A gold cup, a summer of madness, the World Cup is no longer just a festival for fans, but also a carnival for the whole people. Since the establishment of the World Cup, it has a history of 88 years. It's been a long time, from black and white to multicolor, and even 3D, football has become even more crazy because of the World Cup. Before the arrival of Midsummer Night in Russia in 2018, we will launch a special show "Looking Back at the Previous World Cups" to experience the excitement and enthusiasm of the time. For the summer that follows, which belongs to football--- "warm up".
[The clouds of war have made great changes in the participating teams]
After two successful World Cups, FIFA was clearly eager to increase the number of teams participating in the third World Cup in 1938 to increase its influence. Unexpectedly, the world quickly shrouded under the clouds of world wars, making this year's World Cup become a twist and turn. The first is that Argentina, as the fourth largest country in the world in terms of gross national product at that time, wanted to apply to host the World Cup. As a result, since their rival was FIFA president Remitt's native France, the Argentines lost miserably in the voting. Enraged, they opted out of the 1938 World Cup, along with the 1930 champions Uruguay.
There was a new rule change at the 1938 Fifacé de France, which meant that the host and defending champions did not need to participate in the qualifiers, so that they could advance directly to the final round. At that time, a total of 35 teams participated in the qualifiers, divided into a total of 11 groups by region, and 14 teams were finally determined to participate in the final round. The host team France and the previous champions Italy, combined with these 14 countries, will have 16 teams in the final stage of the competition. However, before the 1938 World Cup, the European continent had begun to be shrouded in the clouds of war, and before the tournament began, Austria, which had advanced from the qualifiers, was annexed by the Germans. Faced with such an awkward situation, FIFA decided to temporarily invite Cuba, Poland and the Dutch East Indies (today's Indonesia) to the World Cup stage. Despite this, only 15 teams ended up on The Course of France.
【World Cup ball: In fact, it is not suitable to use the "head ball" of the football]
At the 1938 World Cup, the match ball was made in Paris, France. The romantic host also gave it a name of "Allen", but in terms of the overall design of the ball and the materials used, it was not much different from before.
【Bloody Battle of Bordeaux's Chaban-Delmar Stadium】
The 1938 World Cup was held in 11 stadiums in 10 cities in France, and although the final was held at the Olimpico stade near Paris, the other Chapin-Delmar Stadium is more often mentioned.
In the quarter-finals, Brazil met Czechoslovakia in a narrow road. At that time, Brazil, as the representative of South America, under the leadership of superstar Leonidas, had a high demand for winning the championship. Facing the World Cup runner-up team 4 years ago, this is obviously a vicious battle. No one expected that this game, which was considered to be an early championship match, would eventually evolve into a "bloody battle". Because the Czechoslovak players moved too much during the game, they threw a Brazilian player to the ground with punches and kicks, and the Brazilian players fought back in groups, even taking off their shoes and still facing the Czechoslovak players. During the melee, a Czechoslovak player smashed Brazilian captain Punillaca with a bench, breaking his left hand. This caused a massive brawl, and the French police used 30 policemen to stop the farce. Brazil and Czechoslovakia each had two players seriously injured in the brawl. In the 82nd minute of the match, when Czechoslovakia completed an attack to tie the score to 1-1, the Brazilian players suddenly pounced on the Czech team and beat them hard. This time, three Czechoslovak players were seriously injured, five players were slightly injured, and only two players on the Brazilian side were eventually sent off the field. The two sides played 1-1 in this game, and according to the rules of the time, a replay was required. After the whistle of the second meeting, fans comically saw that only 7 players from the Brazilian side played in the first match, and only 5 from the Czechoslovak side.
[Top scorer: Brazilian "barefoot immortal" Leonidas scored 8 goals]
Dark-skinned, medium-sized and with black hair, Leonidas is a creative player who excels. The player, known as the "Black Diamond", shined in the quarter-final match against Poland.
In the regular 90 minutes of the game, he scored twice to bring Brazil to a 4-4 draw with his opponents. In the following overtime, one of Leonidas's sneakers was broken, and he simply went barefoot to fight, which also achieved the legend of "barefoot immortal". In extra time, he scored two more goals, a single "big four joy" miracle, helped Brazil win 6-5 against Poland. It was also the most goalscored game in world cup history.
It should be noted that Leonidas' last goal was also a winning goal. At that time, he used a beautiful "upside-down golden hook" to let the ball rub the crossbar cleanly into the bottom of the Polish net, helping the Brazilian win this thrilling goal battle. Fans have also honored Leonidas as the "father of the back hook".
The poster for the 1938 World Cup was a soccer ball on earth, a stark expression of how soccer connects the world and hopes to melt the clouds of war.
[Final review: Italy successfully defended its title--- Mussolini once again issued "victory or death"]
After winning the 1934 World Cup, italy won the 1936 Olympic Games, they were the best team at the time, and after winning the 1938 World Cup final and becoming the first champion team to successfully defend their title, the Italians can be said to have created a "dynastic era". The Italian's opponent in the final was Hungary, and before the match, Mussolini repeated a scene he had 4 years ago, sending a telegram to the Italian team: "Victory is a heavy prize, failure is death." "After a life-or-death test four years ago, this time the Italian players were obviously not so nervous, they opened the record in the 6th minute of the game and then ended the first half with a 3-1 score. In the 82nd minute of the match, the goal of legendary Italian striker Piola locked the score at 4-2, helping the Italian to complete the defense of the title, and "General" Pozzo became the only head coach in history to win the World Cup twice.
Unlike Mussolini, who used a lot of "off-field moves" to help the team win the championship 4 years ago, in French soil, the Italians' championship came from their strong strength, they were undoubtedly the strongest team at that time, if it were not for the subsequent Second World War, I am afraid that the Italians' football dynasty would have been longer.
【Extras: An Attack-First World Cup】
The best squad for the 1938 World Cup was a 2-3-5 formation, so offense is naturally the thing every team craves the most. In the 18 world cup finals stages in France, a total of 84 goals were scored, with an average of 4.67 goals per game. Brazil's 6-5 match against Poland also became the first match in world cup history to score goals in double digits.
【1938 FIFA World Cup Schedule and Results】
(Mu Mu Dan)