Records fall across the globe

A kid making country wide records in Kingstown and a veteran making worldwide history in Guatemala metropolis spotlight FIFA.com’s trendy statistical evaluate, as properly  on-music european superstars and the fall of protecting impregnability.

The Week in Numbers Records fall across the globe

54 FIFA global Cup™ qualifiers with out defeat is the stupendous series Spain are on following an eight-0 thrashing of Liechtenstein. los angeles Roja closing misplaced 1-zero in Denmark in March 1993, and have considering the fact that gained forty two and drawn 12 fits. Monday’s end result left Spain having scored 31 times and conceded 0 in seven conferences with Liechtenstein – all victories. David Silva’s doubles in that sport and its previous warm-up – a 2-0 win in Belgium – took him above Emilio Butragueno and Fernando Morientes into fifth on Spain’s listing of main marksmen. The 28-intention playmaker now trails most effective David Villa (fifty nine), Raul (44), Fernando Torres (38) and Fernando Hierro (29).

17 Years and 349 days old changed into the age at which Christian Pulisic have become the youngest u.s. participant to score in world Cup qualifying on Friday. The Hershey, Pennsylvania native rose from the bench in the 67th minute and took just four minutes to place the stars and Stripes four-zero up away to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Borussia Dortmund ahead then helped Jurgen Klinsmann’s side thump Trinidad and Tobago four-0 on Tuesday – a suit wherein Tim Howard outranked Kasey Keller as the top-performing American in global Cup qualifiers.

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13 Hours and forty four mins with out conceding in global Cup qualifying turned into the run that came to an quit for Korea Republic on Thursday. on account that Reza Ghoochannejhad’s unanswered intention earned Iran victory in Ulsan in 2013, the Taeguk Warriors kept eight consecutive easy sheets and, 3-0 up at home to China PR with little over 15 mins remaining, appeared cruising toward a 9th. Yu Hai’s 74th-minute effort decreased the deficit, however, earlier than Hao Junmin left the South Koreans hanging on. That they nonetheless did to win a 9th successive world Cup qualifier. That country wide-document run came to an quit as Korea Republic and Syria completed goalless on Tuesday.

9 Hours and forty minutes: that is how lengthy Luxembourg had long past with out scoring in opposition to Bulgaria till Aurelien Joachim’s equaliser at the hour on Tuesday. any other leveller, this time from Florian Bohnert in stoppage time, intended Luxembourg netted three dreams in a world Cup qualifier for handiest the fourth time because their first initial in 1934, and seemed to have earned them an historical draw in Sofia. however, Aleksandar Tonev’s even later goal snatched a fulfillment that maintained Bulgaria’s a hundred in line with cent file in 13 instalments of the fixture.

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7 Goals in what may be his remaining  Guatemala games is what Carlos Ruiz sensationally hit to turn out to be the leading marksman in world Cup qualifying records. The 36-12 months-old bagged both his country’s desires in a 2-2 draw away to Trinidad and Tobago on Friday, earlier than posting 5 in the nine-3 rout of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Tuesday. It left Ruiz on 39 dreams in forty seven international Cup preliminaries, three greater than previous report-holder – Iran’s Ali Daei. If, as he all however confirmed before the latter match, Ruiz does retire from Guatemala duty, he will do so because the joint-15th all-time maximum scorer in international football with 68 goals in 133 appearances.

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139 fits is what Joachim Low reached against Norway to head joint-2nd on Germany’s listing of record coaches, alongside Helmut Schon and shy of Sepp Herberger (169).

33 years is how lengthy Brazil had gone without triumphing away to Ecuador till a 3-0 victory on Thursday. A Seleção had closing overwhelmed los angeles Tricolor of their very own outside way to an unanswered Roberto Dinamite purpose on the 1983 Copa the usa.

10 goals in his final 13 starts offevolved for Wales have rocketed Gareth Bale to second on Wales’ listing of pinnacle scorers, four in the back of 28-intention Ian Rush.