Netherlands 10-3 Zambia, Tokyo 2020 – Women's Soccer Tournament
Zambia entered the Tokyo 2020 women's football tournament as underdogs, but although they left the competition after the group stage, that didn't stop them from competing in one of the most memorable matches of the last Olympics.
In a thrilling 13-goal game, the Netherlands won 10-3 against Arsenal's current star. Vivianne Miedema He scored 4 goals. And while Zambia were made to pay for their porous defence, a new star was unveiled in the following form. barbra banda A player who scored a hat trick in his Olympic debut.
Banda followed up this performance with her second hat trick in the next match against the People's Republic of China, becoming the first woman in Olympic history to score consecutive hat tricks.
For Maidema, it was also the beginning of a record-breaking scoring streak that included eight goals in the group stage and two in the quarterfinals, where the Netherlands lost to the United States on penalties.
Hungary 6-5 Yugoslavia, Tokyo 1964 – Men's Soccer Tournament
Another thrilling match that produced a large number of goals was the 1964 match between Hungary and Yugoslavia in Tokyo. Hungary entered the match having beaten Morocco 6-0 in their first match, while Yugoslavia defeated the same opponent 3-1 to take the lead. 2 positions in a 3 team group.
However, no one could have predicted what would happen in this match.
Yugoslavia Ivan Osim They took the lead in the first minute, but immediately after that they scored two goals in quick succession. Tibor Cernai Hungary regained control, taking a 2-1 lead after just 11 minutes.
With 20 minutes left and five goals already scored, Hungary held a slim 3-2 advantage.
At the halftime whistle, the score was 5-4 for Hungary. The second half wasn't quite as good as the first half, but Hungary's Czernai scored his fourth goal in the 63rd minute, and Yugoslavia's Osim scored in the 82nd minute, ending the match 6-5.
Hungary won the gold medal, but nothing could match this back-and-forth Olympic thriller.
