If your idea of a strange happening in a football match is limited to streaking then you probably ‘ain’t seen nothing yet’… Indeed, as this excerpt from a March 19, 2009, compilation by Neil Jones shows there is a lot more to the allure of the game than many people have experienced.








Montevideo, July 1930: The semi-finals of the first
ever World Cup, Argentina v USA! The Americans were growing increasingly displeased with what they perceived to be “rough-house tactics” from the Argentinian’s. So much so in fact that after one particularly heavy foul, the US trainer leapt from the bench and raced onto the field of play to remonstrate with the referee. In his anger, the sandwich-short-of-a-picnic fella threw his medical bag to the floor, cracking open a bottle of chloroform and knocking himself spark out.







It takes place in the 1962 World Cup in Chile, as Jimmy Greaves’ England take on the holders Brazil. On rushes a small black dog, chasing after the ball with more energy than some of the England players could muster. Several players try to apprehend the dog, but none are as clever about it as Greaves, who gets down on all fours to beckon the dog towards him. It works as well, but there is always a twist with this kind of story, and so it comes as the terrified pooch proceeds to urinate all over Greavesie’s pristine white England jersey. A truly classic World Cup moment, one that legendary Brazil star Garrincha enjoyed so much he took the dog home as a pet.







In the 1974 World Cup in West Germany, Zairebecame the first black African nation to qualify for a World Cup finals. Zairian defender MwepuIlunga’s reaction to a free kick 25 yards from his goal was simply comical. As the Brazilians, including Jairzinho, lined up to send the ball goalwards, Mwepu, in apparent ignorance of the rules, burst from the defensive wall, and simply (blasted) the ball up-field. The Brazilians were gobsmacked; the commentator was almost laughing; (the spectators could not believe their eyes); the referee issued a yellow card.
At the 1982 World Cup, Kuwait, trailing 3-1 to Michel Platini’s France, conceded a fourth goal late on to Alain Giresse, but were convinced they had heard a referee’s whistle in the build-up, causing several of their players to stop.Sheikh Fahid Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, at the time the President of the Kuwait FA, emerged… from the stands, marched onto the field of play, and began to remonstrate with the referee. He then urged his team to leave the field, unless the goal was chalked off.
Incredibly… the referee relented, and the goal was ruled out. France did go on to add a fourth anyway, and the referee would lose his International status in the aftermath.







As Chile trailed Brazil in a World Cup qualifier in Rio in September 1989, the visitors’ goalkeeper, Roberto Rojas,produced a razor blade he had stashed in his gloves pre-match, gave himself a cut on the forehead, and fell to the floor with blood streaming from the wound. Nearby, a flare thrown from the stands was smouldering. Rojas’… team-mates carried him from the field, and refused to go back out to play, citing “unsafe conditions”.
However… there were a “million” cameras inside the Maracana that night, and… a good few of them had seen the firework land nowhere near him, whilst a fair few had seen him cut his own bonce.Brazil were awarded a 2-0 win, and Chile were not only eliminated from the 1990 World Cup, but banned from the 1994 tournament as well. Rojas was banned for life by FIFA- although the ban was lifted in 2001 under appeal….when he was 44.
The fan who threw the flare- Rosemary de Mello- went on to pose for Playboy, and appeared in several adverts on Brazilian TV.







It is 1995, and an international friendly at Wembley between England & Colombia… The ball is pulled back to Harry Redknapp 25 yards out. As his effort loops… towards the Colombian goal their flamboyant (a.k.a. mental) keeper Rene Higuita… produces the (uniquely spectacular) “Scorpion Kick”, jumping forwards, but kicking his legs behind him to fire the ball out of the danger area, to the delight and bemusement of all concerned.
A match in the Democratic Republic of Congo between BenaTshadi&Basanga in 1998 in the Eastern Province of Kasai ended in tragedy when a lightning strike killed eleven players, leaving thirty others seriously injured.







On the night of 18 April 2001, Karl Power, an unemployed labourer from Greater Manchester, somehow managed to evade security at Bayern Munich’s Olympic Stadium to walk out with the Manchester Utd team, before cheekily posing alongside the likes of Dwight Yorke, Ryan Giggs&FabianBarthez for the official team picture.
Eagle-eyed Gary Neville spotted the imposter, and pointed him out to the rest of the team. But Power, a big Eric Cantona fan, apparently replied “shut it, I’m doing this for Eric”. (What nerve), sneaking onto the pitch, and telling Gary Neville to shut it!





It’s a dream job for a young lad to be ball boy for his local side. (But)…scoring a last minute equaliser? That is exactly what happened in Brazil in September 2006, in a game between Atletico Sorocaba &Santacruzense. With Sorocaba leading by a single goal in the dying minutes, they were mightily relieved to see Santacruzense striker Samuel’s shot zip wide of the post. However, when a cheeky ball boy decided to bring the ball onto the pitch, and side-foot it impishly into the goal, the referee- Silvia Regina de Oliveira (the first female to referee in the Brazilian National Championship) had turned her back, and when she saw the ball nestling in the back of the net, simply assumed that the shot that everyone- including her- had seen go wide, had…actually gone in. The game finished 1-1, and the Brazilian FA were forced to uphold the result, but the referee and her linesman… were suspended.



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slimz10:


In the 1974 World Cup in West Germany, Zaire became the first black African nation to qualify for a World Cup finals. Zairian defender MwepuIlunga’s reaction to a free kick 25 yards from his goal was simply comical. As the Brazilians, including Jairzinho, lined up to send the ball goalwards,

I disagree with this. I can't remember any African team reaching world cup final. 1974 world cup final was between Netherlands and Germany

managermahmud:


I disagree with this. I can't remember any African team reaching world cup final. 1974 world cup final was between Netherlands and Germany

World cup finals usually refers to the tournament itself. It is the different from the world cup final

managermahmud:


I disagree with this. I can't remember any African team reaching world cup final. 1974 world cup final was between Netherlands and Germany

bro,
I am not the author but you never can tell, maybe it may be to "qualify for world cup event" not necessarily "reaching the final of the tournament "

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