FIFA World Cup 2018: Top 5 upsets in World Cup history

Modified Jun 14, 2018 09:53 GMT

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#3 1966 Group stage match: North Korea 1-0 Italy

World Cup Finals, 1966. Middlesborough, England. 19th July, 1966. North Korea 1 v Italy 0. North Korea's Pak Do Ik scores the games only goal to create one of the biggest World Cup shocks of all time in their Group Four match. — Korea's Pak Doo Ik scored to create one of the biggest World Cup shocks of all time

Pak Doo-ik – is perhaps the most infamous name registered in the bitter memory of every Italian soccer fan. Why? Well, let me explain.

North Korea had gone into the 1966 World Cup in England as the only Asian side. Things didn’t look good for them as they were drawn in a difficult group with the likes of the Soviet Union, Chile and Italy. Predictably, they lost 3-0 to the Soviet Union and went on to draw against Chile in the following match.

Equation before them was pretty clear. They had to beat the mighty Azzurri to qualify for the quarterfinal and to everyone’s surprise, that’s what they did. Skipper Doo-ik’s 42-minute strike turned out to be the difference between the sides as Italy was ousted from the World Cup.