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Most Embarrassing International Defeats In History. by 9jasmart(m): 2:01pm On Apr 01, 2015
Whenever our beloved country get beaten a country we think is less superior we always take it as an abomination and we always start judging and axing. So what will you call thisset of defeats?

1. Brazil 1-7 Germany
2014 World Cup
Fans in tears after just 30 minutes, a once-great country brought to its knees in the most embarrassing style, playing a brand of football alien to the great sides of the 1970s and 1982, and all at their home World Cup. Five-nil down after half an hour, Luiz Felipe Scolari's Brazil suffered the ultimate humiliation in the semi-final, with the poor striker Fred made a scapegoat, subjected to vicious taunts from media and fans alike.
2. USA 1-0 England
1950 World Cup
The embarrassing defeat that embarrassing defeats are traditionally measured by. England were considered, by Englishmen at least, the best in the world (a theory exploded by Hungary in 1953); the USA team included a postman, millworker, a funeral director and were missing players who could not get the time off work to go to Brazil. Joe Gaetjens' goal later, and the England of Stan Mortensen, Billy Wright, Tom Finney, Wilf Mannion and Stanley Matthews were as good as eliminated. The opprobrium was lessened at home by England's cricketers losing a Test to the West Indies for the first time the same day.

3.North Korea 1-0 Italy
1966 World Cup
Ayresome Park may not have the richest football history but it did stage one of the mightiest World Cup upsets when the (unsurprisingly) little known North Korea shocked one of football's powerhouses in Middlesbrough. Pak Do-ik, North Korea's matchwinner, said: "When I scored that goal the people of Middlesbrough took us to their hearts. I learnt that playing football can improve diplomatic relations and promote peace."

4. Cameroon 1-0 Argentina
1990 World Cup
Cameroon arrived in Italy as an unknown quantity, yet departed as everyone's second team – Roger Milla dance, anyone? – at the quarter-final stage. They announced themselves with a bang, François Omam-Biyik's goal upsetting the world champions, a cocksure Diego Maradona et al, in the tournament opener. Argentina regrouped, developing a seige mentality in the face of severe criticism from the country's media, to reach the final.

5. Costa Rica 1-0 Scotland
1990 World Cup
Costa Rica, making their debut in a World Cup, were a million miles from the accomplished side they are today. Scotland were expecting – and they expected – to start their tournament with a win, but slumped to defeat thanks to Juan Arnaldo Cayasso's goal early in the second half and some resolute defending from the Central Americans.

6. England 3-6 Hungary
1953, friendly
The Magical Magyars of Ferenc Puskas, Nandor Hidegkuti, and Sandor Kocsis were Olympic champions and unbeaten in 24 games. But England did not play in the Olympics, so their belief at being the best in the world was unshaken, if untested. Hungary changed all that, with Hidegkuti playing effectively 'in the hole', bemusing England's old-fashioned WM formation from the first minute when he scored. The defeat, and subsequent 7-1 thrashing a year later, forced an overhaul of English football practices which culminated with the 1966 World Cup win.

7. Greece 0-1 Faroe Islands
Nov 2014, qualifying for Euro 2016
Claudio Ranieri's introduction to international management was not pretty, with Greek fans hoping for relief from the country's economic and political troubles having no hope of finding it in a string of three home defeats and a draw. Worst of the lot for the European champions of only 10 years ago was this humiliating defeat by the Faroes, which led to the former Chelsea manager's sacking after only four months.
8. Germany 1-5 England
2001, qualifying for 2002 World Cup
As England's defeat by the USA in 1950 sparked a severe bout of navel-gazing followed by a period of world-domination, Germany's thrashing by Sven Goran Eriksson's England in Munich was the low-point of a slow decline which led to Jurgen Klinsmann's attacking football revolution after taking over in 2004. "When we started the process in 2004 we asked the players, 'What do you think? How would the fans identify with their national team? What is it they want to see? What is it that you want to achieve?'" Klinsmann said.
9. Sri Lanka 0-1 Bhutan (agg 1-3)
2015, qualifying for 2018 World Cup
Sri Lanka, 174th in the world, are no footballing giant, but nobody wants to lose to Fifa's worst nation – twice. Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan nation sandwiched between India and China, were ranked 209th and last in the Fifa rankings yet reached the Asian qualifying group phase after Sri Lanka contrived to lose 1-0 at home in the first leg and, if that were not embarrassing enough, went down 2-1 away to a country who were thrashed 20-0 by Kuwait only 15 years ago.

10. Portugal 0-2 Cape Verde
2015, friendly
Portugal granted its old colony Cape Verde, an archipelago off the west coast of Africa with a population the size of Leicester, the friendly in aide of victims of the volcanic disaster on the island of Fogo, but the charity did not end there. Coach Fernando Santos rested key players including Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese shipped two first-half goals and had a man sent off. Cape Verde, it should be said, were at the time sandwiched between Scotland and Wales in the Fifa rankings at 37.
Re: Most Embarrassing International Defeats In History. by Pinnacle(m): 2:25pm On Apr 01, 2015
Great compilation especially the Cameroon vs Italy

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Re: Most Embarrassing International Defeats In History. by Mickop(m): 11:08pm On Apr 02, 2015
cool
Re: Most Embarrassing International Defeats In History. by Icon4s(m): 11:44pm On Apr 02, 2015
Algeria 5-1 Nigeria. Afcon 1990 opening game.

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