on Tuesday ,Saudi Arabia has stunted the world with one the biggest upset in the FIFA World Cup beating Argentina by 2-1 .Even On Wednesday another upset was seen when Japan Defeated Germany by 2-1 .Ongoing FIFA world cup which js going in Qatar will be called the “World Cup Of Upsets ” Just in four days of World Cup ,We have watched Two Massive upsets in the tournament. You can imagine when Saudi Arabia defeated Argentina on November 22 ,Saudi Arabia King Salman has declared national holiday on November 23 to celebrate the historic moment . We will look some of the top biggest upsets in the FIFA World Cup
1. World Cup 1982 :West Germany Vs Algeria (1-2) : West Germany lost their opening match with Algeria by 1-2 that match is considered to be the biggest upsets in the history of World Cup .Algeria was the debutant in 1982 world cup and they shocked the world by defeating four times world cup champions germany by 2-1 .in that world cup even after losing their first match against Algeria, Germany managed to reach the final but Germany lost in final to Italy while Algeria was knocked out in group stage .
2.FIFA World Cup 1990 : Argentina Vs Cameroon ( 0-1 ) : Football Legend Diego Maradona led Argentina team got their biggest shock in thier opening group match against Cameroon when In the 67th minutes of match Francois Omam-Biyik scored the goal and that was the only goal scored in the match and Cameroon won the match against defending World Cup champion Argentina by 2-1 .Cameroon reached to the quarter finals while Argentina reached to the final but in the final Argentina lost to Germany .
3.FIFA World Cup 1994 : Bulgaria Vs Germany ( 2-1 ) : The Defending Champion Germany took 1-0 lead in this quarter final match in the first Half with the help of Lothar Matthaus goal but in the second half Bulgaria shocked Germany with their massive attacking game and 75th minutes of game Hristo Stoichkov scored the equalize and at 78th minute of game Yordan Letchkov scored the winning goal for Bulgaria .Bulgaria won this match against Germany by 2-1 .Germany knocked out of the world cup after his defeat while Bulgaria finished fourth in 1994 World Cup .Brazil became the World Cup Champion in 1994 .
4. FIFA World Cup 2002 : Senegal Vs France ( 1-0 ): The Debutant Senegal shocked the world with one of the biggest upsets of FIFA World Cup when then Beat defending champion France by 1-0 in the group stage matches and knocked out France from the World Cup in the Group Stages Matches While Senegal reached to the quarter finals of the tournament .Brazil defeated Germany in the finals and become the Champions .
5.FIFA World Cup 2002 : South Korea Vs Italy ( 2-1): one of the heated and nail biting round of 16 match in the history ,Italy started the match with scoring their first goal at 18th minutes of game when Christian Vieri scored the goal while South Korea kept trying to score the goal and their made the opportunity at the 88th minutes of game when Seol Ki-Hynn scored the equalizer for Japan and match went to extra time and in the extra time South Korea Ahn Jung -Hwan stunted the world when at the 116th minute’s of game ,he scored the winning goal of the match .South Korea won by 2-1 and reached to the semi finals .
Conclusion : In every FIFA World Cup since it inception ,World have seen underdogs turned the table and bought glory ,pride and happiness for their country ,In this Qatar World Cup 2022 ,Also most favorites team like ,Brazil,Germany ,Spain,France,Argentina and Portugal have pressure to play with their reputation as they have seen in the group stages matches ,Germany has lost their first group stage match to Japan and Argentina has lost their first match against Saudi Arabia