Anthological goals and exciting finals appear in the hall of historic moments of the World Cups. But the national team competition also brings together spectacular comebacks to the point of leaving fans perplexed.
Great comebacks have already happened on the football stage, but two became special and entered the list of greatest comebacks in the world.
Austria, in 1954, and Portugal, in 1966, are the countries responsible for this feat. The European duo managed to recover from a three-goal deficit in impressive games that will forever remain in the memory of fans of Breton sports.
Austria 7 x 5 Switzerland (1954)
In the quarter-finals against the home team, Austria, which had not played in the World Cup since 1934, overcame the strength of the local fans and the heat of more than 40 degrees in Lausanne to win a place in the semi-finals.
In just 20 minutes of play, the Swiss were already leading 3-0, but Austria managed to recover in the first half by scoring five goals. In the end, a resounding 7 to 5, marking the great turning point of the tournament.
Portugal 5 x 3 North Korea (1966)
North Korea had already scared the football world after eliminating Italy in the group stage. And the team wanted to do even more on English soil, with the Portuguese ahead in the knockout stage.
The North Koreans became the first Asian team to reach the quarterfinals of a World Cup, and immediately took a 3-0 lead after 25 minutes of play. But they didn’t count on the show of , who scored four times, classifying Portugal with 5-3 on the scoreboard after the final whistle.
