Published Date:
26 June 2009
THE United States' 2-0 victory over European champions Spain in the Confederations Cup semi-finals on Wednesday earned a place on the list of great international upsets.
FIFA's own website, www.fifa.com, posed the question: "Is this the greatest upset ever in a FIFA competition?" It left the answer open, but the result ranks alongside the United States' 1-0 victory over England in the 1950 World Cup finals and North Korea's 1-0 win over Italy in the 1966 World Cup finals, Cameroon's 1-0 win over then world champions Argentina in the opening match of the 1990 World Cup and Senegal's 1-0 victory over then world champions France in the 2002 World Cup finals.
Denmark's astonishing success in the 1992 European championship, when they won the tournament in Sweden a few weeks after reassembling from their holidays and being given a place in the finals when Yugoslavia were disqualified, also takes its place as does Greece's win in Euro 2004 when they started the tournament as outsiders.
The full article contains 178 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
25 June 2009 9:34 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
