15 Reasons why the 2014 FIFA World Cup was the greatest

The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil certainly produced a handful of epic moments, cult
heroes, stunning goals, a hullaballoo of events, colossal upsets, mixed emotions, defining
memories and all the drama. The World Cup was one for the ages and will live long in our
memories.
We present to you the 15 reasons why the 2014 World Cup Finals in Brazil will go down
in history as one of the greatest.
1. With 16 goals to his name, German striker Miroslav Klose overtakes Brazils Ronaldo as the top
scorer in World Cup History after scoring a goal against Brazil during the semifinals.
2. GOALS! GOALS! and more GOALS! 171 Goals were scored during the 2014 FIFA World Cup A
joint high.
3. Who wouldve expected that the defending Champion, Spain would crash out so early in the
competition only in their second game!
4. The Germans only needed 29 minutes to score 5 past the hosts Brazil in the semifinals. No
other football nation has scored at a much quicker rate.
5. The fifth fastest goal in the World Cup was scored by Clint Dempsey for USA in a match
against Ghana. The goal was timed at 29seconds after the start of the match.
6. Tim Howards 15 saves against Belgium for the United States was the most of any goalkeeper
in the World Cup Finals since 1966.
7. Uruguays Forward Luis Suarez faced a 4 month ban from football after a controversial bite to
the shoulder of Italian defender, Giorgio Chiellini during the Group Stage of the World Cup
8. Germanys Mario Goetze became the youngest player to ever score in a World Cup Final at
22years, 33 days since Wolfgang Weber in 1966.
9. The World Cup was the most talked about event in social media. The Germany vs Brazil semifinal game tallied a whopping 36 million tweets a Twitter record for any single event.
10. The small nation of Costa Rica shook the World after a fantastic showing which saw them top
the Group of Death containing England, Italy and Uruguay
11. Germanys 7-1 destruction of Brazil marked the Brazilians first home defeat since 1975 and
their biggest world cup loss.
12. Goal-line technology and the special varnishing spray to mark free-kicks was implemented
and put to use for the first time in the 84 year history of the World Cup.
13. Germany became the all-time top scorers in the World Cup with 224 goals after their
demolition of Brazil, overtaking them in the process.
14. Germany are the first team to ever win the World Cup in South American soil.
15. Lionel Messi was awarded the best player in the tournament after losing to the Germans, who
were crowned as the best team in the tournament.