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The FIFA world cup, Brazil 2014 has come and gone. But the intrigues and excitement that came with it will linger on as new amazing records and extraordinary achievements were made. Not forgetting the not too pleasant records set......a la BRAZIL AND SPAIN (laughs). Here are some of them for your reading pleasure. Less I forget, GERMANY is the new world champion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOALS The 2014 World Cup saw a joint-high number of goals scored (171). James Rodriguez became the first player to score in his first five career World Cup appearances since Peru’s Teofilo Cubillas (across the 1970 and 1978 tournaments). There were more goals scored by substitutes in this World Cup than in any previous edition (32). The only World Cup to see more own goals than this tournament (5) was the 1998 finals (6). Tim Cahill has scored in three World Cups for Australia; no other Australian has done so in more than one tournament. Ghana’s Asamoah G...