Seventeen years ago, on April 26, 1998, the largest simultaneous game of checkers took place. Three-time champion Barbadian Ron King, nicknamed the “Ali of Checkers” for his long tongue, played against 385 opponents and beat them all. We present the most striking examples of long matches from other sports.
Marathon at Wimbledon
Usually tennis matches at Wimbledon are postponed to the next day due to rain, sometimes due to darkness. And in very rare cases, due to the fact that both opponents can barely stand on their feet from fatigue. In 2010, the French Nicolas Mahut and American John Isner played the longest match in the history of world tennis. In addition to the record for duration, records were set for the number of aces per game. In the fifth set alone, Isner served more hits than any other player in the entire match. With the score 47:47 in the fifth set, the scoreboard on court No. 18 went out, as this was the maximum score for which it was programmed. Six games later, for the same reason, the statistics on the official Wimbledon website were reset to zero. The result of this amazing match is 6:4, 3:6, 6:7 (7:9), 7:6 (7:3), 70:68 in favor of Isner. In total, the match lasted three days, the pure time spent by the players on the court was more than 11 hours. Immediately after the end, the players and, and a memorial plaque dedicated to this incredible game soon appeared on the wall of the court. Nicolas Mahut I was so shocked by what happened that I wrote the book “The Match of My Life.”
Pyrrhic victory for the Russian team
Russian water polo masters arrived at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney as one of the favorites. Group tournament turned out to be successful for the Russians. In the quarterfinals it was unexpectedly difficult against the Americans, but in the end our water polo players achieved victory. And in the semi-finals the Russian team got the then existing Olympic champions from Spain. It was a fabulous match. The Russians constantly came forward, the Spaniards caught up with them with the same regularity. In extra time, both teams were most afraid of making mistakes and, as one commentator put it, they swam back faster than forward. In the end, everything was decided 10 seconds before the end of the third overtime with a precise throw Dmitry Gorshkov. But the Russians did not have enough strength for the final match - the Hungarians easily beat our team with a score of 13:6. After the Sydney Games, changes were made to the regulations - water polo players stopped playing endless overtime and switched to penalties.
Hotter than hell
On April 5, 1915, the longest championship fight between heavyweight boxers in history took place in Havana (Cuba). American Jack Johnson, first black world champion heavyweight, defended his title in a fight with a compatriot Jess Willard. At that time, there were no regulations on the mandatory number of rounds in championship matches, and before each fight the opponents agreed on its length.
This time they agreed on 45, which was supposed to show the extreme endurance of the boxers. It did not reach the required number of rounds; the champion was knocked out in the 26th. After the defeat, Johnson always claimed that he gave up this fight - the hostility towards the black champion was too great in America at that time. In fact, the champion simply did not bother training too much before the fight, hoping to knock out Willard at the beginning of the fight. When this did not work out, it became clear that a long fight in forty-degree heat would be to the advantage of the challenger. Perhaps Johnson really could have gotten up after the missed blow, but in any case, his stamina would not have been enough not only to win, but even to stay on his feet for another 20 rounds. Willard said only one phrase after the fight: “I think that even in hell it won’t be as hot as here.”
With a lunch break
One cricket match can take place over several days, and the regulations include official breaks for lunch, tea and sleep. Modern rules They limit matches in time, and previously teams could play virtually indefinitely. It was just such a match that the teams of England and South Africa played in 1939, which ended only when it was time for the British to board the ship to sail home. The match was played over nine days with two days off. The rain also added to the duration of the match - on one of the game days, the participants simply could not go out onto the field, which was completely flooded with water. Despite (or perhaps because of) the length of the game, cricket is very popular in countries that were formerly part of the British Empire. that she doesn't know who he is ( greatest player in the history of cricket) who came to watch her match caused an uproar in India. Indian fans even came up with the hashtag #whoisMariaSharapova.
How one party changed all the rules
In 1989, a chess game was played in Belgrade between Ivan Nikolic And Goran Arsovic. The players signed a peace treaty after the 269th move and 20 hours spent at the board. In the endgame there were only five pieces left on the board - white had a king, bishop and rook, black had a king and rook. Nikolic tried to use his advantage for more than a hundred moves, but nothing worked. After this record, FIDE decided to introduce the “rule of 50” - if each player makes 50 moves without capturing the opponent’s piece, the game is declared a draw.
1. The football chant "Ole-Ole-Ole" comes from Spain, where the word "Ole" was shouted at bullfights or flamenco dances. And there it appeared by transformation from the word “Allah”, which was uttered during prayers by the Arabs who captured Spain in the 8th century.
2. Julio Iglesias was a football goalkeeper in his youth and played for Real Madrid. However, his football career interrupted at the age of 20, when he was in a car accident and spent three years in hospital. He was paralyzed, only his arms could work freely. Iglesias learned to play the guitar and subsequently became a famous musician.
3. During a football match in Brazil, the wind blew a group of paratroopers onto the football field. One of the paratroopers fell on the goalkeeper at the moment when the goalkeeper was preparing to take possession of the ball. As a result, the ball ended up in the goal and the referee, despite the protests of the injured team, counted the goal, explaining the appearance of the paratroopers as “the intervention of a higher power.”
4. Football is officially banned in six countries, including Afghanistan, Kampuchea and Greenland. Interestingly, football (soccer, that is, European football) is allowed to be played in the state of Utah, USA, only if the field is located no closer than 1.5 miles from the church. For baseball, golf and American football, the distance is 0.5 miles.
5. It is known that the British are ardent football fans who are passionate about their football clubs and are ready to do anything for their sake. But it turns out that the annual damage to private and public property caused by English football fans is estimated at forty million pounds sterling.
6. On November 3, 1969, the “most undisciplined” match in football history took place in Great Britain. Tongham Youth Club (Surrey) and How-Lee (Hants) fought so hard for the local cup that the referee had to punish all 22 players, including one sent to hospital, and even the linesman.
7. The longest football match was played on August 1-3, 1981 by two Irish teams football club"Callinafersie" in Kerry. The winner was revealed only after... 65 hours 1 minute.
8. Fog is common in the British Isles. But an unusual incident occurred in a meeting between two Scottish teams. The fog thickened so much that the players spent a long time looking for the ball, partners, and opponents. At some point, the referee thought there were too many players on the field. The first thing he did was run to the benches and saw that they were empty. The referee immediately interrupted the game. As it turned out, there were thirty players on the field at the same time.
9. Brazilian football team"Kakova", which had good results, was unexpectedly dissolved by order of the Minister of the Interior. The fact is that the team consisted mainly of police, and during matches with its participation entire “outfits” of fans in police uniforms arrived at the stadium. An orgy of crime began in the city. But the order in the stands was exemplary.
10. A rather interesting match took place in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz, which attracted many spectators. Reporters from local newspapers met with a team entirely staffed by representatives of one family - the sons of the bricklayer Osinski. And although 11 guys aged 15 to 28 years lost, the audience warmly welcomed the “creator” of the team.
11. An experiment was once carried out at the Buenos Aires stadium, the purpose of which was to prove the superiority of single football players over married ones. Everything went smoothly until the penalty against the married couple. When the penalty was taken, ... the wives jumped onto the field. They beat the judge and awarded the victory to their husbands. To avoid trouble, the bachelors did not protest. The experiment failed.
12. During a friendly football match in the Italian town of Asti, the center forward of the local team, Maschio, missed the ball and picked the ground. So much so that he seriously injured his leg. When the soil was examined, they discovered a skeleton, which turned out to be a valuable historical find. Maschio received a cash prize and a badge “for his passion for archaeological research.”
13. Brazilian football defender Pineiro was called the record holder for goals... into his own goal. In just one season he scored 10 goals against his team. Pineiro was transferred to attack. In the first match, the “record holder” again managed to hit his own goal. When the football player turned 25, his teammates presented him with a compass on which was engraved: “Remember, the enemy is on the other side.”
14. In the cup final English league In 2005, a noise record was recorded at the stadium. After Liverpool's Riise scored against London's Chelsea, the Merseyside fans screamed at 130.7 decibels. The achievement was included in the Guinness Book of Records. The previous record was 128.74 decibels and was set in 2000 at the Denver Broncos match.
15. A kind of record holder is defender Mazzia, who played for the Italian club Brescia in the mid-60s. In the 38th second of the meeting with the Mantova team, he scored the ball into his own goal, creating the fastest own goal.
16. There are two known cases where referees showed a red card to themselves: Andy Wayne, who refereed the Peterborough North End - Royal Mail match, and Melvin Sylvester at the Southampton Arms - Hurstbourne Tarrant British Legion match. The first one removed himself from the field during the game to avoid a conflict with the goalkeeper, and the second one for a brawl with a player.
17. In 1959, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, the stadium administration mistakenly scheduled handball and football matches at the same time. None of the athletes wanted to give up the right to host the game. As a result, the matches were played simultaneously and were completed, with four teams and two goals on the field.
18. The bill to allow football games on Saturdays was appealed in the Israeli parliament a record number of times - 36! Consideration of this bill has been going on for seven years.
19. The Botswana national team has not won a single international match in its twenty-eight years of existence. The team has had more than fifty head coaches, four of whom were former Soviet athletes.
20. Italian goalkeeper During the game, Grosso advised the referee to wear glasses, for which he was sent off the field. During the investigation of this incident, it turned out that Grosso is the owner of an optical store, and the arbitrator has really poor eyesight. In this regard, the goalkeeper’s words addressed to the referee were regarded by the disciplinary commission not as an insult, but as useful and very rational advice. It ended with the goalkeeper being forgiven, and the judge buying glasses from his store.
21. In the late 50s, in the Italian city of Siena, football referees decided to play themselves. We made up two teams, took to the field, and the match began. Everything was going fine until a jump ball was scored against one of the teams. It was then that all 22 players, each of whom, due to their duties, knew and knew how to interpret the rules, began to prove that they were right. Word after word, things got so bad that the police had to intervene.
22. A rare incident occurred in Spain in a game between the second league teams San Isidro and Olimpico Carrante. With 3 minutes left, players from both teams, dissatisfied with the refereeing, surrounded the referee, trying to reason with him. And not only with words and gestures... In this critical situation, the referee, remaining completely calm, took out a red card and showed it to all twenty-two participants in the match!
23. In the 1978 Greek Championship game, Ethnikos hosted PAOK. Having opened the scoring, the guests ran up to the substitutes' bench and vigorously shared their joy with its inhabitants, not paying attention to the referee's offer to continue the match. Without thinking twice, the Ethnikos players, in the absence of opponents, started from the center, walked unhindered to their goal and equalized the score.
24. In 1891, Irish football rules expert John Penalty proposed the introduction of a penalty kick for foul play or handball intentionally committed by a defending team player within its penalty area. For the first time such a blow was performed in the Irish football league. Now all over the world it is called a penalty kick.
25. In the Spanish city of Fuente, the local team hosted football players from the Gonsha club. A few minutes passed, and the guests were leading 2:0. And suddenly an angry bull appears on the field, as if in a bullfighting arena, then another, then a third. Players and judges who did not have the skills of a matador rushed in all directions. The public followed suit. The referee, who barely had time to hide in the locker room, cautiously looked out the window: the bulls were still rushing across the field. The game had to be cancelled. It soon became clear that the bulls
prepared for bullfighting, were released by an avid fan of the local club in order to prevent a major loss for his team.
26. The driver of the Bucharest-Belgrade express only at the last moment managed to avoid a collision with a man sprawled on the rails. Radanovic, a football fan from Yugoslavia, turned out to be a desperate daredevil. He stopped the train so as not to be late for a football match in Belgrade.
27. The defeat of the Honduras national football team by the El Salvador national team in the playoff matches of the qualifying stage of the 1969 FIFA World Cup was the direct cause of the six-day war between these countries.
28. It is known that Lev Yashin was not only a football goalkeeper, but also a hockey goalkeeper. In 1953 he won the USSR Ice Hockey Cup and bronze medalist USSR Championship. They already wanted to invite Yashin to the hockey team for the World Cup, but he decided to concentrate on football.
29. On March 20, 1976, Aston Villa player Chris Nicholl scored two goals against both Leicester City and his own goal. The match ended with the score 2:2.
30. In 1939, the Vienna club Rapid met Frankfurt in the final match of the unified German championship and scored the decisive three goals in the last 15 minutes. Since then, a tradition has been established at Rapid's home matches - during the last 15 minutes of the match, fans rhythmically and continuously applaud
1. Which goalkeeper scored more than 100 goals?
Rogerio Muque Ceni is a Brazilian goalkeeper. World champion 2002 as part of the Brazilian national team. He has been playing for the Sao Paulo club since 1992. Officially recognized as the goalkeeper who scored the most goals in history (116 goals).
2. Which judge removed himself?
Referee Andy Vane sent himself off the field in the 63rd minute, showing himself a red card.
This unique event in the history of world football was preceded by the following sequence of events. In the 63rd minute, Royal Mail scored a goal against Peterborough goalkeeper Richard McGuffin, thus leading 2:1. However, MacGuffin, believing that the ball was scored in violation of the rules, criticized the referee.
Wayne did not remain in debt. The 39-year-old referee ran up to MacGuffin and, using profanity liberally, told him to shut up. Then, as if having come to his senses, the referee took out a red card, but showed it not to the goalkeeper, but to himself, after which he blew the whistle to end the game and walked off the field.
3. Which club won 149:0?
In the Madagascar football championship, the Adem Club beat Olympic with a score of 149:0!
Olympic, which was playing away, did not agree with one of the decisions of the match referee, and began kicking goals into their own goal as a sign of protest. We managed to score - 149!
4. In which match were 36 players sent off?
In the Paraguayan junior league match between Teniente Farina and Libertad, the referee sent off all 36 players from both teams for fighting.
5. The longest match in football history?
The longest match lasted 36 hours! It took place on April 11-12, 2009 in England, two English teams played: Leeds Badgers and the Bristol team football academy.
6. In which match were 540 goals scored?
During the entire period of the above football match, 540 goals were scored! And the match itself ended with a score of 255-285.
7. Who scored 75 goals in one match?
In the same match, Adam McPhee, playing for Leeds Badgers, scored 75 goals.
8. Who is the “barefoot football player”?
There are several possible answers to this question. Firstly, there is an expression in Portuguese that means "barefoot footballer", derived from this expression is the word PELE.
There was also a case in the history of football when a football player scored barefoot at the World Cup. It was Leonidas. In one of the matches, his boots became unusable, and he was forced to play barefoot for extra time.
9. Who scored 3 own goals in one match?
Belgian footballer Stan van den Buys scored 3 own goals at once in the national championship match between Germinal Eckeren and Anderlecht in the 1995-96 season, which is a record. Anderlecht won 3:2 without scoring on their own.
10. How did the referee score 2 goals in one match?
It happens! The referee scored two goals in one match. In the first case, the ball flew into the goal after a ricochet from his leg, in the second - from his head. Fortunately, both teams suffered from the referee, and therefore he did not get any nuts. Moreover, the meeting of Spanish fourth division clubs ended in a draw
Sometimes incredible things happen in football that the world has never seen before. Some players score fantastic goals from long distances, others hit the ball with incredible force, after which it flies into the goal net with great speed, while others are distinguished by a large number of goals scored in one match or season. In general, something happens that has not happened before, that is, one or another record is set or surpassed. Exactly about the 10 most incredible records in football we'll talk today.
Farthest goal (Asmir Begovic - 91.9 m.)
In 2013, the English Premier League match between Stoke City and Southampton took place, in which the Potters’ goalkeeper Asmir Begovic scored a goal. In football, of course, there are cases when goalkeepers act as scorers, but this mainly happens during set pieces in the last minutes of the match. Our case is special in that Begovic scored a goal from his own penalty area. He simply kicked the ball away, which flew to the opponent's goal and treacherously jumped over Southampton goalkeeper Artut Boruc, ending up in the net. That goal was scored from a distance of 91.9 meters.
Interesting fact. About a year earlier, before Begovic's sensational strike, Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard had also scored a goal in a similar style.
Most red cards in one match (Claypole – Victorano Arensa – 36)
The Argentine 5th Division match between Claypole and Victorano Arenasa went down in football history thanks to the huge number of red cards. The meeting started quite calmly, but after the score was 2:0, the Victoriano Arenas players were outraged by many of the referee’s decisions, and in the end, everything escalated into a fight. The main referee of the match, Damian Rubino, decided to punish the participants with a mass brawl. He issued as many as 36 red cards, sending off all 22 first-team players, as well as many substitutes and coaching staff. Rubino can be called a real daredevil, because not every modern referee can dare to send off 2-3 players in a match, but he left as many as 36 overboard.
The most expensive football player transfer (Neymar - € 222 million)
Football madness cannot be stopped. It would seem that the €94 million paid by Real Madrid to Manchester United for the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo for a long time will remain a transfer record. However, a few years later, Gareth Bale and then Paul Pogba were sold by their clubs for even more money: € 100 and € 105 million, respectively. The madness didn't stop there. In the summer of 2017, the French Paris Saint-Germain paid the Spanish Barcelona for the Brazilian Neymar € 222 million. This is by far the most expensive player purchase in football. I wonder how long this transfer record will last?
Record for most goals scored in one calendar year (Leo Messi - 91)
This is interesting. The Zambian Football Federation does not recognize the achievement of the Argentinean Messi. In their opinion, Zambian striker Godfrey Chital scored the most goals in a year, allegedly scoring 107 times in the opponent’s goal.
Most goals by a single player at the World Cup (Juste Fontaine - 13)
At the 1958 World Cup, Frenchman Juste Fontaine scored 13 goals. Fontaine scored a hat-trick in the team's first game at the group stage, then scored a brace against Yugoslavia and scored another goal against the Scots. In the quarter-final game against Northern Ireland, Juste scored a brace, and also celebrated one goal in the semi-final of the tournament against the Brazilians, which France eventually lost with a score of 5:2. In the match for third place, Fontaine scored 4 more goals, bringing his tally in the tournament to 13 goals. By the way, .
Most goals scored by a goalkeeper (Rogerio Ceni - 135)
The goalkeeper has one the main task on the field - defend your goal. However, for some goalkeepers, the work associated only with protecting their own goal seems boring, and they decide to test themselves as a scorer. Such keepers in football history There are only a few, but they exist. The main one of these goalkeeper-scorers is Rogerio Ceni. The Brazilian played for Sao Paulo, where he spent more than 20 years and won many titles.
Ceni also excelled as a scorer. During his career, the player scored 135 goals in all tournaments. He scored these goals from free kicks and penalties. For example, the famous English midfielder Ryan Giggs scored only 111 goals during the same playing period of his career.
5 Champions League Cups won in a row (Real Madrid 1955-1960)
From 1955 to 1960, Real Madrid destroyed all their rivals on the continent, winning 5 UEFA Champions League Cups in a row. This record still remains unbroken, and certainly, against the backdrop of a significant evolution in the teams’ tactics and the skill of the players, it is unlikely that anyone will be able to repeat such an achievement. It is worth noting that in the current realities it is not possible to win the Champions League, even twice in a row. Only in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons did the same Real manage to win the tournament twice.
Largest attendance at a football match (Brazil - Uruguay: 210,000 people)
The 1950 World Cup final with the participation of the national teams of Brazil and Uruguay, held at the Maracana stadium, was called “Maracanazo”. According to official figures, 173,850 tickets were sold for the match, but unofficial sources claim that 210,000 people were in the stadium at the time of the game.
The most productive match in history (Adema – Stade Olympique l’Emirne – 149:0)
The Madagascar championship match between Adema and Stade Olympique l'Emirne, which took place on October 31, 2002, was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the most productive in football. That game was part of a 4-team tournament. The SOE players were dissatisfied with the actions of the chief referee in the last game, who, with his decisions, deprived the team of the chance to become a champion. For the next match against Adema, the SOE players took to the field and, unexpectedly for everyone, began scoring own goals. In 90 minutes of play, they managed to score 149 times against their goalkeeper. 149:0 is the final score of the game.
Such a protest from the players did not go unpunished. The Madagascar Football Federation suspended head coach Hem from football for several years, and also banned some players from playing until the end of the season.
Fewest wins in a single season in the English Premier League (Derby County - 1)
Such a sad football record belongs to Derby County. Among all the teams participating in the 2007/08 Premier League season, Derby turned out to be the weakest. In 38 rounds, the Rams managed to win only 1 match. They lost 29 matches (another record), scored only 20 goals, and conceded 89. At the end of the season, Derby became the weakest Premier League club with 11 points to his name. As a result, Derby took last place in the standings and was relegated.
Most international goals (Ali Daei - 109)
Over a 13-year career, Iranian Ali Daei managed to play 149 matches for the national team, in which he scored 109 goals. Daei is considered one of the greatest football players in Iranian history. At the club level, the striker managed to play in one of the strongest leagues in Europe - the Bundesliga. He represented Hertha and Bayern. During his time at Bayern, Ali became the first Iranian player to play in the UEFA Champions League.
The strongest kick in football (Hulk - 214 km/h)
At one time one of the most strong blows in football was owned by the Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos, but now with a powerful blow Hulk possesses. The Brazilian winger demonstrated his cannon in the match against Shakhtar Donetsk, when he was still playing for Porto. Hulk took a shot from outside the penalty area, after which the ball went into the goal at crazy speed. Shakhtar goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov was powerless against such a shot. The flight speed of that ball was 214 km/h, which is an unsurpassed record today.