This "classic" (a.k.a. old) match is either a demolition derby or a sporting event, you be the judge.
We usually get excited when a team scores 5 goals, but 31? That just seems a little selfish, doesn’t it? That, however, is exactly the number of times that Australia scored against American Somoa during a qualifying game way back in 2001.
If that scoreline seems, well, unique or noteworthy, it’s because it is. That 31-0 drubbing set the world record for largest victory in an international soccer match . For all of you quality vs quantity stiffs out there, you will be pleased to know that there are one or two genuinely classy goals (if that can be said of a goal scored when you are up double digits) including a nifty little chip shot. But go on, don’t just take our word for it, check it out for yourself.
Oh and no, your eyes are not deceiving you, the score board did say 32, the score keeper lost track of how many goals were scored.
The commentators' dry analysis of the game only adds to the ridiculous, bordering on comical feeling of the match. We don’t know if the narrator is a professional commentator or comic, but he does his job quite well.
“That’s 20 for number 20, not every day you can say that.”
Not everyday, indeed.
