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Football: Yordan Letchkov and our other World Cup one-hit wonders...(Sport)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | June 5, 2006 | Copyright

SAEED OWAIRAN: Saudi Arabia reached the second round of USA 94 thanks to one of the great goals in finals history. Owairan picked the ball up inside his own half and slalomed past a series of bewildered Belgian defenders to score a goal Maradona would have been proud of. King Fahd is said to have rewarded the player with a brand new Mercedes, in which he clearly sped off into obscurity.

OLEG SALENKO: The Russian striker's World Cup finals career was some rollercoaster ride. But he is only truly remembered for firing five goals past Cameroon in a 6-1 win which proved…

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