The World Cup is come and gone, the South American Giant, Argentina defeated France on penalties to emerge world champion, but the the World Cup did not only give us excitement and glamour, unexpected records were broken during the tournament
here are the 16 major records broken during the first winter World Cup;
1. QATAR – WORST W/C HOST EVER * 1ST TO LOSE 2 GAMES * 1ST TO LOSE ALL 3 GAMES * 1ST HOST TO LOSE ON OPENING DAY
2. S/ARABIA – ENDED ARGENTINA’S 36 GAME UNBEATEN RUN. PUBLIC HOLIDAY WAS DECLARED IN THE COUNTRY TO CELEBRATE THE VICTORY
3. CAMEROON – 1ST AFRICAN COUNTRY TO BEAT BRAZIL AT THE SENIOR LEVEL OF THE W/C
4. MORROCO – 1ST AFRICAN COUNTRY TO FINISH WITH 7TH POINT AT THE GROUP STAGE. * 1ST AFRICAN COUNTRY TO REACH THE SEMI-FINALS
5. O. GIROUD – BECAME FRANCE’ ALL TIME HIGHEST GOAL SCORER
6. MESSI – EQUALLED THE RECORD OF MARADONA AND GABRIEL BAPTISTUTA FOR THE NUMBER OF GOALS SCORED THE W/C KO STAGE. * BECAME THE PLAYER WITH HIGHEST NUMBER OF W/C APPEARANCES (26)
7. C. RONALDO – THE ONLY PLAYER TO SCORE IN 5 CONSECUTIVE FIFAWC TOURNAMENT
8. PEPE – OLDEST PLAYER TO SCORE IN THE KO STAGE OF THE WORLD CUP (6-1 VS SWITZERLAND)
9. HUGO LLORIS – SURPASSED THE RECORD OF LILIAN THURAM (142) AS FRANCE ALL TIME APPEARANCE RECORD HOLDER (145)
10. 172 goals scored in Qatar, 2022. The highest in the w/c history
11. WALES GK, WAYNE HENNEYSEY – 1ST PLAYER TO BE RECARDED AT THIS YEAR’S W/C
12. ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI – SCORED HIS 1ST WORLD CUP GOAL
13. STEPHANE FRAPPART – 1ST FEMALE REFEREE TO OFFICIATE A MEN’S W/C MATCH (GER VS C.RICA)
14. DANI ALVES – AGED 39. BECAME BRAZIL’S OLDEST CAPTAIN (VS CAMEROON)
15. LIONEL SCALONI – BECAME THE YOUNGEST COACH (44) TO WIN THE W/C.
16. 172 GOALS SCORED QATAR 2022.THE MOST IN HISTORY
Discussion about this post