The protagonist to be introduced today is Giuseppe Meazza, one of the four kings of Italian football history.
Meazza was born on August 23, 1910, in Milan. Although Meazza is only 1.69 tall, he has full shooting power and excellent technique. Meazza scored 216 goals in 367 Serie A games during his club career, helping Inter win the Serie A title twice and the Serie A top scorer three times. One-time Coppa Italia.
1934 World Cup
If people want to see Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo win the World Cup for Brazil, or France, Germany, Spain, and it is impossible for them to play together. Because you can't tamper with nationality, you have to represent which country you want to participate in the World Cup, and players can't represent other countries in the World Cup. But that was the case at the 1934 World Cup in Italy.
Dictator Mussolini attached great importance to this World Cup, and the 1934 World Cup was the second World Cup. Italy was the first country to host the World Cup and the first time in Europe to host the World Cup. Defending champions Uruguay believe that last World Cup, Europe did not value refusing to participate in the 1934 World Cup in Italy. A total of 16 teams participated in the competition, which was the ugliest one in the history of the World Cup, and there was no one. The real protagonist of the 34 World Cup is not the player but the fascist warlord Mussolini. In this World Cup, Italy asked for foreign aid, Orsi and Monti, two Argentines represented Italy, the 1934 World Cup, Monti is the only person in history to represent the two countries in the World Cup so far, this record will never be copied again. Mussolini vowed to win the World Cup, and he appointed the referee for the Italian team.
With foreign aid, Italy, coupled with the special care of the host, Mussolini, Italy staged a "kung fu football" under the leadership of Meazza. The specific process of the game is not detailed here, as long as the team that has passed the host has basically to understand, Italy's rough confrontation and shoveling. The loss of the players to Italy after the game was not sad, but the pain of heavy body. For example, in Italy's quarter-final match against Spain, Schiavio rudely charged the Spanish goalkeeper and was given a red card according to the current rules. But there was nothing wrong with Skiavio at the time, and his collision caused the Spanish goalkeeper to lose his balance and gave his teammates the opportunity to equalize. Spain's later goal was blown off by the referee. After the final match against the Czech Republic, Italy won the championship. The Czechs were kicked by the Italians almost after the game, lying on the ground and could not get up, and the Czechs "enjoyed" the Italians' "kung fu football" during the game.
1938 World Cup
The 1938 World Cup was held in France, when FIFA president Remitt played a trick of getting the moon first in the water, which made the South American team very dissatisfied. Because FIFA violated the principle of South America and Europe taking turns to bid for the World Cup, this made Uruguay and Argentina very dissatisfied and finally refused to participate. Spain also failed to come due to the civil war, and FIFA made a policy for Italy in the last World Cup:
Players from other countries are not allowed to play against other national teams.
Secondly, the referee of the match is appointed by FIFA.
Meazza's appearance as captain of the Italian national team in this World Cup is a great honor for him, and in the semi-final match against Brazil, he scored a key point to help Italy beat Brazil 2-1 to reach the final.
War and football coexisted, and world war II broke out in 1939 after the World Cup. In 1938, as an international big name on the eve of the war, Mussolini participated again. In the last World Cup, he personally arranged for Italy to win the disgraceful title, and before the World Cup final in 1938, all Italians received death notices. If hungary does not win the final, wait for their death. In the final match against Hungary, Mussolini's Overseers are said to be on standby in the Italian dressing room, and if Italy fails to win the championship, the players will be executed in the locker room. As the captain, Meazza led the whole team to finally win the championship, and the players hugged and cried after the game.
Meazza died on August 21, 1979, at the age of 69. In honor of the greatest player in Italian history, the Italian people named the San Siro stadium common to AC Milan and Inter Milan as the Meazza Stadium. Meazza has competed in two World Cups and has been named to the best team. The top four scorers in Serie A history, as the captain of the national team, are well-deservedly selected as the top 50 superstars in history. His legendary career will be remembered in football.