10 of the most talked about matches in the last ten FIFA World Cups (excluding the final)

#7 Cameroon's shocker against the defending champions

The FIFA World Cup has witnessed innumerable upsets in the earlier stages of the tournament. However, none of them matches with the underdog story of Cameroon in the 1990 FIFA World Cup which began with a 1-0 victory over the mighty Argentines.

The defending champions Argentina's line-up comprised of some of the all-time greats like Sergio Batista, Jorge Burruchaga, and of course, Diego Maradona. Meanwhile, the opposition constituted of players from the lower French divisions. In no way, the spectators expected Argentina to get the short end of the stick.

But such is football. Moreover, Cameroon didn't win by a stroke of luck. The referee Michel Vautrot’s grit to stick to the FIFA’s guidelines in dealing with fouls forced him to send-off two Cameroon players. But the African nation was adamant and maintained their 1-0 lead after a goal by Francis Omam-Biyik in the 67th minute.

“No one thought we could do anything here against Maradona, but we knew what we could do,” the goalscorer, François Omam-Biyik, said after the game. “We hate it when European reporters ask us if we eat monkeys and have a witch doctor. We are real football players and we proved this tonight.”

This match paved the way for a revolution in African football and today, a lot of players from the continent ply their trade in the top divisions of Europe.