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Great World Cup shocks

Wednesday, 09 Jul 2014, 14:03 hrs IST
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Algeria 2 West Germany 1 (1982): The North Africans were appearing in their first World Cup finals and were given little chance against the reigning European champions in the clash in Spain. The German players thought it was done and dusted. "One player even said that he would play against us with a cigar in his mouth," Algeria's full-back Chaabane Merzekane told The Guardian later. The over confidence of the Germans came back to haunt them as the Algerians prevailed 2-1 with Rabah Madjer opening the scoring nine minutes into the second-half. The Germans pulled level through Karl-Heinz Rummenigge only for a stunning move by the Algerians to culminate in the decisive goal by Lakhdar Belloumi. (Getty Images)

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