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DID YOU KNOW LIVERPOOL CAME BACK FROM 3–0 DOWN AGAINST AC MILAN TO WIN THE 2005 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL?

Liverpool met AC Milan in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.

Paolo Maldini scored in the first minute.

Hernán Crespo scored twice before half-time.

Milan led 3–0.

Steven Gerrard headed in the 54th minute.

Vladimír Šmicer scored in the 56th minute.

Xabi Alonso converted the rebound in the 60th minute after Dida saved his penalty.

The three goals arrived within six minutes.

The match stayed 3–3 through extra time.

Jerzy Dudek saved Andrea Pirlo’s penalty in the shootout.

Liverpool scored three of their five kicks.

Dudek then saved Andriy Shevchenko’s final attempt.

Liverpool won 3–2 on penalties and claimed a fifth European Cup.

The night became known as the Miracle of Istanbul.

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DID YOU KNOW GEOFF HURST BECAME THE FIRST PLAYER TO SCORE A HAT-TRICK IN A WORLD CUP FINAL?

England faced West Germany in the 1966 FIFA World Cup final at Wembley.

Helmut Haller scored first.

Geoff Hurst equalised.

Martin Peters put England ahead.

Wolfgang Weber equalised in the last minute of normal time.

The match went to extra time.

Hurst shot against the underside of the bar in the 101st minute.

Referee Gottfried Dienst consulted Soviet assistant Tofik Bakhramov and awarded the goal.

West Germany argued that the ball had not fully crossed the line.

Hurst scored again in the 120th minute.

England won 4–2.

Hurst was the first player to score three goals in a World Cup final.

Kylian Mbappé became the second in 2022.

England’s 1966 title remains their only men’s FIFA World Cup.

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DID YOU KNOW CHELSEA WON THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IN BAYERN MUNICH’S HOME STADIUM AFTER PETR ČECH SAVED ARJEN ROBBEN’S EXTRA-TIME PENALTY?

Chelsea faced Bayern Munich in the 2012 UEFA Champions League final at the Fußball Arena München.

Thomas Müller headed Bayern ahead in the 83rd minute.

Didier Drogba equalised in the 88th minute.

In extra time Drogba fouled Franck Ribéry and Bayern were awarded a penalty.

Čech saved Robben’s kick.

The match finished 1–1.

Manuel Neuer saved Juan Mata’s opening penalty for Chelsea.

Čech saved Ivica Olić’s attempt.

Bastian Schweinsteiger struck the post.

Drogba scored Chelsea’s fifth kick.

Chelsea won the shootout 4–3 and lifted the Champions League for the first time.

Bayern had reached a final staged in their own stadium and did not win it.

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DID YOU KNOW SENEGAL BEAT THE REIGNING WORLD CHAMPIONS IN THE OPENING MATCH OF THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP?

Senegal made its FIFA World Cup debut at Korea/Japan 2002.

The first opponent was France, world champions in 1998 and European champions in 2000.

The match was played in Seoul on 31 May 2002.

El-Hadji Diouf created the opening.

Papa Bouba Diop scored in the 30th minute.

Senegal won 1–0.

That was Senegal’s first FIFA World Cup goal.

Diop finished the tournament with three goals, including two against Uruguay.

Senegal reached the quarter-finals.

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DID YOU KNOW SUNDAY OLISEH WAS A DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER WHEN HE SCORED NIGERIA’S WINNER AGAINST SPAIN AT FRANCE 1998?

Nigeria faced Spain in Nantes on 13 June 1998.

Fernando Hierro put Spain ahead.

Mutiu Adepoju equalised.

Raúl restored Spain’s lead.

Andoni Zubizarreta then turned Garba Lawal’s cross into his own net.

Sunday Oliseh won the match in the 78th minute with a drive from outside the penalty area.

Nigeria won 3–2.

Oliseh was a defensive midfielder, not a regular goalscorer.

He later told FIFA that Taribo West had urged him to practise those shots before the game.

Nigeria reached the Round of 16.

Spain went out in the group stage.

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DID YOU KNOW SAEED AL-OWAIRAN RAN 69 METRES TO SCORE ONE OF THE DEFINING GOALS OF USA 1994?

Saudi Arabia made its FIFA World Cup debut at USA 1994.

After a narrow defeat by the Netherlands and a win over Morocco, they faced Belgium in Washington.

Belgium had won their first two matches.

Five minutes in, Al-Owairan collected the ball deep in his own half, ran through several challenges and shot past Michel Preud’homme.

FIFA records the run as 69 metres.

Saudi Arabia won 1–0 and reached the Round of 16 at the first attempt.

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DID YOU KNOW DENMARK DEFEATED TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPIONS URUGUAY 6–1 AT THE 1986 WORLD CUP?

Denmark made its FIFA World Cup debut at Mexico 1986.

Uruguay, already world champions in 1930 and 1950 and Copa América winners in 1983, were the opponents on 8 June 1986 at Estadio Neza 86 in Nezahualcóyotl.

Preben Elkjær scored a hat-trick.

Michael Laudrup added one of the tournament’s outstanding individual goals.

Søren Lerby and Jesper Olsen also scored.

Enzo Francescoli converted a penalty for Uruguay.

Denmark won 6–1.

FIFA’s technical report later said Denmark played some of the most spectacular football of the tournament.

The side became known as Danish Dynamite.

They won all three group matches, then went out 5–1 to Spain in the Round of 16.

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DID YOU KNOW HAITI ENDED DINO ZOFF'S INTERNATIONAL CLEAN-SHEET RECORD AT THE 1974 WORLD CUP?

Haiti made its FIFA World Cup debut at West Germany 1974.

The opening match was against Italy at the Olympiastadion in Munich.

Italy had not conceded in 12 previous internationals, a run of 1,142 minutes.

Dino Zoff was in goal.

Emmanuel Sanon scored in the 46th minute and ended that sequence.

Gianni Rivera equalised in the 52nd minute.

Romeo Benetti and Pietro Anastasi completed a 3–1 Italy win.

Haiti lost all three group matches.

Sanon also scored against Argentina.

He remains Haiti’s leading World Cup goalscorer, with two goals.

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DID YOU KNOW EUSÉBIO SCORED FOUR GOALS AFTER PORTUGAL FELL 3–0 BEHIND AGAINST NORTH KOREA AT THE 1966 WORLD CUP?

Portugal met Korea DPR in the 1966 quarter-finals at Goodison Park.

Korea DPR scored three times in the first 25 minutes.

Pak Seung-zin opened the scoring in the first minute.

Li Dong-woon made it 2–0 in the 22nd minute.

Yang Seung-kook made it 3–0 in the 25th minute.

Eusébio replied in the 27th minute, then scored a penalty in the 43rd minute.

He completed his hat-trick in the 56th minute and converted another penalty in the 59th minute.

José Augusto added a fifth goal in the 80th minute.

Portugal won 5–3.

Eusébio scored four times in that match and nine in the tournament, winning the Golden Boot.

Portugal finished third.

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DID YOU KNOW NORTH KOREA BECAME THE FIRST ASIAN TEAM TO REACH A WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL BY ELIMINATING ITALY?

Korea DPR made its FIFA World Cup debut at England 1966.

They lost 3–0 to the Soviet Union, then drew 1–1 with Chile.

That left them needing a result against Italy.

Italy had already won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938.

The match was played at Ayresome Park in Middlesbrough on 19 July 1966.

Pak Doo-Ik scored the only goal.

Korea DPR won 1–0 and Italy were eliminated.

Korea DPR became the first Asian team to reach the last eight of the FIFA World Cup.

Local supporters adopted the visitors, and about 3,000 people from Middlesbrough travelled to Liverpool for the quarter-final against Portugal.

#WorldCup #NorthKorea #Italy #PakDooIk #AsianFootball #FIFAWorldCup #FootballHistory #DidYouKnow

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DID YOU KNOW THE UNITED STATES DEFEATED ENGLAND AT THE 1950 WORLD CUP WITH A GOAL FROM HAITIAN-BORN JOE GAETJENS?

England entered the 1950 FIFA World Cup among the most highly regarded teams in the tournament.

The United States did not.

The sides met in Belo Horizonte on 29 June 1950.

England created most of the chances but failed to score.

Walter Bahr struck from distance and Joe Gaetjens headed the ball past Bert Williams.

FIFA records the goal in the 38th minute.

The United States won 1–0.

Gaetjens had been born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

He was not a United States citizen, but the eligibility rules then in force allowed him to play after he declared an intention to naturalise.

The result stands as one of the great World Cup upsets.

It was also the United States’ only win at that tournament.

They had already lost 3–1 to Spain and later lost 5–2 to Chile, so they did not advance.

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DID YOU KNOW URUGUAY WON THE 1950 WORLD CUP WITHOUT A TRADITIONAL FINAL?

The 1950 FIFA World Cup did not end with a conventional one-match final.

The four group winners advanced to a final round-robin, and the team that finished first became world champion.

Brazil, Uruguay, Spain and Sweden contested that group.

Brazil beat Sweden 7–1 and Spain 6–1.

Uruguay drew 2–2 with Spain and beat Sweden 3–2.

Brazil therefore needed only a draw against Uruguay to win the tournament.

The decisive match was played at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on 16 July 1950.

Friaça put Brazil ahead in the 47th minute.

Juan Alberto Schiaffino equalised in the 66th minute.

Alcides Ghiggia scored the winner in the 79th minute.

Uruguay won 2–1 and claimed a second World Cup title.

The official attendance was 173,850, still the largest recorded crowd for a FIFA World Cup match.

The match became known as the Maracanazo.

It was the last fixture of the four-team championship round, not a knockout final, but it decided the world champions.

#WorldCup #Uruguay #Brazil #Maracanazo #FIFAWorldCup #FootballHistory #DidYouKnow

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DID YOU KNOW LIVERPOOL HAD A EUROPEAN CUP WINNER WHO NEVER MADE A FIRST-TEAM APPEARANCE FOR THE CLUB?

Peter McDonnell joined Liverpool in 1974 as a goalkeeper.

He spent his Liverpool years as a reserve behind the club’s established first-choice options.

He never made a first-team appearance for Liverpool.

In the 1977 European Cup final in Rome, Liverpool faced Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Liverpool won 3-1 to claim the European Cup for the first time in the club’s history.

McDonnell was an unused substitute in the final.

Because he was part of the squad, he received a winner’s medal.

Liverpool’s historical record confirms that he earned the medal while sitting on the bench against Mönchengladbach.

His statistical record shows zero Liverpool first-team appearances.

He later left for Oldham Athletic, where he made 137 appearances.

He subsequently played abroad, returned to England, and later became player-manager of Barrow.

He was a European Cup winner despite never playing a first-team match for Liverpool.

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DID YOU KNOW DUNDEE UNITED BEAT BARCELONA IN BOTH LEGS OF A UEFA CUP QUARTER-FINAL?

Dundee United produced one of the greatest European campaigns in Scottish football history during the 1986-87 UEFA Cup.

Their quarter-final opponent was Barcelona.

Dundee United won the first leg 1-0 at Tannadice.

The second leg was played at Camp Nou.

Dundee United won again, defeating Barcelona 2-1 in Spain.

They therefore eliminated Barcelona 3-1 on aggregate after winning both legs.

They then beat Borussia Mönchengladbach in the semi-finals and reached the UEFA Cup final.

IFK Göteborg won the final 2-1 on aggregate.

Dundee United did not lift the trophy, but the home-and-away victories over Barcelona became one of the defining achievements in the club’s history.

UEFA records that Dundee United beat Barcelona home and away in those quarter-finals.

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DID YOU KNOW ABOUT 22 MILLION SOUTH KOREANS TAKING PART IN STREET CHEERING DURING THE 2002 WORLD CUP?

South Korea’s 2002 FIFA World Cup campaign produced one of the largest public football-support movements ever seen at a World Cup.

The Red Devils became famous for gathering in huge numbers in public spaces to watch the national team.

Crowds assembled in plazas, parks, baseball stadiums and other locations in front of giant television screens.

A study published in the academic journal Tourism Management cited Korean National Police Agency figures and reported that a combined total of approximately 22 million people gathered in the streets nationwide during South Korea’s seven World Cup matches.

The figure refers to combined participation across those matches.

It does not mean that 22 million different individuals attended a single gathering.

The public celebrations became known as the “Red Syndrome.”

South Korea reached the semi-finals, becoming the first Asian nation to reach the last four of the men’s World Cup.

Germany defeated South Korea 1-0 in the semi-final.

The street gatherings became one of the defining social stories of the 2002 tournament.

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DID YOU KNOW RONALDINHO'S 2002 WORLD CUP FREE-KICK CREATED A DEBATE THAT STILL HASN'T DISAPPEARED?

Brazil faced England in the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Michael Owen had given England the lead before Rivaldo equalised in first-half stoppage time.

The score was 1-1 when Ronaldinho stood more than 35 yards from goal and wide on the right.

David Seaman was positioned off his line.

Ronaldinho struck the free-kick with power and spin.

The ball travelled over Seaman and dropped into the top corner.

Brazil won 2-1 and advanced to the semi-finals.

A debate began immediately over Ronaldinho’s intention.

England players believed he had tried to cross.

Ronaldinho insisted he had deliberately attempted a shot.

FIFA recorded his response as unequivocal: it was definitely a shot.

He later accepted that the ball did not travel exactly where he expected.

Whatever interpretation is placed on the strike, it became one of the most famous free-kicks in FIFA World Cup history.

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DID YOU KNOW ANORTHOSIS FAMAGUSTA WON ITS FIRST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH ON CYPRUS INDEPENDENCE DAY?

On 1 October 2008, Anorthosis Famagusta created one of the greatest nights in Cypriot club football.

The date marked the 48th anniversary of Cyprus’s independence.

Anorthosis were playing in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time.

Their opponent in Nicosia was Panathinaikos.

A Josu Sarriegi own goal gave Anorthosis the lead.

Siniša Dobrašinović then headed in a second goal inside the opening 15 minutes.

Panathinaikos reduced the deficit through Dimitris Salpingidis from the penalty spot.

Iraqi substitute Hawar Mulla Mohammed scored with 12 minutes remaining to make it 3-1.

The final whistle confirmed Anorthosis’s first victory in the UEFA Champions League group stage.

The result moved them onto four points, level with Inter Milan at the top of Group B at that stage.

Anorthosis had defeated an established Greek club on the same day Cyprus was celebrating its independence anniversary.

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DID YOU KNOW GARRY BIRTLES SCORED AGAINST THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS AFTER 18 MONTHS OUT OF NOTTINGHAM FOREST’S FIRST TEAM?

Garry Birtles joined Nottingham Forest from non-league Long Eaton United.

He made his Forest first-team debut against Hull City in March 1977.

He then disappeared from the first-team picture for roughly 18 months.

He returned to competitive first-team football on 9 September 1978, starting against Arsenal.

By then, Forest were English champions.

Four days later, their first European Cup opponents were Liverpool, the reigning European champions.

Forest defeated Liverpool 2-0 at the City Ground on 13 September 1978.

Birtles scored the opening goal.

It was his first goal for Nottingham Forest, and only his third competitive appearance for the club.

He became a key figure in Forest’s historic campaign.

Forest won the European Cup that season, defeating Malmö FF in the final.

He went from fringe player to European Cup winner in one season.

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DID YOU KNOW ROGER MILLA WAS PLAYING AMATEUR FOOTBALL BEFORE HIS EXTRAORDINARY 1990 WORLD CUP COMEBACK?

Roger Milla was already 38 when Cameroon prepared for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

His international career appeared to be approaching its end.

Instead of playing regularly at the highest professional level, he had been turning out in lower-level football for Saint-Pierroise on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion.

Cameroon then recalled him to the national team.

FIFA records that President Paul Biya pushed for Milla’s return after seeing him play in a testimonial.

Coach Valeri Nepomniachtchi selected the veteran striker.

Milla scored four goals during Cameroon’s run at Italia 90.

Cameroon became the first African nation to reach a FIFA World Cup quarter-final.

Milla’s celebrations beside the corner flag became one of the defining images of the tournament.

One of the 1990 World Cup’s biggest stars had been playing far from Europe’s major leagues shortly before becoming a global sensation again.

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DID YOU KNOW FERENC PUSKÁS ONCE TRAVELLED TO LIVERPOOL TO PLAY IN A COMMUNITY CHARITY MATCH?

In 1967, a Liverpool community centre organised a celebrity football match to raise money for its activities.

The organisers first approached Pelé.

When Santos could not provide him, they invited Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskás.

Puskás had recently finished his playing career and was already one of the most famous footballers in the world.

He accepted the invitation.

He travelled to Liverpool and appeared at Holly Park, then the home of South Liverpool FC.

Around 10,000 people packed the ground, and contemporary reports said thousands more were locked outside.

The match raised £1,100 for the community centre.

Puskás also arranged for Real Madrid souvenirs to be sent from Madrid for the organisers.

One of football’s greatest stars travelled to a local community event simply to help raise money.

It remains one of the most unusual appearances of his career.

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