Crazy records already broken at the 2022 World Cup

The group matches of the World Cup held in Qatar have come to an end.

Today, all the participants of the quarterfinals will finally be determined. During this time, numerous records have been broken, which I propose to discuss today.

Qatar became the first World Cup host nation to lose in the opening match of the tournament.

Qatar lost 2-0 to Ecuador in the opening match of the 2022 World Cup. After losing to Senegal (1:3) and the Netherlands (0:2), the Qataris became the first host nation to never score in the group stage, and also broke the record for goals conceded at this stage – 7.

For the first time in history, the first goal in a World Cup has been scored from a penalty.

In the opening match between Qatar and Ecuador, Enner Valencia opened the goal with a penalty in the 16th minute. But the striker has done this before. He managed to score a goal in the 5th minute, but the goal was not counted due to offside.

Jude Bellingham became the first footballer born after 2000 to score a goal in a World Cup.

19 years and 145 days old English midfielder scored a goal against Iran. At a younger age, only Michael Owen stood out at the World Championships with “three lions” – he was 18 years old and 190 days old.

The World Cup hosted the longest match in history – the match lasted 117 minutes 16 seconds

England and Iran played the longest match in World Cup history excluding extra time. The chief referee of the match, Rafael Klaus, added 14 minutes to the first half and 10 minutes to the second half. As a result, for the entire match, the teams spent 117 minutes and 16 seconds on the field. The previous record was set during the 1994 World Cup match between South Korea and Bolivia (103:56).

Mehdi Taremi scores the last goal of the World Cup

The striker of the Iranian national team turned the penalty in the 103rd minute of the match against England. This goal will be remembered as the last goal in the World Cup. However, Taremi’s goal did not help Iran – the match ended with a score of 2:6.

Poland became the first national team in history to not score three penalties in a row.

Poland drew with Mexico in the World Cup group qualifiers (0:0). Robert Lewandowski missed a penalty in the 58th minute of the match. Guillermo Ochoa guessed the direction of the blow and hit the ball.

Lionel Messi became the first Argentine to score in four World Cups.

The captain of the Argentina national team, featured in the 2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Leo is the first Argentine to score in four tournaments. Lionel Messi scored his first goal in the World Cup against the national team of Serbia and Montenegro 16 years ago – in June 2006.

Leo Messi breaks Argentina’s record for World Cup matches

The Argentina captain played 22 World Cup matches. By this indicator, he surpassed Diego Maradona, who made 21 appearances in the world championships.

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in history to score in five World Cups.

The Portuguese surpassed Lionel Messi, Miroslav Klose, Pele and Uwe Seeler. All four World Cups have scored.

John Herdman is the first coach in history to have worked at both the men’s and women’s world championships.

Canadian head coach John Herdman led the women’s teams in New Zealand (2007 and 2011 World Cups) and Canada (2015 World Cup) before joining the men’s team.

Serbia became the first team in World Cup history to score two goals in extra time.

The Serbs interrupted the match played with Cameroon and defeated their opponent 2-1. Strahinja Pavlovich and Sergei Milinkovic-Savic scored in the 45+1 and 45+3 minutes, respectively. Serbian national team finished the game in a 3:3 draw.

Brazil became the first team to be undefeated in 17 consecutive World Cup group stage matches.

In the group stage, they defeated five-time world champions Serbia (2:0) and Switzerland (1:0), but lost to Cameroon (0:1), breaking their successful undefeated streak.

Stephanie Frappart becomes the first woman to be the chief referee at a men’s World Cup.

The French woman officiated the Costa Rica v Germany match, which took place on 1 December and ended with the Germans’ victory (4:2). Frappart has shown a yellow card.

Saudi Arabia breaks world Cup group stage yellow card record

The team received 14 warnings: six from Argentina, two from Poland and six from Mexico.

Morocco national team broke the record among African teams in the number of points scored

The Moroccans scored seven points in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup. This has not been possible for any African team.

Manuel Neuer breaks World Cup goalkeeping record

The goalkeeper of the German national team played 19 times in the world championships. The last meeting so far was with Costa Rica. On this indicator, Neuer surpassed Claudio Taffarela (18), Sepp Mayer (18), Peter Shilton (17), Iker Casillas (17), Dino Zoff (17) and Fabien Barthez (17).

In total, at this World Cup in Qatar, the referees added 511 minutes of overtime over 48 matches in the group stage. Wait a minute, that’s five full games! Round 1 – 178 minutes, 2nd – 166, 3rd – 167 minutes added.