9 Exciting football facts you may not be aware of

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6) Defender outscoring midfielder: Andres Iniesta and John Terry are considered to be club legends in the history of Barcelona and Chelsea. However, as per stats, the former Chelsea defender has an edge over the Barca maestro. Terry scored 41 League goals in 492 appearances, compared to 35 league goals by Iniesta in 442 games for Barcelona.

7) What a comeback: Whenever we think about the greatest comebacks in the football history, matches like Liverpool's victory in Istanbul at the 2005 Champions League final, come to mind. Nonetheless, Charlton Athletic staged one of the best comebacks when they defeated Huddersfield town by 7-6. They were trailing by 1-5 against them just before 30 minutes of the final whistle.

8) Most red cards in a game: In a modern game, Red cards are not shown very often and players are sent off only for rash and dangerous tackles. In a rare event on June 1, 1993, Referee William Weiler showed 20 red cards during a football game between Sportivo Ameliano and General Caballero in Paraguay.

9) The fastest goal: The game has witnessed lots of goals in the opening minutes of the match but, Ricardo Oliveira scored one of the quickest goals (in only 2.8 seconds) against Soriano on December 26, 1998. The Argentinian has his named etched in the Guinness book of records for this feat.