History of the FIFA World Cup as earning the Bronze Ball award. He led Bulgaria to a shock 2-1 win over defending champions Germany in the quarter-finals, before losing 2–1 to Italy and losing the third place play-off to Sweden, 4–0. The 1998 World Cup was held in France, and had an expanded format featuring 32 teams. Iran beat the Maldives in qualification by the widest margin in World Cup history – 17–0. In the finals, the second round match between France and Paraguay witnessed the first golden goal in World Cup history, as Laurent Blanc scored to give the hosts a 1–0 victory. Hosts France
2018 FIFA World Cup Group C crossbar to fall inches over the goal-line. The two penalties scored in the game between France and Australia were only four minutes, seven seconds apart - the shortest period of time between two penalties being scored by different sides in a World Cup match. Daniel Arzani has become the youngest player to ever make a World Cup appearance for Australia (19y 163d). At 19 years and 178 days old, Kylian Mbappé became the youngest player ever to feature for France at a World Cup. In doing so he broke the record set by Bruno Bellone, who played for France at