01. July 2018

Psychology of support & performance

On 2 December 2010, Russia were selected to host the 2018 World Cup and automatically qualified for the tournament.[21][22] During the friendly matches prior to the tournament, Russia did not have good results. The team lost more games than it won and this made their FIFA ranking fall to 70th, the lowest among all World Cup participants.[23][24] Russia were drawn to play Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay in the group stage.

Russia, as the World Cup host, was

ranked #70. Today they played

#10 ranked Spain. Russia won

moving onto the Quarterfinals.

There is an effect of encouragement!

Greece win Euro 2004. Greece pulled off one of the biggest shocks in football history to beat Portugal in the Euro 2004 final. Angelos Charisteas scoredfrom the Greeks' first corner after 57 minutes, heading in an Angelis Basinascross.Jul 4, 2004

In 2004 Greece hosted the Olympics.

I was in Athens the day they won....

huge upset. There is an effect of

positivity!

Both teams had low rankings on

the year of their win.

In an atmosphere of their

respective countries hosting a

worldwide event, these teams rose

to the occasion to play at their

best and win!