england last scored 5 goals in the first half in 2002.
england last scored 5 goals in the first half in 2002.
when did england last score 5 goals in the first half?
2002
he debuted in cruz azul against puebla on february 14, 2006. on november 17, 2006, his second game ever, he scored his first goal ever against monterrey only having played 23 minutes. he did not really receive too many minutes until the apertura 2002 when they put him in for 90 minutes and he scored 6 goals. the next tournament, with abreu having an early departure in the early-half of the tournament because of contractual problems, juan carlos cacho became the team's prized forward with 8 goals in the regular league and two in the reclassification (in which cruz azul was eliminated). unfortunately, juan carlos cacho was young and he was a local player which did not give him much priority with the different coaches that passed through cruz azul. in the tournament after, he was not able to play the first half of the tournament because marcel delgado and cesar delgado were brought to cruz azul. juan carlos cacho was finally put in as a starter in the last 5 games and was able to score 5 goals. in the reclassification and the quarter finals, he was well covered by tecos and tigres, leaving argentine cesar delgado, who had a great second game against tigres, to take charge of the offense, so even though he was not scoring he was still a key element to the team. in the next league, clausura 2004, juan carlos cacho, receiving very few minutes per game, went dry without having scored a single goal. cruz azul then sold juan carlos to pachuca for a sum of $10 million.
juan carlos cacho
switzerland, the tournament hosts, took a notable lead early on. in four minutes, the swiss scored three goals: forward robert ballaman opened the score at the 16th minute, followed quickly by two goals by josef hügi. austria then became the first team in world cup history to recover from a 3–0 deficit, scoring 5 goals in the remainder of the first half; theodor wagner initiated the austrian response at the 25th minute; forward robert körner drew the score to 2–3 one minute later, and another minute later wagner equalized to 3–3. austria had tied the score in three minutes. in 11 minutes, between the 16th and the 27th minutes, six goals were scored, three by each team. at the 32nd minute, ernst ocwirk gave austria the lead; robert körner added his second, making the score 5–3. ballaman scored again for switzerland at the 39th minute. the first half thus ended 5–4 in favour of austria, being the highest scoring half in world cup history, even after inside left alfred körner had missed a penalty kick in the 42nd minute.
austria v switzerland (1954 fifa world cup)