Great World Cup shocks
Wednesday, 09 Jul 2014, 14:03 hrs IST

Cameroon 1 Argentina 0 (1990): Argentina as defending champions opened the 1990 tournament in Italy against a Cameroon side that had few recognised stars. However, Francois Omam-Biyik's headed goal, helped by an awful goalkeeping error by Nery Pumpido, gave them an astonishing 1-0 win in a game that their raw tackling saw them reduced to nine men. "We hate it when European reporters ask us if we eat monkeys and have a witch doctor. We are real football players and we proved this tonight," said Biyik. Cameroon exited the tournament in the quarterfinals, heads held high and one of the few bright spots of the finals. (Getty Images)