Argentina v Colombia (1994 FIFA World Cup qualification) to play the intercontinental play-off against Australia to define their qualification for the World Cup because Paraguay had a 2−2 draw against Peru. Argentinian sports magazine El Gráfico published a black cover after the game titled "Vergüenza" (Shame) without background images. Fifteen years later, for Fox Sports, the 0−5 is "one of the most thunderous beatings suffered by the 'albiceleste' in its history, and was also the end of a six-year winning streak at home". After the match ended, Argentinian spectators, among whom was Diego Maradona, were applauding the Colombian team for several minutes. Argentina's defeat against Colombia in this
China at the FIFA World Cup being purchased by citizens in order to watch their nation's first World Cup appearance. The team is colloquially referred to as "Team China" (中国队), the "National Team" (国家队) or "Guozu" (国足, lit. "national foot" also meaning national football). Eight players were fielded in all three of China's World Cup matches in 2002. China at the FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of "Fédération Internationale de Football Association" (FIFA), the