World Cup football is a strange story
World Cup without qualifiers, Europe's reluctance
The 1930 World Cup held in Uruguay had no qualifiers. FIFA invited almost all countries to play there. But the whole of Europe showed no interest in the World Cup to avoid the economic crisis and the risk of crossing the Atlantic Ocean in the Latin country of Uruguay. France, Belgium, Yugoslavia and Romania signed up for the World Cup on the last day of entry, possibly due to the intervention of FIFA president Julerim.
In the country without playing the World Cup, because of the exam
The participating countries took the first World Cup in a picnic mood. How little it mattered to them can be seen in one incident. Argentina team captain Manuel Feira was a law student. After playing two matches in the group stage, he returned to the country due to exams.
Fight with the ball
Argentina and Uruguay were the first to land at the highest altitude. At that time there was no such thing as 'official ball' in the game. Alternately, the team brought the ball, hoping they would play two sides. There was a fight about this before the start of the match. Later, the referee used two balls in two halves.
Italy's ruler is the referee selector
The second World Cup was held in Italy in 1934. The country was then under the fascist rule of dictator Benito Mussolini. Due to Mussolini, many controversies arose in the second World Cup. It is said that the ruler of Italy, he used to select the referees for the Italian matches in the World Cup. Many say that Italy won the World Cup because of his direct intervention.
Adolf Hitler's occupation of the World Cup
The third World Cup was held in France in 1938 in the midst of World War II. Austria did not qualify for the World Cup due to Adolf Hitler's occupation, despite qualifying for the semi-finals. Austria was occupied by Nazi Germany before the World Cup. In the quarter-final match against France, the Italian team came under heavy criticism for wearing black shirts and giving a fascist salute before the start of the match. The black shirt was then the symbol of Italy's fascist paramilitary forces. Mussolini's Italy took home the trophy as usual.
India's refusal to play the World Cup
The Maracana Tragedy
Brazil and Uruguay met in the final of the 1950 World Cup. If the match was drawn, the title would have been confirmed in Brazil. Brazil was so hopeful of winning the World Cup that on the day of the final, the Brazilian daily O Mundo printed a picture of the Brazilian team and headlined it, 'These are the world champions!'Told teammates to urinate on copies of newspapers! Varela said this to show the confidence of the team. In the final, in front of millions of home fans, Uruguay celebrated by defeating Brazil 2-1. Brazilians were so overwhelmed by the incident that fans committed suicide by jumping off the roof of the Maracanã Stadium after the final. In Portuguese, this tragedy is known as 'Maracanajo'.
Hungary
In 1954, the
fourth World Cup was held in Switzerland. First World Cup match televised.
Ferenc Puskás' Hungary was the hot favorite in this World Cup. With Sandor
Koksis, Nander Hidekooti and Zoltan Sibor, this team was undefeated for 29
consecutive matches before the World Cup final. This almost 'invincible' team
was dragged to the ground by Germany in the final of the 1954 World Cup.
Despite leading 2-0 in the match, Hungary lost 4-3.
Brazil and the emergence of Pelé
Sweden held the
FIFA World Cup in 1958. This World Cup is famous for the emergence of a
football wizard named Pelé. This World Cup is also famous for Brazil's
emergence as the world's best team. Garincha, Bhava, Didi, Jagalo and Pele's
skills brought home the title for the first time.
The Sweden World Cup was arranged by the CIA
Some journalists in Sweden discovered a strange theory about the 1958 World Cup. According to them, the entire World Cup was arranged - sitting in the United States or the result of this World Cup was decided by the American intelligence agency - CIA. As part of the global conspiracy, the CIA wanted to see the power of television programs, how much the programs can affect the common people! However, this theory later proved to be wrong and ridiculous.
Battle of Santiago
The 1962 World
Cup in Chile was not liked by many. Especially European countries. Argentina
also agreed with the Europeans in this regard. At first, however, the Latin
countries made a veiled threat to FIFA with the World Cup of 62 - if it is
organized in Europe, they will boycott the World Cup together. FIFA acceded to
the Latin nations' demands, but the World Cup was hosted by relatively new
power Chile. Not only the European countries, but also the football powers of
the Latin region, did not like FIFA's decision. The rivalry became evident in
the Chile-Italy match in the second match of their group stage. Before that
match, some Italian journalists wrote some articles in their newspaper
denigrating Chile. The writings contained hatred towards Chile. Chilean
footballers were so angry inside. The match was full of fights. Spectators
watched wrestling instead of football that day. Many times, the police had to
enter the field to stop the players from fighting. In history, that match is
called 'Battle of Santiago'. It may be mentioned that he introduced red and
yellow cards in FIFA football matches immediately after the match.
When the 'hero' of the World Cup is a dog
England won the
World Cup at home in 1966. But the real 'hero' of this World Cup is a dog named
Pickles. Because this dog saved the honor of the organizers. Just before the
start of the World Cup, the Julerime trophy was stolen from an exhibition. Just
when everyone had given up hope of the Julerime trophy after much searching,
Pickles recovered the newspaper-wrapped trophy from a roadside bush in London.
Brazil's third title, villain Bobby Moore
Brazil will go
on to win the World Cup with arguably the best team in history. Former champion
England got into some trouble before the start of the World Cup - England
captain Bobby Moore was arrested for stealing a bracelet from a jewelry store
in Colombia. Goalkeeper Gordon Banks suffered food poisoning after drinking
beer before the quarter-final against West Germany, despite carrying his own
food from the country to Mexico. Later, when Durbar Pele overshadowed
everything, Carlos Alberto, Jairjinho, Gerson, Claudevaldo, Rivelino's Brazil
won the World Cup for the third time and took the Julerime trophy forever.
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