FIFA - Biggest Upset 

             My knowledge on football or soccer has always been very limited. Being borned and brought up in India, i am a cricket enthusiastic like other major indians. I hardly followed FIFA games ,know very handful of football players like Messi and Ronaldo due to they world wide popularity. My interest towards FIFA has gone up from early 2010 when i was in the US for a brief 3-4 year period, remember watching most of 2010 FIFA world cup (19th Edition of FIFA) matches for the first time. I even remember watching FIFA 2010 final between Spain and Netherlands with group of colleagues in a cafe (@Columbus, OH) with a large group of Spaniards surrounded in the restaurants, Spain won the world cup with 1-0 Lead. It was great fun to watch, not only that I enjoyed the FIFA atmosphere but also realized why FIFA is so popular across the world. Post this, started following almost every FIFA tournament very closely, even knew few additional player names from Germany, France, England, Brazil etc. 

                It is 2022 - FIFA fever started in Qatar with 2 biggest disappointments at a league level. Just wanted to note down these for my own records, along with a quick recap of other biggest disappointments in FIFA from the past.

                    As i just watched the match between Argentina and Saudi Arabia, i would call it as one of the biggest disappointments that i had come across though there is still high chance Argentina can beat other two teams(Poland, Mexico) before qualifying for Pre-Quarters. No one believed Saudi Arabia, a team with 51 FIFA rank would beat 3rd ranking Argentina at a league level. It is a historic moment for Saudi Arabia, in fact their president announced 1 day public holiday across the country as part of their celebrations. 

                     We also witnessed 2nd FIFA - 2022 disappointments between Germany and Japan. No high expectations from anyone on Japan considering 23rd Ranked team against 1st Ranked Germany, perhaps everyone felt it would be a cakewalk for Germany winning against Japan, but Japan proved wrong and won the match with 2 last minute goals winning the match with 1-2 lead. It was a historic moment for Japan as they had never beaten their European opponents. Otherside Germany's poor world cup form continuous, having finished bottom of their group at the 2018 tournament. 

                         Will continue add.... :)

                          I am writing this on 12th Dec 2022, two top teams reached finals (France and Argentina), Argentina overcame their first loss against Saudi Arabia, returned so strong that they beat all strong teams in QF/SF and reached finals with ease. 

                                      It is going to be another interesting FIFA finals to watch, can't wait to watch the finals on Sunday 18-Dec-2022.