A-Z of the world cup (contd)

P: Pele is the youngest player to score a goal in a world cup match the legendary Brazilian was 17yrs 239days when he scored against Wales in 1958.

Q: Qualifying for the tournament included 194 countries playing 874games watched by 18.6million spectators. A total of 2,464goals were scored at as average of 2.8 per game.

R: Roger Milla is the oldest player to have ever scored in a world cup match. Milla was 42yrs and 39daays when he scored for Cameroon against Russia in 1994.

S: Smallest player at the tournament based on current information will be four who can stretch themselves to 5-foot-4-bakery kone (Ivory Coast), Christian Lara (Ecuador) Mohammed Al shihoub (Saudia Arabia) and Naelson (Mexico).

T: turkey Hakan Sukur holds the record for the fastest goal scored from the kick off. He scored from the kick off. He scored 11seconds after the third place match against South Korea started in 2002.

U: U.S.A will be making a fifth consecutive appearance at the finals and the seventh overall. To date their best performance was in 1930 where the made the semi finals only to lose to Argentina 6-1.

V: Vava was the first player and to date remains the only player to score in consecutive finals. He archived this feat in 1958 (against Sweden) and 1962 (versus Czechoslovakia). Two other players Pele and Paul Breitner scored in two finals but not consecutively.

W: World cup viewing around the world is always a contentious point but one thing is clear: it blows away any other sporting event one estimates puts the cumulative audience at 30billion over the month of the competition who knows how accurate that is but one thing is for sure large areas of the globe will come to a stand still between june9 and july9.

X: Xtra time will be played in the round of 16 and beyond If teams are tied after the completion of normal time. The teams will play two 15min halves with no golden goal or silver goal deciding the winner this time. If still tied, it will down to the dreaded penalty decider.

Y: youngest player to ever appear at a world cup was Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland who was 17 years and 42 days when he lined against Yugoslavia at the 1982 event in Spain.

Z: Zoff (Dino) the oldest player ever to play in a world cup final. The Italian goalkeeper and captain was 40 years and133 days when he helped his country beat West Germany
3-1 in 1982.
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