Imagine Spain or Brazil, two of the favorite teams of all time, eliminated in the group stage of World Cup 2010. It is unimaginable anyway, is not it? But such "surprises" shocking, in fact, have happened over time. Below you will find a top 10:
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1. France, 2002
Losing ground, as champion is acceptable but should be sprayed at once is a tragedy. While she was the reigning World and Europe, France has not scored a single goal and was eliminated at the group stage at the 2002 World Cup. His defeats have been as humiliating as memorable defeat to Senegal in the opening match, 0-0 with Uruguay after a red card for Thierry Henry and finally destroyed by Denmark in the last match, with 2-0 .
2. Brazil, 1966
It was the only case of post-war when Brazil was forced to leave the tournament prematurely. This failure has slipped between two periods of glory for the national Brazilian Cup winner in 1958, 1962 and 1970. Many of the team members were either too old or too inexperienced. The exception was Pele, 25, undoubtedly the best player in the world. He had the misfortune of being repeatedly beaten by Dobrimir Zhechev in the opening match against Bulgaria, won 2-0. Wounded, Pele missed the game against an excellent team of Hungary, who triumphed with a score of 3-1. It was back in time for the final match against Portugal, he was far from great. And even if he had been present earlier in the match, Brazil would be hard to beat the superb Portuguese team, which dominated the champions with a score of 3-1.
3. Argentina, 2002
It is amazing to think that the generation platinum Argentina has not won the Copa America, let alone the World Cup. The seventeen years of poor performance (his last title was in 1993 Copa America), reached its nadir in 2002 when a highly talented team - Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Veron, Hernan Crespo, Claudio Lopez, Ariel Ortega, Kily Gonzalez Pablo Aimar, fell at the first hurdle. They were the favorites before the tournament, although in a tough group with Sweden, England and Nigeria. The Argentis slightly played the opening match against Nigeria, but lost the pedal in the poker competition with England. Following the defeat (1-0), they needed to beat Sweden. Despite their dominance during the game, the final score was 1-1 and Argentina took the road back. The team had not played bad - it took 45 shots in three games and was in possession of the ball two-thirds of the time against England as against Sweden. Thus, its elimination was even more difficult to understand. To worsen the situation, Brazil, which had been given little chance, became champion.
4. Italy, 1966
The word "Korea" gives shivers to Italian fans: partly because of his controversial defeat against South Korea in the 2002 tournament, but mainly because of its loss to North Korea in 1966. Even if Italy had been defeated by Russia in the group stage, it needed only a draw against the Koreans to qualify for the quarterfinals. The bad luck that the Italians were reduced to 10 in the first half - there were no alternates at the time - and a single goal from Pak Doo Ik has been demolished. Before the game, the manager of Italy compared to a Korean-style comedy Charlie Chaplin. He later said that was a compliment, he had warned the Italians capacity Korea rather than ridicule.
5. Italy, 1974
Conceited had landed. Italy started the tournament in top form, but has campaigned dismal in 1974. The situation escalated when a scandal has arisen between Giorgio Chinaglia publicly and his manager Ferruccio Valcareggi. Italy has avoided humiliation in Haiti, has made a draw with Argentina had to beat Poland, which was the first group and finished third in the tournament. The Italians suffered a defeat (2-1) and returned to the country by blaming each other.
Part:
1. France, 2002
Losing ground, as champion is acceptable but should be sprayed at once is a tragedy. While she was the reigning World and Europe, France has not scored a single goal and was eliminated at the group stage at the 2002 World Cup. His defeats have been as humiliating as memorable defeat to Senegal in the opening match, 0-0 with Uruguay after a red card for Thierry Henry and finally destroyed by Denmark in the last match, with 2-0 .
2. Brazil, 1966
It was the only case of post-war when Brazil was forced to leave the tournament prematurely. This failure has slipped between two periods of glory for the national Brazilian Cup winner in 1958, 1962 and 1970. Many of the team members were either too old or too inexperienced. The exception was Pele, 25, undoubtedly the best player in the world. He had the misfortune of being repeatedly beaten by Dobrimir Zhechev in the opening match against Bulgaria, won 2-0. Wounded, Pele missed the game against an excellent team of Hungary, who triumphed with a score of 3-1. It was back in time for the final match against Portugal, he was far from great. And even if he had been present earlier in the match, Brazil would be hard to beat the superb Portuguese team, which dominated the champions with a score of 3-1.
3. Argentina, 2002
It is amazing to think that the generation platinum Argentina has not won the Copa America, let alone the World Cup. The seventeen years of poor performance (his last title was in 1993 Copa America), reached its nadir in 2002 when a highly talented team - Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Veron, Hernan Crespo, Claudio Lopez, Ariel Ortega, Kily Gonzalez Pablo Aimar, fell at the first hurdle. They were the favorites before the tournament, although in a tough group with Sweden, England and Nigeria. The Argentis slightly played the opening match against Nigeria, but lost the pedal in the poker competition with England. Following the defeat (1-0), they needed to beat Sweden. Despite their dominance during the game, the final score was 1-1 and Argentina took the road back. The team had not played bad - it took 45 shots in three games and was in possession of the ball two-thirds of the time against England as against Sweden. Thus, its elimination was even more difficult to understand. To worsen the situation, Brazil, which had been given little chance, became champion.
4. Italy, 1966
The word "Korea" gives shivers to Italian fans: partly because of his controversial defeat against South Korea in the 2002 tournament, but mainly because of its loss to North Korea in 1966. Even if Italy had been defeated by Russia in the group stage, it needed only a draw against the Koreans to qualify for the quarterfinals. The bad luck that the Italians were reduced to 10 in the first half - there were no alternates at the time - and a single goal from Pak Doo Ik has been demolished. Before the game, the manager of Italy compared to a Korean-style comedy Charlie Chaplin. He later said that was a compliment, he had warned the Italians capacity Korea rather than ridicule.
5. Italy, 1974
Conceited had landed. Italy started the tournament in top form, but has campaigned dismal in 1974. The situation escalated when a scandal has arisen between Giorgio Chinaglia publicly and his manager Ferruccio Valcareggi. Italy has avoided humiliation in Haiti, has made a draw with Argentina had to beat Poland, which was the first group and finished third in the tournament. The Italians suffered a defeat (2-1) and returned to the country by blaming each other.
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