Most Impressive Records In Qatar World Cup 2022

The World Cup in Qatar in 2022 is unique for a variety of reasons. It is the first to be performed in the Middle East. It is also the first to be performed in November and December. The majority of stadiums are located in one city for the first time in almost 100 years.

THEEAGLE highlighted ten biggest moment in the concluded FIFA World Cup 2022.

#1. Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu is the first Asian manager to top a group at the World Cup

Hajime Moriyasu was a member of the Japanese World Cup qualifying team in 1994 that was eliminated in Doha after an injury-time equalizer from Iraq.

The manager said it after his team defeated Spain at the Khalifa International Stadium: “With a minute to go, I was thinking of the ‘Tragedy of Doha’.”

However, his team members risked their lives on Thursday to prevent an equalizer. With a convincing 2-1 victory over the European powerhouses, Moriyasu became the first Asian World Cup group-winning manager.

#2 Morocco become the first African team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup semi-final

Croatia. Belgium. Spain. Portugal. They are just not any footballing nation but elite European heavyweights with an infantry of star-studded players on their roster.

Spain are former world champion, Croatia and Belgium are the second and third-placed teams of the 2018 edition, while Portugal are 2016 Euro champion and also boast of having one of the greatest to have ever played the sport. And yet, not even once could they breach the Moroccan defence cumulatively after more than 500 minutes of high-octane football.

#3 Dani Alves becomes the first player aged 39 to play for Brazil at the World Cup finals

Records are made to be broken, after all. Dani Alves, a Brazilian international, once again demonstrated the truth of this proverb on December 3 against Cameroon.

Thiago Silva, a teammate and fellow defender, set the record for being the oldest Brazilian to compete in a FIFA World Cup game when he faced Serbia in the tournament’s opening encounter at the age of 38 years and 67 days. Within a week, Alves broke the old mark and established a new one as he began the third matchday at 39 years and 210 days.

This record was previously held by Djalma Santos, a defender who played against Hungary in 1966 at the age of 37 years, 138 days.

#4 France fast rising star, Randal Kolo Muani becomes first substitute to score within a minute for France at a World Cup

44 seconds. Randal Kolo Muani only needed this to establish himself as a significant figure in history.

When he scored against Morocco in the 79th minute of the World Cup semifinal, it was his first touch, his first goal for his country, and it made him the first French substitute to record a goal in a World Cup match in less than a minute.

But Kylian Mbappé was the one who actually designed the goal in the first place. He danced past two Moroccan defenders with the help of his swift feet, and he even fired the shot. Kolo Muani, though, only needed to touch in from a few feet away into a gaping goal after Ezzalzouli’s deflection let the ball fall pleasantly into his path.

#5 Morocco’s Goalie, Yassine Bounou – who saved two in total – became the first African goalkeeper to save a penalty in a World Cup shootout

After Yassine Bounou’s heroics in the tiebreakers against Spain on Tuesday, his teammates threw him into the air.

Following a loss to Russia in penalties at the same stage of the FIFA World Cup four years prior, Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets both had their penalties saved by the Sevilla goalkeeper, while Pablo Sarabia hit the post.

The subsequent celebrations with Bounou gave the impression that the Atlas Lions had indeed won the trophy! But when your team becomes just the fourth African team in the World Cup’s illustrious history to get to the quarterfinal, the occasion calls for a lavish party.

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He waited until the very last second and consistently made the correct guess as to which way to go in order to save the spot kicks.

#6 Gonçalo Ramos became the first Portuguese player to score a hat-trick on his first World Cup start

A star was born on Tuesday evening. And he goes by the name of Gonçalo Ramos from Algrave. The 21-year-old made his international debut last month and had 33 minutes of prior international experience before he was called up to replace an iconic figure in Portuguese history, a legend of the game; Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ramos became the first Portuguese player to score a hat trick on his World Cup debut 67 minutes later, on the biggest stage in international football, against Switzerland in a crucial knockout encounter.

#7 Enner Valencia becomes the first South American to score six consecutive World Cup goals

Ecuador scored three goals in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. And each one of them sprang from Enner Valencia’s boots. By the time the tournament is held in Qatar in 2022, not much has changed for La Tri.

This time, they managed four goals, with Valencia scoring the first three of them once more, making him the first South American to score six straight World Cup goals.

#8 Stephanie Frappart becomes the first female referee to take charge of a men’s World Cup match

A significant moment in World Cup history occurred on a warm Thursday evening in Doha, 92 years and 942 games later, when Stephanie Frappart and her squad emerged from the Al Bayt Stadium tunnel, with players from Germany and Costa Rica trailing behind.

At the tournament finals, the French official, age 38, became the first woman to oversee a men’s game.

Frappart’s first whistle, which signaled the start of the game in front of a boisterous 70,000 or so spectators, also marked the beginning of a new saga that will encourage a million more people to follow in her footsteps.

Frappart began playing football in the Val d’Oise, north of Paris, at a young age. She had the option of playing football, but she decided to become a referee. And at the age of 13, she was already managing junior matches.

Frappart set her sights high and started to realize her dream little by little. She was the first female official to oversee a match involving men in Ligue 2, Ligue 1, the Champions League, the Uefa Super Cup, the men’s Euro 2020, and now the men’s World Cup.

With so much experience under her belt, Frappart played flawlessly in her first World Cup game, which was an exciting match in and of itself.

She allowed the game to flow, kept the tempers in check, and was always on top of proceedings.

“Judge me on my competence, not my gender,” she once said. And after her immaculate performance, each of those words is worth its weight in gold.

#9 Mbappe becomes first player to score eight World Cup goals under 24      

France star striker Kylian Mbappé is the winner of the 2022 World Cup Golden Boot award after scoring three goals in Sunday’s final against Argentina, bringing his total to eight in the tournament.

Messi finished with seven goals and would have won the tiebreaker on assists had he and Mbappé tied.              

Mbappé, 23, is the first Frenchman to win the Golden Boot, though Just Fontaine scored a record 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup before the award was introduced.

Antoine Griezmann finished second in goals scored at the 2018 World Cup.

Mbappe is also just the fifth man to score in multiple World Cup finals and the second to score in back-to-back finals.

#10 Lionel Messi is the first player to score in every round of the World Cup

On Sunday, Lionel Messi became football’s all-time greatest player. Messi can lay claim to his place at the summit of football history after helping Argentina win the FIFA World Cup by defeating a strong France squad in tiebreakers.

With his seven goals and three assists in seven games, he earned the Golden Ball as the tournament’s best player, becoming the only player in World Cup history to score in the group stage, round of 16, quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship match in the same tournament.

Saudi Arabia. Mexico. Australia. The Netherlands. Croatia. France. Messi has found the net against all of them. He almost single-handedly powered the Albiceleste to the World Cup trophy having scored against every opponent they faced, barring Poland in the group stages.

Argentina’s World Cup team has scored 21 goals with Messi’s direct involvement (13 goals, 8 assists), the most of any player for any country in the tournament’s history (since 1966).

Furthermore, his second goal against France was his 26th goal for Argentina in major international games (13 World Cup, 13 Copa América), surpassing Ronaldo Nazario of Brazil for the most goals scored by a South American player in history in the two contests (25).

It was kind of a coronation for the Argentine captain as the Emir of Qatar dressed Messi in a traditional bisht during the award ceremony. His dominion as a footballer lasts as long as men can breathe or have eyes to see.