Twenty teasers: Are you a World Cup boffin? 1. Who was the first player to be sent off at this tournament? Maxi Pereira 2. Name the World Cup venue that has seen the most goals. Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, with 24 3. Which match has attracted the biggest attendance so far? Argentina v Bosnia-Hercegovina, 74,738 4. Who became the oldest player in World Cup history after coming on as a substitute? Faryd Mondragon (Colombia) 5. Which striker became the leading African goalscorer in World Cup history? Asamoah Gyan (Ghana) 6. How many World Cup managers have left their roles since the tournament started? Seven - Suarez (Honduras), Zaccheroni (Japan), Prandelli (Italy), Keshi (Nigeria), Hitzfeld (Switzerland), Lamouchi (Ivory Coast), Queiroz (Iran) 7. Which international captain, who played in the Premier League last season, announced he was retiring following his teams second-round exit in Brazil? Giorgos Karagounis (Greece) 8. Which two teams have scored five goals in a single game at this tournament? Netherlands and France 9. Which player scored the 50th hat-trick in World Cup history at this tournament? Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) 10. Who scored the first World Cup goal to be given using goalline technology? Karim Benzema (France) 11. Which game featured the first cooling break of the tournament? Netherlands v Mexico on 29 June 12. Name the two teams that finished bottom of their respective groups after conceding nine times in three games. Cameroon and Australia 13. Who scored Englands first goal in Brazil? Daniel Sturridge 14. Name the oldest of the 32 managers at the tournament. Fabio Capello, 68, (Russia) 15. How many goalless draws have there been? Six 16. Who scored the tournaments first penalty? Neymar (Brazil) 17. Which striker said after a big group-stage win: It was a crazy game. We could have scored five… oh right, we did score five, but we could have scored six, seven or eight. Robin van Persie (Netherlands) 18. Name the former Premier League forward who wanted a kiss on the cheek from the Queen if he scored against Costa Rica. Mario Balotelli (Italy) 19. Name the first Premier League player to score at this World Cup. Oscar (Brazil) 20 Which two teams eliminated on penalties ? Chile and Greece Ten World Cup facts to impress your mates 1. There have been a record 27 goals scored by substitutes at this World Cup. 2. Before Costa Ricas defeat by Netherlands, the previous eight World Cup shootouts had been won by the team going first. 3. USA midfielder Michael Bradley (pictured below) covered 54.7km (34 miles) in 390 minutes of World Cup action in Brazil and reached a top speed of 30.9 km/h. (19.2mph) You can see how much ground he covers by watching USA v Germany here. 4. The Netherlands have converted all nine World Cup penalties they have taken (excluding shootouts). 5. Colombias James Rodriguez is the first player to score in his opening five World Cup appearances (within a single tournament) since Gerd Muller in 1970 (scored 10 goals in five matches then failed to score in the sixth game). 6. Germany have reached the last eight of the World Cup in each of the previous 16 tournaments - the last time they did not was in 1950, when they were banned from the tournament following World War Two. 7 . The earliest dismissal in a 2014 World Cup match? 37 minutes - Pepe of Portugal against Germany. 8. Brazil are unbeaten in 42 successive matches on home soil, with their last defeat coming against Paraguay (1-0 in a friendly) in August 2002. 9. France and Netherlands have hit the woodwork in Brazil six times - more than any other team. 10. Spain used 22 of their 23-man squad during the tournament. The only player they did not use was goalkeeper David De Gea.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:18:28 +0000
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