5 iconic incidents in this week of football history - November (17-23)

Infuriated Barcelona fans burn Luis Figo’s posterFootballing incidents good or bad, are something that remains attached to our memories for a lifetime. The joyous performances of a player, the fights, the mistakes or an act of kindness, all of them are chapters to this story of the beautiful game.And, coincidence is another thing that works frequently in the world of football. From some heroic individual outings to shameful acts of fans, we take a look at five uch unforgettable incidents in footballing history that occurred this week.

#1 A dramatic day in International football - November 17, 1993

Perhaps this was the most dramatic day in International footballing history as it involved several nations fighting to book their tickets to USA for the 1994 World Cup finals.

Portugal, Switzerland and Italy battled for  the two final spots and Italy managed to edge past Portugal after a 1-0 victory. Meanwhile, England needed a miracle to qualify against San Marino. Seven goals were required while Poland had to beat Netherlands. Although, Poland didn’t manage to beat them, San Marino did the unthinkable and scored the fastest goal in WC qualifying history in just 8.3 seconds.

England went on to score seven but didn’t make it through to the USA. Denmark on the other hand, messed up in the last game even after being group leaders as they exited while Spain and Ireland went through.

Wales came close but couldn’t achieve their dream of playing in the World Cup finals come true while France’s David Ginola and Eric Cantona messed it up on a night that saw them go down 2-1 against a Bulgarian side.