Put the highest number of goals scored by both teams in a single World Cup game next to each other and you get the number of days to go until Brazil 2014.
Put the highest number of goals scored by both teams in a single World Cup game next to each other and you get the number of days to go until Brazil 2014.
Back in 1954, Austria defeated tournament hosts Switzerland 7-5 in their World Cup quarter final at La Pontaise in Lausanne.
Dubbed Hitzeschlacht von Lausanne (roughly translated to ‘The heat battle of Lausanne-) due to the game being played in sweltering temperatures, the contest saw a player from both sides score hat-tricks, Theodor Wagner for the victors and Josef Hugi for the hosts.
In a remarkable encounter, Switzerland found themselves 3-0 up inside the opening 20 minutes before Wagner pegged a goal back five minutes later which triggered a five goal Austrian avalanche in the space of nine minutes.
Suddenly 5-3 down, the Swiss scored again to trail by a goal at the break before Wagner-s third restored the Austrians two-goal buffer. Both sides scored once more to end the goal fest, the result still to this day standing as the most number of goals scored by two teams in a World Cup match against each other.
For the record, Germany won the tournament with Austria finishing third.
At the FIFA 2014 World Cup, Switzerland is in Group E alongside Ecuador, France and Honduras, while Austria failed to qualify.
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