Unwanted Record

Zaire's 0-9 defeat to Yugoslavia equalled the worst in World Cup Finals history (The Korean Republic lost by the same score to Hungary in 1954). However, in 1982 El Salvador conceded the highest number of goals in a game, losing 1-10 to......Hungary!

"The Zairian performance in West Germany is the worst by any African team at the World Cup so far, and the European press loved it. Zaire seemed to live up to the crude European stereotypes. Journalists spread stories that the players had taken monkeys with them to eat during the tournament, and that they had the tactical grasp of savages." (Simon Kuper in his book, Football against the enemy 1994)