I don't know how many More Manchester United fans remember the following news.
In February 2016, Marcus Rashford scored two shots and one pass in a match against Arsenal to help United win the power of the conversation. After the game, the low-key Master La said he would not go for a drink as a celebration because "I'm going to take a chemistry exam tomorrow." ”
Unfortunately, this is fake news.
Although it was immediately forwarded by the media of various countries at the time, it was actually just a paragraph on social media that was numbered by Manchester United fans. The account was later forwarded and tagged with a "Bantz" (joking) tag, and added a follow-up: "Is the chemistry test difficult?" "It's hard, I think it's a little easier to beat Arsenal."
It is still a pity that the world loves interesting passages too much, not many people care about the truth of "boring", and the spread of rumors is always 18,000 different from rumors. To this day, many fans still take this paragraph as a real thing.
So, will anyone really choose between exams and football?
The answer is: yes, and it is the chance to play in the World Cup that is given up.
The story takes place at the inaugural World Cup in 1930. In that cup, Argentina finished runners-up, and The team's Stabir won the first Golden Boot in World Cup history with eight goals. It's not hard to find, but do you know that there's a bizarre story behind Stabir's Golden Boot?
In fact, although Stabir was selected for the Argentine national team at that time, he did not get any opportunities to play before the World Cup, just a substitute. You know, the football game allows substitutions more than 30 years later, and if you are not ranked in the starting lineup that year, you can only be a spectator.
At the 1930 World Cup, Argentina beat France 1-0 in the first match, and Stabir was the spectator in the stands.
But before the second game, fate suddenly took a dramatic turn.
First of all, the chief center of the Argentine team is the captain Manuel Ferreira, who has another identity: a law student. In 1930, I was a senior in college. What's even more interesting is that just after playing the first group stage of the World Cup in Uruguay, he got a message from home: "You have to come back for the final exam." ”
Ferreira hopes that the school will be able to open up and postpone it until he finishes the World Cup and then retakes the exam. But the World Cup was still a new thing, and football did not have so much influence, a reason that was ruthlessly rejected by the university. In order to save his hard-won law degree, Ferreira rushed back to Argentina from Uruguay overnight, and thus gave up his starter.
Secondly, the 235 formation that was popular in world football that year, with five strikers in front, and Argentina was no exception. After Ferreira abandoned the World Cup to the arms of the exam room, Argentina's first pick in the center position was not the small Stabir at 1.68 meters, but Robert Cerro.
However, in the face of this sudden luck, Chero's first reaction is nervousness, fear, stage fright, and... Suffered from anxiety disorders.
In desperation, Stabir could only be temporarily placed in the center position and played in the second round of the group match against Mexico.
As a result, Argentina beat Mexico 6-3, and Stabir made his national team debut, as well as a hat-trick.
Incidentally, two days ago, U.S. player Paternold also scored a hat-trick against Paraguay, but whether the second goal was a long-standing debate, so Stabir was long considered by FIFA to wear a hat for the first time in World Cup history, and it was not until 2006 that the official award of this honor was given to Paternold.
But for Stabir, it doesn't matter so much if he's the first to wear a hat, because the drama has only just begun.
In the third round of the group stage, Argentina beat Chile 3-1, and Stabir scored twice.
The semi-finals were a 6-1 blast to the United States, and Staffil scored twice again.
At this time, the original starting center Ferreira had already taken the exam and rushed back from Argentina. But no one would throw the in-shaped Staffil into the stands again, so they both made it to the starters.
In the final against Uruguay, Stabir scored Argentina's second goal in the first half to give the team a 2-1 lead. Unfortunately, the Uruguayan reversed in the second half and took the first title in World Cup history 3-2.
Staffbil took personal accolades: 8 goals in 4 games, Golden Boot.
Interestingly, Stabir's appearances for Argentina have only been in these four games. After rising to fame in the World Cup, he went to Europe to pan for gold along with many of the top South American players, joining Genoa, Napoli and Red Star Paris, never returning to Argentina, and even playing a few informal games with the French national team. (There is no restriction on changing nationality in that year)
In addition, Stabir developed a second career while playing football, and also served as the team's coach at Genoa and Paris Star. He later returned to his home country to continue his coaching career, coaching traditional teams such as San Lorenzo and Athletic, and led the Argentine national team to win five Copa America titles in 11 years. In the end, he became the first superstar in Argentine football.
Remember the origin of all this? If Ferreira had not given up the World Cup starter for taking the exam, there would have been no Stabir, and Argentina might not have finished runners-up.
Although Ferreira himself later played in River Plate, he never got the opportunity to travel to Europe, and his historical status was far lower than that of Stabir. At the same time, he has not been able to make a name for himself in the legal circle.
I don't know if after many years, Ferreira will regret his original choice...