Skip to main content
Larry Brown Sports Tagline. Brown Bag it, Baby.
#pounditFriday, March 29, 2024

World Cup on pace for most own goals in tournament history

The opening round of the World Cup has been loaded with upsets and own goals, and the latter have been so frequent that we may be well on our way to seeing a new tournament record.

On Tuesday, Senegal pulled off a victory over Poland thanks in part to a Polish own goal early in the match.

While that own goal was more of a deflection rather than a mistake from a defender, it was already the fourth of the World Cup, which is tied for the third-most in a single tournament. The record is six, and there’s still a very long way to go.

Even if the record of six own goals falls, it seems highly unlikely that any will be more heartbreaking than the one Morocco gave up in its loss to Iran. In reality, the own goals and upsets probably go hand-in-hand. Strange things need to happen in order for so many underdogs to come out on top, and that’s exactly what we have seen in the World Cup thus far.

.

Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast!

Sports News Minute Podcast
comments powered by Disqus