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1. Spain became the first team to lift the World Cup after losing their opening game, to Switzerland. West Germany were also beaten in 1974 group stages but not in the opener. Who beat the Germans?
2, Who were the only undefeated side at the 2010 finals?
3. Who scored the first goal of the 2010 World Cup finals?
4. Who scored the only hat-trick of the 2010 finals?
5. Which two of the sixteen knockout matches went to penalties in 2010. (four shoot outs in 2006, two in 2002 and three in 1998)
6. Heitinga was the fifth player to be sent off in a final. Name the other four.
7. Where did the third place match in 1966 take place?
8. David James set which record in the 2010 finals
9. Iker Casillas is the third goalkeeper to captain the winning country. Name the other two.
10.Spain became the first European team to do what in the world cup?
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10. Win it in a different continent thing
6. Zindane , 2 blokes who had a fight in the 70's and another bloke
5. Uruguay/Ghana and Paraguay/Japan
2. New Zealand
5. Paraguay v Japan and Ghana v Uruguay
7. Wembley
Correct
"2 blokes who had a fight in the 70's and another bloke"
Close but no cigar ; - )
Correct.
10. win outside europe
Zoff is one of the two.
4. Higuain
Both correct (not sure about the spelling either)
4. Higuain
edit. too late
9. Iker Casillas is the third goalkeeper to captain the winning country. Name the other two.
8= most clean sheets by any single goalkeeper in wc?
9= they mentioned it enough in final buffon + another italian?
not clean sheets. he only kept two.
Zoff was one, as said above, and the other is Italian but not Buffon.
Two Argentines got sent off in 90
Don't remember Leonardo going. That's not the other name I've got at least.
Good guess ; - 0
Just looked it up. He was sent off earlier v USA and got 4 match ban for an elbow.
He was.
Just the two other players who were sent off in finals and the third (actually the first) keeper to captain a winning team.
think the last one is very hard. I didn't know it.
Nope.
Two Argentines got sent off in 90
Don't remember Leonardo going. That's not the other name I've got at least.[/quote]
Leonardo wasn't sent off in the final, it was a knockout game vs US. Literally, he knocked out Tab Ramos, with his elbow.
Correct He and Zoff in 82 were the two other keepers
Monzon and Dezoti were sent of for Agentina in 86, Zindane in 2006
Desailly was the other no one got. Surprised as he was on the TV for most games and it was mentioned. Sent of when he won it in 98.
East Germany on 1 - 0. Only time the two team met.
2, Who were the only undefeated side at the 2010 finals?
New Zealand
3. Who scored the first goal of the 2010 World Cup finals?
Tbasalala (sp)
4. Who scored the only hat-trick of the 2010 finals?
Higuin of Argentina v South Korea
5. Which two of the sixteen knockout matches went to penalties in 2010. (four shoot outs in 2006, two in 2002 and three in 1998)
Japan/Paraguay and Uruguay/Ghana
6. Heitinga was the fifth player to be sent off in a final. Name the other four.
Monzon/Dezoti (both 86) Desailly (98) Zindane (2006)
7. Where did the third place match in 1966 take place?
Wembley
8. David James set which record in the 2010 finals
Oldest debutant at finals
9. Iker Casillas is the third goalkeeper to captain the winning country. Name the other two.
Zozz - Italy 82 and Combi Italy 34
10.Spain became the first European team to do what in the world cup?
First Euro country to win it outside their continent. Brazil won in Sweden and in the US.
They also won in Japan in 2002.