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World Cup Fun

In the 1938 World Cup semifinal, Italian Guiseppe Meazza's shorts fell down as he was taking a penalty shot. He held his shorts up and calmly scored past Brazil's Valter Zenga.

1950 India withdrew form the World Cup because FIFA refused to let their team play barefoot making this another very funny fact about soccer.

In 1974, Carlos Caszely of Chile was the first red-carded player in a World Cup tournament.