FIFA World Cup 2018: Top 5 upsets in World Cup history

#5 2002 World Cup Group stage match: France 0-1 Senegal

31st May 2002. France 0 v Senegal 1

France came to the 2002 World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan, as defending champions and with players like Patrick Vieira, Zinedine Zidane and Thierry Henry in their ranks, they looked a solid ensemble, hoping to go all the way once again.

But it was not to be. Their first match was against the minnows Senegal. “Walk in the park” thought many.

But the African side, in what was one of the biggest upsets since the turn of the millennium, put in a spirited performance to hand the Frenchmen a 1-0 loss. Thanks to the only goal by Papa Boupa Diop.

Consequently, the Senegalese made all the way to the quarterfinals.

Call it complacency or over-confidence; the Les Bleus were just not good enough on that fateful night and a goalless draw against Uruguay in the subsequent match meant they were eliminated in the group stages.