The FA Cup always tends to bring up an upset, and this round certainly didn't disappoint! It was Premier league side Burnley's turn to be humbled by the Conference Premier side Lincoln in the last 16 yesterday on their home soil. Lincoln threw caution to the wind and managed to get themselves ahead when Sean Raggett nodded in the winner. We love an underdog story in Britain, lets have a look at some of the best of underdog wins!
Novak Djokovic has a nightmare in Melbourne
Djokovic certainly started the year on a sour note, the 12 time grand slam winner and reportedly has won over $100 million in prize money was knocked out of the Australian Open in the 2nd round by unknown Dennis Istomin, who was ranked outside of the world 100 at the time. It was a nail biting 5 setter with Uzbekistan's Istomin winning the final set and sending shock waves through the world of Tennis.
Leicester City WINNING the Premier League in the 2015/16 season
A lot of Football fans spent the majority of the season wiping their eyes; as little old Leicester City were topping the pile in the Premier League. Leicester, who narrowly avoided relegation the year before were beating teams left, right and centre with incredible wins against money bags Manchester City at the Etihad, a win against Liverpool and a win at Tottenham. Likely to never be seen again in the Premier League, Leicester winning the league goes down as the biggest underdog story in English Football history. With this season currently being a bit of a mess and the team just 2 points off relegation, this makes it even more impressive.
Greece beat hosts Portugal to win Euro 2004
The tournament itself was less than impressive to say the least, with a lot of the 'big' teams struggling to get out of 2nd gear, it was Greece who took full advantage. It was German coach Otto Rehhagel who masterminded the great win, where he set the Greek team up in a clever defensive formation and relied on the odd goal. It seemed that hosts Portugal were destined to win the tournament, they boasted Barcelona's playmaker Deco, Milan legend Rui Costa and of course one of the greatest players of all time Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portugese huffed and puffed, however Greece scored the only goal of the game via Charisteas effort on the 57th minute. It goes down as the biggest underdog history in European Football history.
Team USA fail to win the Gold medal at the Olympics in 2004
The USA boast the strongest league in the world, the NBA and have a string of Olympic Gold medals. The famous 1992 team had the likes of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in their ranks and won every game to take the Gold. Fast forward 12 years, and Team USA found themselves on a shock semi final match up loss to Argentina. It was a 3rd quarter run from Argentina that really knocked USA for 6 and they struggled to claw the lead back. Argentina, who boasted mutliple NBA champion Ginobli and Scola went on to beat Italy to win the Gold!
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