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Portugal are among the teams that benefit the most from own goals
He witnessed a goal scored by friendly fire in the Portugal-Uzbekistan match of the second round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage held on Tuesday evening.
Portugal won 5-0 It was scored by Cristiano Ronaldo (two goals), Nuno Mendes, Rafael Leao and Uzbekistan goalkeeper Abdul-Vahid Nematov with an own goal.
According to the Stats Foot network, Portugal has become one of the teams that have benefited the most from own goals in the history of World Cups.
“The teams that benefited the most from own goals in the history of the World Cup: 6 goals: France, 5 goals: United States of America, 4 goals: Germany, 4 goals: Italy, 4 goals: Portugal.”
According to the same source, Abdelvahab Nematov is the first goalkeeper to score against his team at the World Cup since Jan Sommer for Switzerland against Costa Rica on June 27, 2018.
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As for Mr. Cheap’s stats at X, he said Nematov’s own goal was the 6th goal scored by a goalkeeper against his team in World Cup history.
The objectives were as follows:
1966: Antonio Roma, goalkeeper for Argentina (against Spain)
1970: Bulgarian Simeonov (against Germany)
1998: Spain’s Zubizarreta (against Nigeria)
2014: Valladares of Honduras (vs. France)
2018: Swiss Sumire (against Costa Rica)
2026: Uzbekistan Nematov (vs Portugal)
