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Ten-One: The Day the Scoreboard Broke
Hungary 9-0 South Korea: Forty Hours of Flying, Ninety Minutes of Nightmare
Yugoslavia 9-0 Zaire: The First African Dream, Shattered
Germany 8-0 Saudi Arabia: Klose's Head and a Goalkeeper's Tears
Brazil 7-1 Sweden: The Massacre That Made a Nation Believe It Had Won
Uruguay 7-0 Scotland: The Champions Teach a Lesson
Portugal 7-0 North Korea: The Massacre on National Television
Germany 7-1 Brazil: The Twenty-Nine Minutes That Silenced a Nation
West Germany 3-8 Hungary: Tactical Setup of the 1954 World Cup
Sweden 7-1 Cuba: 1958 World Cup Quarterfinal
Netherlands 5-1 Spain: 2014 Flying Dutchmen End a Dynasty
Austria 7-5 Switzerland: 1954 World Cup's Craziest Attack
Brazil 6-5 Poland: 1938 World Cup Eleven-Goal Battle in Mud
West Germany 7-2 Turkey: 1954 Goal Fest
France 7-3 Paraguay: 1958 World Cup Fontaine Hat-Trick Debut
Argentina 5-0 Jamaica: Batistuta Hat-Trick in 10 Minutes 1998
Argentina 6-0 Serbia: 25-Pass Move & Messi's World Cup Debut (2006)
Spain 7-0 Costa Rica: 2022 World Cup, 1,000 Passes Zero Shots
Portugal 6-1 Switzerland: 21-Year-Old Ramos Replaces Ronaldo and Scores Hat-Trick (2022)
Russia 6-1 Cameroon: 1994 World Cup Salenko Five Goals Win Golden Boot
228Ten-One: The Day the Scoreboard Broke
How Hungary 10-1 El Salvador (1982) became the biggest rout in World Cup history — and how one goal in the 90th minute turned a massacre into a story of dignity.
229Hungary 9-0 South Korea: Forty Hours of Flying, Ninety Minutes of Nightmare
South Korea's first World Cup match in 1954 — after a 40-hour propeller-plane journey — was against the unbeatable Mighty Magyars. They lost 9-0. It was the beginning of everything.
230Yugoslavia 9-0 Zaire: The First African Dream, Shattered
Zaire (now DR Congo) became the first sub-Saharan African team at the World Cup in 1974. Yugoslavia scored 9. But the score wasn't the story — showing up was.
231Germany 8-0 Saudi Arabia: Klose's Head and a Goalkeeper's Tears
2002: Miroslav Klose scored a hat-trick — all headers — as Germany demolished Saudi Arabia 8-0. The birth of a World Cup legend, and the longest 90 minutes of a goalkeeper's life.
232Brazil 7-1 Sweden: The Massacre That Made a Nation Believe It Had Won
In 1950, Brazil demolished Sweden 7-1 with four goals from Ademir. The nation celebrated prematurely. Then Uruguay happened.
233Uruguay 7-0 Scotland: The Champions Teach a Lesson
1954: Defending champions Uruguay demolished first-time participants Scotland 7-0 with a Borges hat-trick.
234Portugal 7-0 North Korea: The Massacre on National Television
North Korea's historic decision to broadcast their 2010 World Cup match live — and how Portugal scored 7 goals while the entire nation watched in horror.
235Germany 7-1 Brazil: The Twenty-Nine Minutes That Silenced a Nation
The Mineirazo: how Germany scored 5 goals in 29 minutes against Brazil in the 2014 semifinal, breaking a country's football soul in front of its own people.
236West Germany 3-8 Hungary: Tactical Setup of the 1954 World Cup
West Germany 3-8 Hungary: The Massacre That Was Planned
237Sweden 7-1 Cuba: 1958 World Cup Quarterfinal
Sweden 7-1 Cuba: The Caribbean Dark Horse's Final Stop