Because I was going to Uruguay by boat, I couldn't come down for two months.
Professional teams in Europe are worried that it will affect domestic leagues, while amateur players are worried that "absenteeism" for so long will make them unemployed.
FIFA President Rimet and Secretary-General Dyrane actively lobbied in European countries and finally persuaded France, Yugoslavia, Romania and Belgium to participate in the competition.
Four European teams boarded the same passenger ship. During the voyage, some players were eager to prepare for the war and practiced on the deck. Many footballs are buried in the sea.
One-armed players helped the team win the championship.
1930 world cup Uruguay's striker Castro was amputated at the front end of his right arm because of a car accident, but this did not prevent him from winning the world cup for Uruguay.
In the 89th minute of the final, teammate dorado made a cross, and Castro headed the goal in front of the door, scoring the goal that sealed the championship. This is only his second appearance in this competition. He beat Peru in the first game and scored the only goal. Until the final, the one-armed man was hidden as a secret weapon.
1970 world cup, beckenbauer also staged a scene of "one arm", but he dislocated his shoulder in the semi-final between Germany and Italy, and relied on several bandages to fix his shoulder and arm, so he re-participated.
The referee's color blindness can't tell the difference between team uniforms.
1934 When Germany and Austria competed for the third or fourth place in the Second World Cup, the game had already started for several minutes. The Italian referee found that the uniforms of the two teams were the same color, which was difficult to identify, so he immediately stopped to let the first team change clothes, but in fact, the uniforms of both sides were bright, and the referee was only color blind.
Brazilian players broke the door barefoot.
1938 In the third World Cup, during the match between Brazil and Poland, Brazilian player Leonidas plunged a sneaker into the mud while running. Just when he was in a hurry, it happened that another good goal came from his partner, so Leonidas ignored his shoes and went barefoot to catch the ball, then dodged an opposing player and shot successfully.
More than forty years have passed since this goal, and nothing so interesting has ever happened again.
You can also get a penalty by pulling your pants.
In the semi-final between Italy and Brazil in the 1938 World Cup, when the famous striker Mei Acha was ready to take the penalty, he found that his belt was loose and his pants fell off. This is something that no one wants to do. Mei Acha can only grab his pants with his left hand and run to shoot. Fortunately, he scored a penalty, with which the Italian team reached the final.
Indonesia can't afford to buy sneakers and quit.
The 4th World Cup started in Brazil on 1950. In the qualifiers, the Indian team won without a fight because all the opponents in the same group withdrew, and directly got the tickets for the final stage. They used to play barefoot, but all World Cup players must wear shoes. At the last moment, they can only look at Brazil and sigh, because they can't afford sneakers.
British newspapers joke.
1950 in the fourth world cup, the United States beat England with 1: 0, and it was not only England that made a fool of itself, but also a British newspaper. When the reporter went back to publish, the editor thought the reporter was joking after seeing the score, and even changed the score to 1: 10. England won and read the newspaper the next day.
One player was absent at the beginning of the game.
1950 At the beginning of the World Cup in Brazil, the referee found that there were only 2/kloc-0 players on the field, and Yugoslavia was missing one player. Why? The answer is that Yugoslav captain Mitic's head was cut by the locker room door before playing, and he had to sew it up immediately. After the game started, he appeared on the field with a bandage on his head. This is the only game in the history of the World Cup without 22 players starting.
The goal hero was knocked unconscious.
1954 In the semi-final between Uruguay and Hungary in the 5th World Cup, Uruguay fell behind 0-2 at first, but in the second half 15 minutes, Hoberg scored a goal for Uruguay, and four minutes before the end, he scored another goal to equalize the score.
The ecstatic teammates gathered together and celebrated in time. Unexpectedly, they knocked him unconscious and carried him out. Uruguay lost the game 2-4.
A dog once saved the Rimet Cup.
Throughout the history of the World Cup, no one will ignore a London mongrel named Pickles, because it saved the face of the Rimet Cup and the English Football Association.
On the eve of the 1966 World Cup, the organizer English Football Association persuaded FIFA to bring the Rimet Gold Cup to the UK exhibition.
But two days after the exhibition, the Jinbei disappeared.
Although the London police caught the suspect, they didn't know the whereabouts of the Jinbei, so the FA had to offer a reward of 5,000 pounds to trace the whereabouts of the Jinbei. Seven days after the Golden Cup was lost, Thames barge worker Cobbett went out with a dog named Pickles, Pickles sniffed in front of a fence, and Cobbett found the Rimet Cup, saving the face of the English Football Association. But not long after, Pickles was strangled by a rope while chasing a cat, and the Rimet Cup was finally stolen in Brazil.
The jeweler framed the English captain.
1970 The World Cup was held in Mexico. After the defending champion England checked into the hotel, England captain bobby moore and Charlton went to a jewelry store near the hotel to buy jewelry for the latter's wife, but found nothing.
Just as they were about to go out, an alarm sounded on the door. Patila, a shop worker aged 2/kloc-0, accused bobby moore of stealing jewelry worth 600 pounds, and insisted that Charlton was an accomplice.
After a few days of house arrest, Colombian police decided to conduct an on-site trial in a jewelry store. More than 300 spectators poured into the store to watch the bizarre trial. Patila, a witness at the crime scene, affirmed: "I saw him put the jewels in the left pocket of his coat, which is the dress he is wearing now."
"After hearing each other's testimony, bobby moore said nothing, but slowly raised his left arm. People found that his coat had no left pocket, and he was innocent.
The king of the ball is almost naked.
When the championship is won or lost, some fans will rush down to hug the players and even take something from them as a souvenir.
1970 When Brazil won the ninth World Cup, the fans rushed into the stadium to hug Pele, tore his clothes, shoes and socks, and finally even asked for a rag.
Bailey was so anxious that he begged not to tear it, or it would be gone.
Dong Shi's success left a joke.
1938 On the eve of the World Cup final, dictator Mussolini sent a telegram to the Italian team, which read: Victory is life or death, and Italy successfully defended its title.
1974 World Cup, an African dictator named Mobutu imitated his peers and sent the same telegram to their national team in West Germany, but Zaire failed to score a goal in three games and returned with four goals.
Neither the national anthem nor the national flag is right.
1982 12 In the first match of the World Cup, the organizing committee misplaced the national anthem and gave them the national anthem of the former Soviet Union.
In the second scene, they hung the national flag wrong again.
Police cars pick up sneakers for players.
1982 World Cup Belgium vs Argentina.
Careless Belgian players didn't realize that they had forgotten to bring their special shoes until the game was about to start.
The local police rushed to the hotel more than 20 kilometers away with a police car to get shoes.
The referee's false teeth were knocked out.
12 world cup 12, in the opening match between Italy and Peru, the referee Eshwal was knocked over by Peruvian players because of nervousness and improper movements, and his dentures were nowhere to be found, which delayed the game for more than 10 minutes.
Three sneakers for life
1982 World Cup, after Italian striker Rossi scored three goals to help the team eliminate Brazil, a wine merchant gave him 1000 liters of wine, and a shoemaker even announced that he would provide Rossi with shoes for free for life.
Victory claimed the coach's life.
On September 1985, 10, Scotland won the right to participate in the World Cup in Mexico after drawing with Wales. The players gathered in the dressing room to prepare for the celebration ceremony. About 20 minutes later, team doctor Steele came to the room and sadly announced that their head coach Stacy had died of a heart attack because of excitement, so all the players walked out of the locker room and lined up in silence for Stacy.