Interesting Facts About Football

in football •  7 years ago  (edited)

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  • 11 . European Teams have reached every World Cup final, except for the finals of 1930 and 1950.

  • 12 . Ronaldinho came into limelight when scored 23 goals in a 23-0 game when he was only.

  • 13 . The highest scoring game was clocked 149-0. Stade Olympique de L’emyrne, a team from Madagascar scored their own goals. They did it as a form of protest for the unfair decision by referee in the previous game.

  • 14 . The first black football player was Arthur Wharton in the 1800s.

  • 15 . Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian born Chelsea player injured his legs while celebrating his debut goal in a pre-season match, while Luigi Riva broke a spectator’s arm with his powerful shot.

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Another fact from David Trezeguet (french player from 90s to 2000) : soccer is the only sport that can bring more than million people in the Champs Elysees.

@roronoazoro - awesome striker, he (Trezeguet) was part of french national football team where they brought more than a million people in the Champs Elysees, after they won world cup. Thanks for engaging.