Many old records in the history of World Cup will fall in this year’s World Cup tournament. This is due to the fact that this year’s world cup has many talents, both old and upcoming that will be exciting to watch.
Here are possible records that are likely to be broken in the World Cup:
Oldest player to play in the World CupThe oldest player to have played in the World Cup is Faryd Mondragon from Colombia. He appeared in the 2014 World Cup at the age of 43, as one of the Colombia goalkeepers, playing in their 4-1 win over Japan in the group stages.
However, this record has been broken by Egypt's Essam El-Hadary, who is 45 years old.
Most wins for a coachThe current record belongs to Helmut Schon, the former Germany coach who won Euro 1972 and the World Cup in 1974. He coached 25 games and won 16 matches.
However, this record might be broken if the current German coach, Joachim Low, wins 7 games in the ongoing World Cup. He won five games in 2010 and 6 games in 2014.
Most wins in penalty shootoutsArgentina is the only team that has played and won the most penalty shootouts in the World Cup history. Argentina won in 1990 twice, in 1998 and in 2014.
This record is also held by Germany, having won four times in World Cup penalty shootouts. They won in 1982, 1986, 1990 and 2006. This record will be broken if any of the two teams will play and win in a penalty shootout.
Most goals scored by a playerThe top scorer in the World Cup history is Germany's Miroslav Klose, who has a total of 16 goals. Surprisingly, among the top 10 goal scorers, only Thomas Müller is playing in the Russia 2018 World Cup. He has 10 goals, and he needs 7 goals to break this record.
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