Even before the start of the FIFA Club World Cup, the revised competition had generated its share of doubts – on ticket sales, security measures, lack of rest of the players, and more.
But once the games started, the accent was supposed to move controversies to action on the field. But what about when an amateur team goes against the most decorated club in the history of Germany and sets a new doubtful record in FIFA competitions?
Auckland City, a non-professional team from New Zealand, was beaten 10-0 by Bayern Munich on Sunday on the second day of the Club World Cup.
Yes, it was the same Bayern Munich who won the Bundesliga 34 times and has a current list of players more than a billion dollars. In comparison, Auckland City flights to the United States to participate in the tournament would have cost the team’s revenues for the year.
Michael Olise, who scored three times, was asked later if he began to feel bad for his opponent when the game continued and he shook his head, “no”, laughs, then repeated “no.”
The result 10-0 highlights the oddity of the club World Cup, which FIFA extended to 32 teams in the middle of the concerns about the competition. Auckland City is the only amateur team in the tournament.
So where does this result fall into FIFA competitions? Well, it is the biggest losing margin of all time in a senior male tournament organized by FIFA, according to ESPN Global Research.
The club World Cup has only existed since 2000, and the worst result before Sunday was the 6-1 defeat of Al Hilal against Al Jazeera during the 2002 edition of the tournament.
The FIFA male World Cup has seen its share of unbalanced results since the beginnings of the tournament in 1930, but never a defeat of 10 goals. Here are the greatest losses in the history of the FIFA World Cup:
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Hungary against El Salvador: 10-1 (1982)
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Yugoslavia against Zaire: 9-0 (1974)
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Hungary against South Korea: 9-0 (1954)
