Bottom-ranked Bhutan's World Cup miracle

The FIFA Football TV show profiles the historic Bhutanese win over Sri Lanka in Asian qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

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[ismailniyaz]

Fascinating fact: Bhutan's captain is a professional pilot, and not just your ordinary pilot either. He's one of a handful of pilots in the world capable of landing/taking off planes at high altitude airports on mountainous terrain. So I guess if you need a cool head in your team, he's the man.

[Javiergol]

This is why I love football. Sometimes watching this stories are more satisfying than seeing Real Madrid vs Barcelona.

[tmsa]

I Remember when my country, Bosnia qualified for the world cup in 2014, pure scenes 50 000 people welcoming them back in a huge mass celebration. Truly the beauty of football, letsgo Bhutan!

[arghyand]

such a beautiful word from the manager of Butan NT. "in the land of happiness, we still make people more happy" ^_^

[MRecrds]

Good luck Bhutan. Warm wishes from Nepal

[Sammy]

Mexican Wave at Bhutan. Simply liked it. Best wishes from India.

[HaidukeNT]

I fell in love with their away jersey! I've never seen before such a beautiful football jersey!

[DrewPBalls]

i only respect the underdogs, because its genuine.

[sinhalalion]

Well played Bhutan, im Sri Lankan and i hope maybe in a few years both of ours countries will be able to play at a good level in the Asian Cup

[sidharthradhakrishnan]

I visited their stadium in Thimphu and saw some of the best football I could see... I always will support bhutan both in sports and as a country that holds too much love and affection in my heart. I wish to do something more for bhutan than just root for their football team if they are willing to accept me as their citizen 😊 love druk!!

[metametodo]

I cried a little. This is great and inspiring.
Love from Brazil to the land of happiness.

[mrgreatbritain]

This is what international football is about! The game in Bhutan is so underdeveloped and a victory at home in front of your own people at a packed stadium is the perfect setting to succeed!

[eugenebruno]

I got tears in my eyes watching this...

[_jp_]

Wow!!! Look at those stands
they're really full unlike other qualifying games around the world that are always played in half empty stadiums

[carolinasport]

Best wishes for 2022, Bhutan! Greetings from the USA!!!

[EisteeMango]

Sadly they lost all the other matches:

Hong Kong 7:0 Bhutan
Bhutan 0:6 China
Katar 15:0 Bhutan
Bhutan 3:4 Maldives
Bhutan 0:1 Hong Kong
China 12:0 Bhutan
Bhutan 0:3 Katar
Maldives 4:2 Bhutan

And they finished dead last in their group with 0 Points and 5:52 Goals.

Still a good first season for them.

[skatoonyy]

Oh, you don't want to mess with Tshering Dorji alright, Asian Messi I like to call him.

[fulloffool]

Fun fact: Nobody was charged entry fees and nobody had to buy tickets for this match.
And it has been always like that as long as I can remember.
Anytime we had held any events in that stadium, it was for free.
Ps, Thankyou for all those support and kind words towards my country.
For me personally it not about winning or losing the game but rather enjoying the game and the atmosphere in the stadium.

[Kchannel]

Bhutan is my LOVE Welcome to World cup!!! form JAPAN!

[jefferyalvarez]

I hope they make it to the World Cup they deserve it they are full of heart and passion may god bless them