Huang Jianxiang talks: Remit the father of the World Cup

In 1873, Remit was born in a small village in the east of France, his father was a grocer, by his own efforts, Remit became a brilliant lawyer at a young age, in 1897, the 24-year-old Remitt founded the Red Star Sports Club in Paris, under the influence of Remitt, the club carried out football projects, in 1904, Remitt served as the president of the Red Star club, their football team began to participate in the first division, and by the 20s it had dominated French football.

At that time, with the increase of international competitions, the establishment of an international football management body was already the trend of the times. In 1901, the Dutch Football Association proposed to the English FA that the FA be responsible for the organization and management of European football and international football, but the arrogant and arrogant FA refused, so the continental European countries decided to go it alone. In 1904, Belgium and France played a game in Brussels, and on the occasion, arranged by the 28-year-old French journalist Guran, the French Sports Club Association held a meeting to discuss the conceived FIFA charter and organizational structure, and the participants also included representatives from Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Denmark.

When FIFA was first founded, it had the vague idea of hosting a separate World Series, providing a stage for the performance of each national team, but it was temporarily shelved, and the first battle broke out in 1914, which had a great impact on football. Remit went to war, squatted through the trenches, and was awarded a cross, and on Christmas Day 1914, on the Western Front, the British and Germans played a ball game. The experience of the war has strengthened Remit's belief in the use of football to unite different countries and different peoples.

In the year after the end of the First World War, the chairman Woodford died, FIFA was on the verge of disbandment, almost relying on Irshmann alone, the FA was worried about the first match, unwilling to play with the belligerent teams, and felt that foreign teams were low,So they began to boycott FIFA. In times of crisis, Remit stepped forward, and he became president of international football in 1921. After coming to power, he continued to organize football matches for the Olympic Games, and in addition, Remit never forgot the idea of hosting a world-class football event alone, and the success of the Olympic football tournament gave him and his colleagues great confidence, but Coubertin and the FA were strongly opposed.

Remitt insisted on his ideas, and he had strong support from FIFA commissioner and French Football Federation Secretary General Delaunay, and the two conceived the World Cup together.

Remitt and Delaunay are the perfect pair of complementary personalities: Remet can persuade others, is good at interpersonal interactions, and is sometimes opinionated; Delaunayken is a helpful, visionary, and energetic person. The two had an argument, but they had more common understanding and a common goal – both wanted to create an independent, international football tournament. In 1930, the first World Cup opened in Uruguay, when there were no passenger planes, Remit came to Uruguay by boat, and the trophy was in his suitcase. The competition went through twists and turns, and finally came to a large and successful end.

After 33 years at the helm of FIFA, Remit stepped down in 1954 and remains the longest-serving FIFA president. During his tenure, he witnessed five World Cups and experienced the blows of World War II, but by the time he left, the membership had grown to 85.

In 1956, Remitt was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but the jury did not award him the prize, and in October of that year, at the age of 83, Remitt died, leaving behind a great ideal that with the power of football, one day, human beings will reach such a state - personable, people-oriented, trusting each other when meeting, no resentment in their hearts, no bad words in their mouths.

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