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Wait, This Actually Happened at the World Cup: 80 Bizarre and Unbelievable True Stories from Football's Greatest Tournament

Wait, This Actually Happened at the World Cup: 80 Bizarre and Unbelievable True Stories from Football's Greatest Tournament

Taylor, C. C.

Paperback

HumorGeneral World History

ISBN13: 9798184202754
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 25 2026
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
You think you know the World Cup. You don't.

You know Maradona punched the ball into the net. But do you know what his teammates were doing for the thirty seconds afterward - while they tried to celebrate without laughing?

You know Brazil lost 7-1 to Germany. But do you know their captain was already crying during the national anthem, before a ball had been kicked?

Wait, This Actually Happened at the World Cup is 80 true stories from football's greatest tournament - told from the angle nobody ever leads with.

These are not the stories you already know. They're the stories behind the stories.

A goalkeeper hid a razor blade in his glove to fake an injury. A king personally selected his country's squad, then phoned an oil company to threaten them into giving his footballers time off. A referee only agreed to officiate the 1930 World Cup final after FIFA confirmed a ship was standing ready in the harbour to take him home the moment the final whistle blew. A physio ran onto the pitch to treat an injured player, dropped his medical bag, and was knocked unconscious by his own chloroform. The injured player recovered first.

Every single one of these things actually happened.

Inside this book:


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