The World Cup is the dream of every footballer, the World Cup trophy is the supreme honor of football players, the series of articles Football Character Zhi World Cup Chapter plans to select a representative figure in each World Cup, through him to review the style of previous World Cups.
Just as Kaka's real name is Ricardo Iszexon dos Santos Wright, Didi's real name is Vadmir Pereira, and Didi is just his nickname.
The 1958 World Cup in Sweden was star-studded, and pele was officially known to the world; the Frenchman Fontaine scored 13 goals in this tournament, still maintaining the goal record of a single World Cup; in that game, there were Zagaro and Garrincha, who were later known to more people, but Didi was the Ballon d'Or winner of that World Cup, and he was recognized as the real soul and organizational core of the Brazilian team. In addition, Didi is also recognized as the originator of banana balls.
Born in 1928, Didi suffered an unfortunate leg injury as a young man, leaving behind minor lame sequelae. Even so, he overcame these difficulties with his love of football and became a professional player.
There is not much record of his club career, only that he played for Botafogo, Real Madrid, Valencia and other clubs. During his time at Real Madrid, Due to the exclusion of Stefano, Didi did not get many opportunities.
Between 1952 and 1962, Didi played 68 games for Brazil, scoring 20 goals. Of course, his contribution to the team is not only reflected in the goal, but more in the combing of the team's offensive and defensive conversions. His teammates said of him as "letting the ball speak".
In the 1958 World Cup final, when Sweden scored a goal, Didi held his head high and picked the ball back into the centre circle. Four minutes later, Didi assisted Vawa to equalize. Bailey later said of the scene that his own feeling at the time was that Diddy was saying, "Follow me, I'll take you through." ”
Didi was not only the core of Brazil's midfield at that World Cup, but also like the spiritual leader of the team, Pele said that Didi was like his brother, and the painful scene of Pele lying on Didi's shoulder after winning the championship also became a classic picture of the World Cup.
At the 1962 World Cup in Chile, dei di and his teammates reached the final with injuries in Pele's second group stage and successfully defended the title.
After winning the World Cup, the 34-year-old Didi chose to retire. After retiring, he served as the manager of the Peruvian national team and River Plate.
Diddy had two fanatical admirers, George Best and Platini. At the 2000 FIFA Congress, George Best met his idol Didi for the first time, and the two saw each other for the first time. The photo of the two has also become one of Best's most cherished photos.
For the later tragic and late life, Didi admires Platini the most. FIFA also specially arranged for the two to meet. When Platini played, he followed didi's example, not only pursuing goals and scoring, but also advocating threading the needle for the team.
In 2001, Didi died of illness.
In 1958, the World Cup came to the Nordic country of Sweden. There are still 16 teams participating in this World Cup, with the Soviet Union, Wales and Northern Ireland making their World Cup debuts. This World Cup has a total of 12 European teams and 4 American teams participating, and Asian teams have no chance to participate.
This tournament still adopts the mode of group stage + knockout stage. Unlike the previous tournament, the group stage of this tournament no longer distinguishes between seeded and non-seeded teams, but plays in a round-robin manner, winning 2 points, drawing 1 point, and losing without points. At the same time, if both teams are equally divided, the winner-loss relationship is compared first, followed by the goal difference. The rules are not much different from now, only the priority is different.
The mighty Hungary fell apart after the october events of 1956, with defending champions West Germany losing their main players and England losing key players to the Munich air disaster.
While the strength of these strong teams has weakened, Brazil has ushered in its own golden generation. The 30-year-old Didi is in the ascendant, the 17-year-old Bailey is just starting out, and Wawa, Zagallo, Garincha and others are also in their prime.
In the group stage, Brazil won two and drew one to qualify as the top of the group. In the quarter-finals, Brazil eliminated Wales 1-0, with Pele scoring the only goal; in the semi-finals, Brazil beat France 5-2, Pele scored a hat-trick, and Vawa and Didi scored a goal each.
In the final, Pele and Vawa scored twice, and Zagaro added the icing on the cake to help Brazil beat Sweden 5-2.
It was the first World Cup title for five-star Brazil and the only time the Sambas had won the continental Europa.
For the first time, the World Cup was broadcast live, and hundreds of millions of fans witnessed the take-off of Pele, the king of the ball, in front of the TV, and also witnessed the performances of famous stars such as Didi, Kepa, Fontaine, Yassin and so on.
The World Cup has finally matured in this session, and since then, the Rules of the World Cup have only been adjusted on a small scale, and there will be no major changes.