FOOTBALL   WORLD CUP'S EXTRAORDINARY MOMENTS

•            The first world cup was played in 1930, in 1930 , in uruguay's estadio centenario stadium,

    On 13 july 1930 , just 19 minutes into the game, Lucien laurent of france scored  the  first world  cup goal .

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•                   The semifinal  match between west Germany and Frace in the 1982 fifa world cup to be                                 decided by a penalty shoot - out .The 1994 FIFA  world cup was the first world cup  final to be decided on penalties !

•                         The 1970 tournament was the first world cup hosted in North  America  and the first    held outside south america and europe.