The 2018 FIFA world Cup Tournament began off with a series of unbelievable surprises, including Mexico’s upset victory over 4-time champions and star team Germany, Africa’s failure to progress beyond the group stage(for the first time since 1982) and others. New records were made, existing ones are broken or equaled, outstanding things being accomplished in the process. This article lists five of those commendably outstanding achievements some of which come off as hard-to-replicate masterpieces of skill and excellent showmanship. Made for your enjoyment, relax scroll the list, read and enjoy. Remember to leave your thoughts in the comments, and share with others on social media.

10. Most Fifa World Finals As Captain

Rafael Marquez captained the Mexican team in 2018 as he had also done in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 thus setting the outstanding record.

9. Oldest Player To Score A Hat trick

Cristiano Ronaldo’s netted in the 88th minute in a freekick against Spain, being a little over 33, his hat trick becoming one scored by the oldest player in the history of the world cup.

8. Oldest Player To Score In Fifa World Cup Debut

Felipe Baloy of Panama became the oldest debuting goal scorer in the tournament history when he netted for his team their first-ever goal in the world cup finals, in a match against England.

7. Most Penalty Shootout Saves In The Fifa World Cup.

The Croatian team owes a lot of their successes in the tournament to their exceptional goalkeeper, Daniel Subasic. He displayed quite amazingly when he led Croatia through to the quarterfinal and semifinal after the shootouts with against Denmark and Russia. The record that this extraordinary feat of goalkeeping set is only matched in the entire history of the world cup by two men: Herald Schumacher of West Germany and Sergio Goicoechea of Argentina.

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Scoring The Most Goals In The FIFA World Cup As Captain- Harry Kane

England v Croatia: Semi Final – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

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Kane’s performance at the Tournament was nothing short of exceptional. His netting against Colombia, Tunisia, including a hat trick against Panama made him the highest-scoring captain in the history of the tournament, as well as the highest goal scorer of the 2018 tournament. This reminds of the Argentine Diego Maradona the only person holding the record with Kane.

Most World Cup Matches Won By A Team

5. Most world cup Finals Goals By A Team

Brazil holds this record, having scored 229 goals altogether in the world cup history, all scored between 1934 and 2018, displacing Germany, the previous holders of the record.

​Most Fifa World cup Matches Won By A Team

Brazil missed a golden opportunity to clinch the trophy an impressive 6tj time at the 2018 world when they were knocked out at the quarterfinal by Belgium. Despite the premature exit they still performed brilliantly. Their performance earned them a placed in history as they came out as the team to have won the most FIFA world cup matches, winning 73 out of their 109 world cup matches.

5. Scoring In Most FIFA World Cup Tournaments As A Player- Cristiano Ronaldo

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Portugal v Morocco: Group B – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

​Cristiano Ronaldo began stealing the show right from the beginning of Hus participation in the tournament, setting and breaking various records in the process. His scoring in the 2018 Tournament made one of those unbelievable records: scoring in 4 consecutive FIFA world cup TournamentsTournaments, an achievement that counts for him even if he has never clinched the trophy. Very few hold this record with him. If his stars are lucky he may yet win the FIFA world cup, before his world football career folds up, or at least come as close to the trophy as fellow star player Lionel Leo Messi has.

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4. Winning The FIFA World Cup Tournament As Both Coach And Player- Didier Deschamps

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France v Croatia – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Final

​The man behind France’s crowning as world champions. We can recall from history his holding up the Cup as a player during France’s 1998 victory, which added to his 2018 victory sets a record that is as outstanding as it is hard to duplicate. Only two men in the history of the FIFA world cup can boast of the same, namely the Brazilian Mario Zagailo and Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer.

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2. Fewest Appearances In The Tournament, Reaching Final- Croatia

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France v Croatia – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Final

​The 2018 FIFA world Cup Tournament was the most fruitful for the Croatian team, as they reached World Cup final for the first time, beating the English Team 2-1 in the semifinal, to carve themselves a well-deserved place in football history. Unfortunate they lost that rarely get the opportunity to be crowned champions, still, their determinedly plowing through to the final deserves commendation. The victory over England makes them the country in the history of the tournament to reach final with the fewest appearances.

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1. France Acquiring It’s 2nd World Cup Title

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France v Croatia – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Final

​Luck was heavily on the side of the French in the final match against Croatia. Nothing else explains Mario Mandzukic’s own goal, and the penalty kick handed the French. After two decades of waiting, they were champions again. Despite all the talk about luck, the French heavily exerted, and their determined exertion helped them secure the victory. Quite outstanding considering the fact that France ended the tournament with no losses and only just a draw.