FIFA World Cup fails: the biggest blunders ever made

The FIFA World Cup tournament sees the best soccer players from around the world come together to compete for the glorious World Cup trophy and title. But even the best sports heroes and refs in the world aren't perfect and mistakes are to be expected.

While it might be easy to laugh off some of these often embarrassing yet hilarious errors, other flubs have proven to be much more serious—even fatal in some cases!

Whether it's a bad call by a referee or a foul play by an athlete that costs them the match, click through this gallery to check out some of the biggest fails in FIFA World Cup history.