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Just 6 days left for the 2018 World Cup. So it's a good time to look at some of the amazing facts about the FIFA World Cup. Come on, check it out.
1. Amazing Security for World Cup

The then Italian Vice President of FIFA Ottorino Barassi hid the World Cup under his bed during World War II. He didn’t want Nazi Troops to steal it.

2. Football Goal and Rolls Royale

At World Cup 1990, each UAE player who scored a goal was given a Rolls Royale.

3. Own Goal at World Cup

Colombian Andrés Escobar scored an own goal at World Cup 1994. He was later murdered by gangsters who lost money betting on Colombia doing well in the competition.

4. Torture to Iraqi Players

Saddam Hussein’s son Uday tortured the Iraqi team when they didn’t qualify. Players were jailed for missing training and losing led to Floggings or bath in sewage.

5. Qatar’s $220 Billion Budget for FIFA 2022 World Cup

Qatar is spending $220 Billion to host the World Cup in 2022. By the way, it was more than Portugal’s entire economy in 2014.

6. North Korean Fans

North Korean fans at World Cup 2010 had their applause orchestrated by a conductor. And the coach claimed Kim Jong Il advised him via an invisible phone invented by the leader.

7. Football War between El Salvador and Honduras

This fact is one of the saddest fact in the history of football. A world cup qualifying match sparkled El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. The football war led to the loss of 2000 lives and created 100,000 refugees.

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we have to adduct no# 3 & 4 for awa national team

DOUBLEWAHALA:
we have to adduct no# 3 & 4 for awa national team

Onazi go receive enough flogging... number 4