It was Hungary 10 El Salvador 1, in 1990. The amazing thing is that in spite of that lopsided result, Hungary didn't even make it out of its group. Other obvious one-sided matches: 1986: Denmark 6 Uruguay 1 USSR 6 Hungary 0 1990: Czechoslovakia 5 USA 1 West Germany 5 U.A.E 1 1994: USSR 6 Cameroon 1 1998: Argentina 5 Jamaica 0
the only time Portugal had their shit together in 2002 was vs Poland 4-0 One goal saw Portugal pass the ball around the Polish end from one corner back up the middle to the opposite side and then cap it off with a goal while no Poles got a touch durring the whole play.
1994 Brasil 1 USA 0 Never seen a team have so little possession despite being up a man for over half the game after Leonardo got sent off.
It was Russia. The USSR had already broken up. It was a very one-sided scoreline indeed but it would have helped if Cameroon scored another goal after Milla had scored his. When he came on Milla came the Cameroon team something fresh but Russia's fourth goal knocked the stuffing out of the Africans.
What happened against Ireland and Argentina? Did Italy go defensive after they scored in those matches? I've only seen highlights of those matches and not the full 90 minutes.
You went to a WC S/F featuring Brazil? Lucky bas**** But the final was less one sided than the Arg vs Yugoslavia game in the Q/F. Arg vs. Yugoslavia was almost as one sided as Brazil vs. Argentina, and yet you know which team won.
that south korean keeper was terrible. the koreans must still have nightmares from his performance. also from '98, argentina 5, jamaica 0. three from bati and two from ortega. ortega ran circles around the jamaicans.
That game was pretty sweet, I was there. Some Russian dude scored like 5 goals in his first Intl. Cap
Oleg Salenko scored five goals but it wasn't his first cap. I think at that stage had at least seven caps. Add this game to the collection. In the 1934 World Cup, Italy won 7-1 against the USA.
Did Yugoslavia create as many chances as Brazil? Was they way Yugoslavia playing similar to what Brazil were doing against Argentina?
Hungary 6-0 Dutch East Indies from the 1938 World Cup. Has anyone mentioned the 1930 World Cup semi-finals? Argentina 6-1 USA and Uruguay 6-1 Yugoslavia.
Yes he did, but Romario made the assist (delivered the ball in a platter) after going past a bunch of defenders. Romario also scored a valid goal but it was disallowed because Bebeto was offside (no passive/active offside rule used). The point is that Romario totally dominated the Americans and did whatever he wanted to, even though his team was down to 10-men. That performance from the great man was one of his best ever.
Roughly 3/4 of the chances Brazil created. Yes, quite similar. Steamrolled them but failed to score the winning goal.
I said the Hungary - Dutch East Indies match result because it was another thumping. It was nothing to do with being the highest scoring match at a World Cup so I don't understand why you had put up the Hungary vs El Salvador match because that result has already been posted.
Holland v South Korea, France 98 (5-0 but it might as well have been 8-0). Hatrick by Petje Kluivert. The Koreans were so impressed they signed Hiddink for the following world cup.
I don't recall Greece even touching the ball in that whole World Cup. They let in 10 goals and scored none.
2-0 after only three minutes and it went downhill from there. There's one story I read... I forget who the person was, but there was a member of the Hungary coaching staff in '86 who I believe had also been a member of the great Hungarian team of the early 50s. He went through the '56 Uprising and all that. After this loss to the Soviets, he sat by himself on the team bus riding back to the hotel and cried his eyes out. He couldn't believe how low his once mighty country had fallen in football terms, and to have performed like that against the Soviets, of all teams, was too much for him.
That's my vote. Sweden, which IIRC was the highest scoring team in the WC just rolled over and died when they played Brazil. They totally crushed Bulgaria in the 3rd place game and I cam away from the WC thinking that everyone had ceded the title to Brazil just by default. This is also on the short list of my all-time disappointing game.
Argentina 1 Sweden 1 in 2002 was very one-sided as well, although Sweden got what they needed to advance and almost won the match.
When Sweden play Brazil, they don't have any guts. Give the title to Brazil by default? Brazil didn't have a walkover for a World Cup.