prince's green

Chapter 247

In the second half of the semifinals, Germany scored two more and finally gave up.If you don't stop, if you score again, the Germans are worried that they may not be able to get out of the stadium.

The German let off water in stoppage time, allowing Brazil to score a face goal, and the final score was 7:1.

This is also a super exaggerated score, the largest score in the history of the World Cup semi-finals.

This game created many records. Germany surpassed Brazil and entered the World Cup finals for the 8th time. It is the team that has reached the World Cup finals the most times. Klose scored his 16th goal in the World Cup, surpassing Ronaldo's 15 goals, becoming the player with the most goals in the World Cup.But those are the honors that belong to the Germans. For Brazil, this is the most humiliating day in their football history.

Before the start of the World Cup, the Brazilian players also said that they wanted to make the fans forget the Maracana tragedy in the "final" of the 1950 World Cup. They did, but in such an exaggerated way.

Although the first World Cup was held in 1930, it was interrupted by World War II. The fourth World Cup was held in 1950, and it was also the first World Cup held in Brazil, the kingdom of football.

The 1950 World Cup, a lot of interesting things happened in that World Cup.

The defending champion Italian team refused to take a plane to Brazil because of the heavy losses in the Turin air crash a year ago, so they took a boat all the way to Brazil, and it took a few weeks to get to Brazil. Therefore, the state is greatly affected and the performance is not good.

That was also the first time that the England team participated in the World Cup, and there was a ridiculous 10:1 accident.

The English consider themselves the originator of modern football, and have been reluctant to play with those "weak European teams" before, so they have never participated in the World Cup.

England participated in the World Cup for the first time in 1950, and the goal was naturally the championship. At that time, the general opinion in the UK was that since we sent a team to the World Cup, the championship was undoubtedly ours.

Their first match was against Chile, which they easily won 2-0. Everything was as expected. It is impossible for countries other than the originator of football to cause trouble for England.So the opponent in the next second game was the United States. The arrogant British guy thought that the United States was a typical rookie team, and we could win a big score casually.

The United States is indeed a rookie team. In that World Cup, they were defeated by Chile 5:2, and then lost to Spain 1:3, and they were eliminated at the bottom of the group.But no one in the World Cup is a real underdog, and if you're arrogant, you're going to suffer.

The British started the game in a mood of pride and complacency, but the Americans defended very tenaciously. At the end of the game, the score was 1:0. defeated England.At that time, the U.S. team was still composed of multinational teams, and there were many players of other nationalities in the team, just like Qatar today.

At that time, the World Cup was not televised, and the game results could only be telegraphed by the team reporters. Due to the high cost of telegrams, the telegrams were often as concise as possible, and there was not much description of the game except for a score result.

When the newspapers in the UK received the results of the game, they couldn't believe it was true. England 0:1 the United States, this is simply impossible.

In the end, the editor of the well-known "Independent" in Britain at that time made his own claim, thinking that the telegram was sent by mistake, and one (1) was missing, and the result of the match should be 10:1.

Therefore, the "Independent" took the lead in reporting on the headlines on the front page: England beat the United States 10:1.

With the famous newspaper reporting first, many other British media followed suit. Many people in the UK thought that their team really beat the US team 10:1 in South America.

But soon, the news of the real game came back to Europe one after another, and the British also knew the real result of the game, but it was too late. The 0:1 loss turned into a 10:1 victory. All over the European continent, the arrogant English suddenly became the laughing stock of the whole of Europe.

And in that World Cup, there could have been an Asian team, but because they refused to accept FIFA's requirement that they must play in shoes, they ended up missing the first World Cup trip and also missed their country. The only trip to the World Cup.

This wonderful team is the Indian team.

The earliest powerful teams in Asian football were, without exception, teams from European colonial countries. The places ruled by European colonists brought football over by the way, allowing football in those countries to develop to a certain extent.

Many people may not know that the first Asian team to participate in the World Cup is the Indonesian team, which is no longer known today. They were a Dutch colony in the early years and participated in the World Cup in 1938.

And India, which was a British colony in the early years, was the leader of Asian football for a long time before the 60s, before the rise of Iranian football and Korean football. The earliest professional football club in Asia was born in India.

Before the World Cup in 1950, the Indian team successfully passed the World Cup qualifiers and had the opportunity to become the second Asian team to participate in the World Cup. However, many local Indian players in the team were used to playing barefoot, and they would not wear shoes. They played, but FIFA required that shoes must be worn in the game. The two sides could not reach an agreement. In the end, the Indian team voluntarily withdrew from the World Cup.

In the 1950 World Cup, the most famous incident was Brazil's upset loss to Uruguay, missing a great opportunity to win the championship at home, and the Maracana tragedy that has always been remembered by Brazilian fans.

At that time, the World Cup competition system was quite special. The participating teams were first divided into four groups, and the first in each group qualified.

At that time, the top four groups were Brazil, Uruguay, Sweden, and Spain. In the first two rounds of the championship group stage, Brazil beat Sweden 7:1 and Spain 6:1. They are really determined to win the championship.

Brazil's last round opponent is Uruguay. In the previous two group matches, Uruguay barely beat Sweden 3:2 and drew Spain 2:2. Although Uruguay played very hard, they also scored 3 points. At least a draw with Uruguay is required to win the championship. (The World Cup at that time was 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss)
However, under the circumstances at that time, Brazil was playing at home and was in a brave state. They were still leading in terms of points. They only needed a draw to win the championship. I think it is very difficult for Uruguay to cause trouble for Brazil in the last "final", and even Brazil is likely to win the championship with a big victory.

In the "final" match, at the Maracanã Stadium, the world's largest football stadium at that time, 20 Brazilians poured into the stadium, creating the most terrifying atmosphere at home, intending to witness Brazil's winning moment together.At that time, standing tickets were allowed to be sold in football games, and security was not strict. The official statistics of FIFA for that game was 199854 people, which was the football game with the largest number of spectators so far.

But many Brazilians believe the true audience for that game was more than 22.

Witnessed by 20 Brazilians and with the addition of a terrifying home atmosphere, Brazil's offense was fierce, while the Uruguayans chose a simple defensive counterattack. The first half ended 0:0, but at the beginning of the second half, the Brazilians Just scored a goal and took the lead.Fireworks were set off in the Maracana Stadium, and everyone was reveling. They only need to draw to win the championship, and now they are leading by one goal.

But in the 66th minute, Uruguayan striker Gigia assisted his teammates to equalize the score. At this time, the Brazilian was a little worried, but as long as the score is maintained until the end, Brazil can still win the championship.

But in the 79th minute, Giggia broke into the penalty area again and tricked the Brazilian goalkeeper into scoring with a fake fax shot. The 20-person Maracana Stadium suddenly became silent, deathly silent.

Although Brazil made a desperate counterattack, it didn't help. In the end, the Uruguayans defeated Brazil 20:2 in front of more than 1 Brazilians at Brazil's home court and snatched the World Cup championship.

At that time, Jules Rimet of the FIFA Football Association was the first person to organize the World Cup. He was called the father of the World Cup. The earliest World Cup trophy was also called the Rimet Cup.

He later recalled that he came down from the VIP room in more than 70 minutes, went to the locker room to take out the trophy, and prepared to award it to the Brazilians, because in such a terrifying home atmosphere, the Brazilian team completely dominated the scene. He believes that the winner must be Brazil.

But when he came out with the trophy, he was taken aback. The whole stadium was quiet, but soon there were some riots in the stadium, whether it was the Brazilian staff on the scene or the Brazilian fans in the stands, they were all chattering. Wandering around restlessly, Rimet, the president of FIFA, was squeezed in the aisle, and he could only hold on to the trophy as much as possible so as not to lose it.

However, the restlessness soon subsided, because the Brazilian team still had time to save themselves, but Rimet had to go to the VIP room, reminding the people of the Brazilian Football Association to find a way quickly. Once Brazil loses the game, they must control the situation. Let the Brazilian fans calm down.

In the end, the Brazilian Football Association took control of the situation without any accidents.But Rimit was taken aback. If Uruguay's goal happened in stoppage time, the scene of more than 20 people suddenly rioted, and there might immediately become a hell.

That World Cup awards was also the most shabby one. There was no award ceremony, no national anthem, no cheers. Rimet went up alone and quickly handed the trophy to the Uruguayan players, and then the Uruguayan team left in a hurry.Because there were more than 10 Brazilian fans sitting in the stands unwilling to leave after the loss, the stands were almost full of fans, but the scene was quiet except for the sound of crying, and the atmosphere was particularly strange. In this case, Uruguay The players didn't even dare to stay in the Maracana Stadium for one more minute.

The hero of that game, Uruguayan striker Giggia, was called a man who defeated a country.

A few days after that game, there were riots all over Brazil, and people were committing suicide by swallowing guns one after another. Brazilian fans simply could not accept such a result.

Since that World Cup, the Brazilian national team jersey has also changed its color, from the previous white to the current yellow.

Therefore, that game was the most "unforgettable" game in the history of Brazilian football before. Brazilian fans have always remembered the Maracana tragedy. After so many years, they still have a heart for that game. The best chance to win the championship at home was missed that time.

Although Brazil is a five-star Brazil and has won the World Cup five times, it has never won a home championship. It is also the only World Cup champion except Spain that has not won a home championship.

This is the second time that Brazil has hosted the World Cup. They are all fantasizing about winning the championship at home and getting out of the shadow of the Maracana tragedy in one fell swoop.

However, this time they encountered another tragedy, defeating Germany's Mineiro tragedy 1:7, which was even worse than the last Maracana tragedy.

The only good thing this time is that Brazil is not what it used to be.At that time, Brazil had nothing but football. The loss to Uruguay cast a cloud over Brazil. It was true that the whole of Brazil was defeated by Giggia alone.

And this time, although the Brazilians were very sad and angry, after crying and scolding, everyone accepted the result calmly. At most, the number of people wearing Brazilian yellow jerseys decreased rapidly.

(End of this chapter)