Cup games that rocked the world

The biggest shocks in the history of the World Cup:

United States 1 England 0 (1950):England arrived at its first World Cup finals hailed as a potential winner having lost just four times in 30 matches. Faced with a team of part-timers, England selectors rested star player Stanley Matthews. It proved to be a major error as with substitutes not yet permitted to play, Matthews sat helplessly on the sidelines as a goal by Haiti-born Joe Gaetjens, who earned his keep as a dishwasher in a restaurant, earned the Americans a 1-0 win. Neither side made it through to the next round.

Uruguay 2 Brazil 1: The game that came to be known as the 'Maracanazo'. Host Brazil was drawing 1-1 and under the old format just 10 minutes from winning its first World Cup in the Maracana. However, its hopes and that of a nation were dashed as Alcides Ghiggia lashed in a shot to make it 2-1. Despite there being 200,000 fans packed into the stadium, Ghiggia, who is now 87 and the only member of the two teams still alive, said the crowd was reduced to a "great stunning silence". Brazil got over the trauma and has won the trophy five times since while that was the second and last of Uruguay's wins.