olympic games. We participated on 1924/1928 wining both times gold medals, 1930 winning world championship. Brazil up to 1950 had won only 3 times the Copa America (continental tournament) and Uruguay had already won 8 times. So.. lets see.. .A 3 times world champion and 8 times continental champions that has never been defeated on world tournaments Vs a Team that had yet not won a single world cup + won only 3 times the continental cup.. why the result is such a surprise??
Do i need to keep commenting: every scorer of the 2014 World Cup group stages, where are they now?
Its Timo Time Yeh but it’s been 2 weeks
have some patience mate
i'm going to make your request
@@michealyakubu5007 and it's been potentially longer for other requests which he's working on, chill.
Brazilian Geography Fan thank you so much
0:44 - 1930 - USA team - 3rd place ,Brazil eliminated 1st round
1:52 - 1934 - Italy won over Austria Wunderteam - Czechoslovakia surprises getting to the final
2:31 - 1938 - Cuba toppes Romania - Last World Cup before WW2 -12 years sadness
3:42 - 1950 - USA won over England (finally at WC) - Brazil loses the final against Uruguay with more than 200m people on Maracanã
4:36 - 1954 - Hungary, europe best team is defeated by Germany in the final after 8-3 in group phase
5:37 - 1958 - Pelé + Just Fontaine historic match - Sweden reach final- Brazil champion
6:22 - 1962 - Italy violent match against Chile - Czechoslovakia reach again final with Brazil
7:23 - 1966 - North Korea, Portugal and Soviet Union surprises World, reaching later phases. England won it's lonely title.
8:22 - 1970 - Peru with a great squad reaches quarter finals ,losing to Brazil that won the WC and obtained Jules Rimet Trophy with 3 titles
9:12 - 1974 - Holland with a magnificent team , the clockwork orange, reach final, but loses to West Germany, that plays a historical match against East Germany.
10:03 - 1978 - Argentina surprised the world with it's 1st title behind suspicious 6x1 match against Peru that was good in the WC
10:55 - 1982 - Algeria won 1st game over West Germany shocking everyone, but later a shame 0x0 match against Austria is the end for African squad. Brazil best football defeated by Italy that won the WC.
11:59 - 1986 - Morocco with Madjer and a great team do very well on WC. Denmark on other side, surprises everyone. Argentina with Diego Maradona finally won a honest title
13:00 - 1990 - Now Cameroon shows it's football to the World with Roger Milla only losing to England in quarter finals.
13:49 - 1994 - Saudi Arabia, 1st Middle East squad to show it's football and with an epic goal.Bulgaria do well too. Maradona banned after positive dopping test.
14:50 - 1998 - Spain defeated by the next African great team , Nigeria. Croatia, after Iugoslavia end, play a great football. Paraguay do well too.
15:26 - 2002 - The beginning of the curse of the last WC champion affect France, eliminated in 1st round. South Korea reach semifinals after suspicious match against Spain and Italy.
16:21 - 2006 - Zidane after France defeat Brazil, 2002 winner, loses his head after Materazzi nasty words against his family and France is defeated by Italy in the final.
17:19 - 2010 - Now, Italy can't advance in the weakest WC group with Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia. Spain surprises the world with the beginning of Tiki-Taka and won over Holland in the final after a several injury from a Holland player.
18:03 - 2014 - Brazil 1 x 7 Germany, became the shamest defeat in a WC by one of the World powerhouses. Costa Rica do a great WC.Spain, latest champion can't advance 1st round. In the end, Germany won over Argentina's Messi in Argentinazzo.
18:47 - 2018 - Now, Germany plays very badly, only winning against Sweden and being shock eliminated by South Korea. Belgium and Croatia do a great WC with Croatia defeated by France (almost an african team) in the final.
2022 -
Loved so much this historic video that I needed to contribute with this time list.
2022 - Saudi Arabia defeated Argentina in the group stage, Morocco becomes the first African nation to advance the semi-finals, Japan thrashes Germany and Spain in the group stage, and Argentina becomes the champion of Qatar 2022 after defeating France via penalties.
Day 22: Ranking every barca transfer since Neymar's sale
90 percent of them under 6/10
@@RekonzChannel 3/10*
I sometimes go back and watch De Jong's kick into Xabi's chest and think to myself: If a blind man can be the main referee of a World Cup final, I can achieve anything in life!
It is very encouraging.
No mention for Bulgaria in 1994?
It deserves!!!
This is by far my favourite video of yours Sevens.
14:47 ah, aged like fine wine
True
2006 was the last great world cup. Dropped in quality and entertainment value after that.
You should have mentioned Romania topping its group in 1994 and defeating Argentina 3-2.
Croatia comfortably beaten in 2018 final ? Croatia had more possession, more shots and more shots on target......they just didn't have the referee on their side with him gifting France with a two goal head start.
Great video. Much respect for mentioning Peru in the 1970 and 1978🇵🇪
Croatia reaching the semis in 1998 was a real upset, espcially the 3-0 against European champions Germany. I would choose that moment above the merely unlucky exit of Spain any day
The biggest shock of 1978 was that Scotland qualified.
Well researched video mate
I would recommend you look into Peru’s 2018 world cup qualification. It’s a very interesting story since how at many times it looked like they were done for.
I went to the play off match here in New Zealand. Peru didn't have the best of games that day, I was expecting them to win. But they put it right back in Peru!
In more recent tournaments, you seem to have a strong preference for small, non-European nations unexpectedly winning a single match against a strong European side. But those tournaments really had bigger surprises.
1986: Belgium reaching the semifinals
1994: Bulgaria reaching the semifinals
1998: Croatia reaching the semifinals
2002: Turkey reaching the semifinals
2018: Croatia reaching the final
Amazing, you know your stuff. It shows in how smart and interestingly you select the highlights of this long football history...
I might be saying this with a little bias, but I think 1978 should have been Austria eliminating the reigning World Cup champions West Germany in the "Miracle of Cordoba"
Yo HTIC! Your a legend bro 👌 i have not had one disappointing video from you.
World class content!
It was cool to learn that it was west Germany and Austria colluding to fix a match in the group stage. Without that we wouldn’t have had all of the craziness yesterday with France, Germany, Portugal, and Hungary fighting for 3 spots.
as a Romanian I am obviously sad that we lost to Cameroon but in all other games I have rooted for the African team. They've had a really good and spectacular team, and I honestly wouldn't have minded them winning the WC. They've been so unlucky against England....
Fun fact: All of the last 5 World Cup championships saw the previous champion team get eliminated in the group stage.
And after France's shocking elimination by Switzerland in the 2020 Euro Cup Ro16 a few days ago (after being up 3-1 in like the 84th minute too), I can definitely see that trend possibly continuing in the next World Cup too...
The France shock elimination by Switzerland in Euro 2020 is also the Hungarian curse that began since Euro 2016 that eliminated Belgium in quarterfinals of Euro 2016, France, Germany and Portugal in round of 16 of Euro 2020, and Italy in semifinals of 2023 Nations League.
The defeat of the undefeated Hungarian Golden Team in 1954 to Germany was really weird. They had beated Germany 8 to 3 in the group. This was due to downpour, German team had clogs on their shoes, dodgy refereeing and some questions about the team's cleanness from doping. Biggest upset in football history. Helped bring on 56 revolution in Hungary. Unfortunately, that ended the run. Hungarians haven't risen to that level, the best in the world at that time, since. Although their heroic fight against the death group, Portugal, France, and Germany, gives hope that the long drought of Hungarian football may be coming to an end.
Croatia in final is bigest suprise of world cup 2018
What about the most iconic moment of each tournament ?
Suarez handball incident in 2010 v Ghana
Ireland beating Italy in 94 and beating England and reaching quarter final in 90
England v Ireland in Italia 90 was 1-1 Gary Lineker scored for England & Kevin Sheedy scored for Ireland.
Its a very good video overall but I think you missed Suarez's handball and then the missed penalty by Asmoah gyan
Good. Suarez doesn't even deserve the recognition or attention.
One of the best videos Alfie 👌🏻👌🏻❤️
2002 should be Germany reaching the finals and almost winning. Dude, we had the worst team back in 2002 and only thanks to the TItan himself, Oliver Kahn, did we manage to get this far. That's quite a surprise: A goalkeeper ensures the victory of an entire nation for 6 matches, not because he scores, but because he saves every ball that is threatening his goal. For me, the biggest surprise in the 2002 WC.
It might have been a shock to Germans, but not to the rest of the world. We always expect Germany to reach at least the semis. You guys have really set an insane standard. I couldn’t believe it when Germany was knocked out in the first round in 2018.
Love the long videos. Players signed because of their world cup performances! #James Rodriguez comes to mind
Loved it. Great job
I'd say 2018 was Russia going from abysmal pre tournament run of losses to beating Spain in 1/8 and almost making it to the semifinal against Croatia
russia vs croatia was in quarter finals
And not as a result of weird refereeing decisions either.
This is the good stuff!😍💪🔥 Love world cup videos✌️🎉
Biggest surprise from every Euros ( 1960-2016 )
Can you create a video on "players that were linked to big clubs from 5 seasons ago and where they ended up today"
The 7-1 again ;-;
Oh boy, that was something I just won't forget 🇧🇷😔✊
0:15 A pic worth 1000 words: 3 Uruguay heroes: The guy that assisted them getting back in the game (Fucile was fouled resulting in Forlan's free kick), the guy that kept them in the game (Suarez) and the guy that won the game (Abreu).
2002 world cup really was one of the greatest world cups ever.
It was the year of the underdogs. Not just South Korea but Turkey clinching 3rd in just their 2 world cup ever. USA made the quarters before barely losing to Germany. Senegal's first ever world cup and made the quarters.
Ireland just losing to Spain in penalties in the knockout.
And then the finals while not an underdog featured the two greatest nations Brazil and Germany playing for the very first time ever. Brazil had Ronaldo the greatest striker in the world vs Germanys Oliver Khan the greatest goalkeeper in the world at the time.
In a way, it was interesting to get so many underdogs going but I think that the quality of the games and teams was just low to be honest. Is it possible that this the first WC you watched? Because in my case, it was first 94, where the amount of surprises was still a lot + there were so many crazy games. Then in 98 there were lots of action-packed encounters with their stories and dramas. After these two WCs 2002 felt somewhat dry and boring despite the progress of the underdogs. There were few engaging groups dramas and perhaps two/three interesting elimination games, much of which finished 0:0 or 1:0... This is my personal opinion.
2002 was a weird one as Korea seemed to bribe the referee to eliminate Italy and Spain to reach semifinal where Korea should have been eliminated in the Italy match. Also Germany v USA match also had some questionable referee decision to make Germany advance to semifinal which the USA should probably have.
Great vid alfie keep it up
In 2014 Algeria almost got their revenge against Germany when they pushed the future world champions into extra time.
I love your work, and maybe I'm missing something, but why are you showing the Australia 1974 squad while discussing DDR vs FRG?
I've always found it amazing that Turkey reached the 2002 semi-finals and haven't appeared in another World Cup since.
Weren't they in the 2010 World Cup? Or maybe it was a Euro Cup that I'm thinking of (where one team scored in like the 119th minute and then Turkey scored after the 120th minute and went on to win the penalty shootout).
@@markymark443 that was Euro 2008 quarter-finals vs. Croatia, epic finish!
In 1994 the biggest surprise was actually Bulgaria. With cult matches against Argentina in the Group Stage, 2:0; Mexico in the Round of 16, 1:1 after extra time with 1 man down and then winning the penalties with the goalkeeper saving 3 penalties; Germany in the quarterfinals, 2:1, turning the tables from 0:1 earlier; and Italy in the semifinals, 1:2, having lost in a game with controversial refereeing, Bulgaria, as a complete underdog initially and who lost their opening game against Nigeria with 0:3, eventually made the biggest surprise on the tournament.
Iceland drawing with Argentina in the 2018 world cup
Not sur Argentina may have reached the 2014 wc final but everybody already knew(somehow) that they were going to be shit in 2018
9:42 a small error, West Germany did lose 1:0 against East Germany, not 2:1, with Jürgen Sparwasser scoring the only goal.
How is it not a shock that Bulgaria beat the defending champions Germany in WC 1994?
And argentina to boot
Was surprised you didn't mention Italy beating Brazil at the 1982 world cup
As a half-danish, half-russian guy with a lot of english associates, I have never quite forgiven Croatia for their 2018 run, lmao
All my favorites barely got kicked out by penalties and prolonged gametime.
Maybe the biggest surprise was that Diego Maradona was given a goal in a World Cup by scoring with his hand. There have been a lot of surprises in the 21 world championships in the men's game. I hope you cover the women's World Cup's even though there has only been 8 world championships for the women, it is cool to see both the men and women's world titles in the sport. Qatar 2022 may bring new surprises as well for sure.
what happened to angola's 2006 wc squad? where are they now? who retired?
Great videos - but you need subtitles
16:37 what an image that is, some of the very finest to have played the game
7 biggest players who failed drug tests
Its Timo Time never knew that Werner takes drugs lol
Rio Ferdinand and Maradona
I think its already done
It already done
15:06 what an epic picture, that face^^
2018: here’s why Germany got nuked in 2018.
Reason number 1 is complacency. They hadn’t been taking their competition seriously from 2016-18 to the point where it made them think they were better than everyone else w minimal effort. It also goes against the German way they’ve had at DFB.
Next, Germany was doing poorly in friendlies matches and other matches(see reason 1 for why that is).
Third reason: there was a ton of division within the team. After Leroy sane was snubbed of the last spot in favor of the Bavarian Julian Brandt, the bling bling gang of khedira, Ozil, Boateng, and Draxler felt that the bavarians of the team didn’t do enough to influence Löw to put Sane (who’s dad is black and mom is white) on the team for 2018. This caused so many rifts to where they never trusted each other on the pitch. Some of them were even going at it and refuse to pass to one another bc of their different origin and skin color.
Fourth, the tactics were awful as hell. Germany not only looked lethargic (Spain 2014 lethargic), but they were also out of position. Kimmich and another defender would go up so high on the pitch that they would sometimes be farther than Werner, even if they weren’t in the bed yet. Germany was caught on counters too. This lead to the iconic Mexico goal scored by Lozano that would further cement the upset in 2018.
Fifth reason: Löw selected out of form and out of prime players to play on the team and disregarded the youth on the German second and third teams which they could’ve easily taken one of those teams to a World Cup and still win. Although Werner was 22 at the time, he was so out of form at the World Cup and Muller was ineffective along with ozil. The midfield was slow and couldn’t get anything done and often got bypassed. Then the drfenders were bad at their job too. Boateng was too slow and out of form to keep up w other teams. He was also too old to even compete. Kimmich as I mentioned was often so out of position along with everyone else on the back line that teams would easily counter against them. And then Manuel Neuer started to show decline in his performances but a lot has to do w the back line and tactics.
Reason 6: lack of leadership and urgency.
Thank you for your time!
Well, at least they didn't implode as spectacular as France did in 2010.
In 2026, the host nation USA will make it to the semi-finals for the second time and they will become the first CONCACAF nation to win the World Cup.
Instead, this is the sixth time Brazil wins the world cup. This is also the first time the USA reaches the world cup final.
So, in 94 Saudi Arabia was a bigger surprise than Bulgaria knocking out the world champs Germany, and getting to the semis? Bulgaria were seeded 31st out of 32 teams in the WC, and had never won a game at a WC, but the Saudis reaching the round of 16, is somehow more surprising
Very nice Video !
Can you do the same with the Eros ?
Heeey, France back on the list at Euros 20(21) for exiting in the 1st knockout round after being up 3-1 against Schwitzerland
Yess lets go switzerland
This is the curse of eliminating Hungary in a major tournament. In Euro 2016, Belgium eliminated Hungary in round of 16 then was eliminated by Wales in quarterfinal. In Euro 2020, France, Germany and Portugal eliminated Hungary in the group stage, then all three teams were eliminated in the very next round.
Qatar 2022 cant wait for the final Madagascar vs Guyana
Are you gonna do it with the euros aswell?
I was there and can confirm that these were all indeed very surprising!