After the World Cup expansion, there is a record that is even harder to break - currently maintained by three teams

It is said that records are used to be broken. Take the World Cup as an example. In fact, many amazing records are getting closer and closer to being ended or even surpassed. For example, Klose's 16-goal record, do you see how many Mbappe has scored now? 12. Isn't it just 5 goals? Looking at Mbappe's data this season, although Real Madrid's performance is not good, it did not delay Mbappe's favor for the European Golden Boot. In this state, large-scale harvesting of the World Cup are not a luxury.

And don't forget that the expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams means that the number of games of the semi-finals teams has increased from the previous 7 games to 8 games, which further improves the possibility of the goal record being broken.

Of course, Fontane's single-time 13 goals record is much harder to break than Klose's total goal record. This is equivalent to Mbappe maintaining the goal rate of the 2022 World Cup, and he also has to add five more sons to the exam.

The above are all personal records, so what about group records? In the 1954 World Cup, Hungary scored 27 goals. This data may only happen in the black and white era? However, with the number of World Cup games increasing to 8, it can be said that it will not be capped and nothing is possible. Don’t forget that expanding the army means that a large number of teams with weak strength will be shortlisted, and perhaps, it will breed large scores.

After talking about so many goals scores, let's change our perspective and take a look at the score of goals conceded. With the expansion of the World Cup, there is a record that is becoming increasingly difficult to break. If the number of games increases, the goal climb becomes possible; then at the same time, it will make it increasingly difficult to concede fewer goals.

At present, this record is jointly maintained by three teams, France in 2008, Italy in 2006, Spain in 2010 -

single World Cup, the championship has the record of the least goals conceded.

The three champions have only conceded 2 goals on the way to win the championship.

Everyone says that winning the championship depends on defense, which is fully reflected in these three teams. France, in the 1998 World Cup, was considered a toothless team, but their defense was extremely stable and they did not easily concede the ball. Needless to say, Italy is famous for its defense in the 2006 World Cup. Let’s look at their defense teams at that time - Buffon, Cannavaro, Zambrota, Nesta... does it give people a feeling of despair? Spain in the 10th World Cup used pass control to defend, although it makes people drowsy, the effect is very good. After losing two goals in the group stage, Spain actually blocked all its opponents in the knockout stage.

conceded two goals in 7 games, in addition to excellent defense, it also requires extreme luck. The difficulty may double when the game is increased to 8 games. In recent World Cups, the strong showdowns have increasingly shown a goal-scoring battle. For example, in the 2022 World Cup final, Argentina and France actually scored 6 goals together, while in the 2018 World Cup final, France and Croatia also scored 6 goals. It can be seen that now it is becoming increasingly difficult to defend.

To emphasize, I know that someone will definitely mention Switzerland in the 2006 World Cup, they played 4 games in total and conceded zero goals. Even the first round of the knockout stage lost to Ukraine, he was eliminated in a penalty shootout after 0:0 in 120 minutes. But today we are talking about the record targeting the champion. So, don't mess with the carnival in Switzerland. To be honest, if Switzerland could continue to move forward and reach the quarterfinals and even the semi-finals, could they still guarantee zero conceds? Disaster.

Don't mention breaking the record first, let's take a look at how many goals will be lost after 8 games in the 2026 World Cup championship.