Chapter 32: The Shadow of the World Cup
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Rose Bar in Florence, private rooms.
Ling Feng sat on the sofa with Erlang's legs crossed in the shape of a judge, opposite Redondo with a disdainful face and Maradona with an embarrassed face.
"Diego, if you have something to say," Ling Feng grinned, "It's not a big deal to be gay." ”
"You're going to die!" Maradona glanced at Ling Feng: "This matter is not a child's play, originally I didn't plan to tell you in advance, because I was afraid that you wouldn't believe me if I said it." ”
"What's so serious?" Ling Feng scratched his head, it didn't look like a broken back......
"Actually, the World Cup is not as fair as you imagined......" Lao Ma's opening remarks frightened Ling Feng squirted out a mouthful of water, and Lei Dondo looked at him with a sneer on the side.
"In the history of the World Cup, there has never been a European team that has won the championship in the Americas, and no American team has won the championship in Europe, is this just a coincidence, or is it the official saying, the circle of the World Cup, or a curse?"
"The first World Cup was held in Uruguay, and at that time Remet did not have enough appeal to shake the position of the IOC, and in the depression after the First World War, there were only four European teams participating at that time."
"That year was the centenary of Uruguay's independence, right? I remember the information," Ling Feng scratched his head and said, "Uruguay has played a total of four games, won all four games, and won the first championship, is there something wrong with this?" ”
"How is that possible?" Maradona snorted: "Even if you have a Chinese A-League, there won't be any match-fixing or anything like that, let alone the World Cup, how can FIFA shoot itself in the foot?" ”
Ling Feng had the urge to strangle him, although the current professional league was on the right track, but ...... It doesn't feel good to be scarred by this old rascal.
"But the second World Cup is the darkest World Cup in history," Maradona sneered: "It also set a dark precedent for the World Cup." ”
Due to the success of the first World Cup, the second World Cup was held as scheduled amid great anticipation. Although Italy had refused to participate in the first World Cup four years earlier, Mussolini's fascist government saw the World Cup as a good opportunity for it to advocate a fascist regime, so Italy tried to win the right to host the 1934 World Cup, and they tried to turn the World Cup into a tool for its fascist propaganda.
Redondo mocked: "For the first time, the World Cup became a tool of politics, and with the 'national system' of all the people doing one thing well and Mussolini's personal command, Italy's World Cup was a success, demonstrating the unity and strength of the so-called 'Great Roman Empire'." The final World Cup winner was Italy, but without Mussolini, I think Italy's championship would be more mysterious. ”
Maradona also sneered: "We Argentina and Brazil did not send out the strongest lineup to participate in this World Cup, saying that it was to avenge that the European team did not participate in the last World Cup, but in fact, a fool will send the best players to Mussolini's domination, anyway, the World Cup has been decided before it starts, who is the final champion, and it is the same thing to go or not." ”
"That has nothing to do with FIFA, after all, in that era, Mussolini was also dominant." Ling Feng whispered his defense, it was not Italy that wanted to do this, it was Mussolini who wanted to do it.
"The World Cup championship is not so much the honor of the player, but the honor of the country," Redondo sneered: "Even if the player pursues the work ethic, then the country, for such an honor to improve its national prestige, the country will not be stingy with that little money......"
"That's right, do you know what Mussolini did at that time? He forcibly changed the nationality of three of our country's three players who did not participate in the World Cup, but they were top stars, forcing them to represent Italy in the game, and Mussolini also has the right to designate referees, in the semi-finals and finals, he appointed the same referee to officiate Italy's game, if Italy can't win the championship, then they might as well be killed headfirst - but it is said that Mussolini has said cruelly before the game, if Italy can't win the championship, then all the players and the coach will be shot! ”
"That's a fascist dictatorship, no way!" Ling Feng was still explaining, after all, the name Mussolini represents arbitrariness and dictatorship, uh, it is understandable that he can do such a thing, it is understandable......
"Humph!" Redondo snorted coldly: "Yes, compared to the private tricks of later generations, Mussolini was at best a fool with a bit of power, and now there are still people who doubt that Italy should be disqualified from the championship that year, and they don't deserve three stars on their jerseys." ”
I don't know when it began, there is such a strict rule on the formulation of the jersey, that is, no matter how you design the jersey of the national team, only the team that has won the World Cup is eligible to embroider the gold star on the jersey, and a gold star represents a championship, until the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, Brazil embroidered the fifth gold star on the jersey, they are worthy of the name of the football kingdom!
"The winner of the third World Cup is still Italy, but although their victory this time is not as blatant cheating as four years ago, it is also a bit boring, but unfortunately, that history has disappeared with the outbreak of the world war, and no one knows what the truth is," Maradona said with a smile: "At that time, the World Cup was held in France, and we refused to participate because we were not satisfied with Europe hosting two consecutive World Cups, and the Brazilians ran away, In the end, he lost to Italy with two big players out injured, and it was the two players he injured that was the most annoying. ”
"Leonidas, the top scorer of the third World Cup, Brazil's most lethal player," Redondo sneered: "Before the World Cup match with Italy, the coach suddenly announced that he was injured and could not play, but this guy who is known as the only guy in Brazilian history who can be technically comparable to Pele will not be able to participate in the game, if this is not boring, then what is it?" ”
Ling Feng broke out in a cold sweat, Leonidas•Da•Silva, of course he knows who it is, nicknamed Black Pearl, known as the greatest Brazilian player before Pele, although many people now forget his name, and even forget that there was such a person in football history, but Ling Feng will not fail to remember, the World Cup Hall of Fame, one of his resounding nicknames is - "Father of Barbs"!
He scored the first inverted shot in World Cup history, scoring eight goals in one of the world's tournaments, and he played in three games in that tournament......
He once kicked barefoot for a while in a quarter-up match against Belgium because of a shoe drop, and also scored a goal, which is one of the funniest things in World Cup history, but under this hilarious cover, no one noticed the undercurrent that was surging around.
"That'...... At that time, it was just in time for World War II, so ...... Ling Feng stumbled on explanations, but found it difficult for him to justify himself.
"So what?" Maradona sneered: "Are Italy and France on the same front?" Although what they did this time was more hidden, as long as they thought about it a little, they knew that there must have been some agreement between the two countries at that time, and the World Cup was not just a friendly football match! ”
"The next World Cup is on the right track again, because of World War II, the World Cup was not held for 12 years, and the fourth World Cup was held in Brazil in 1950. Redondo said leisurely: "Since then, the World Cup has become the number one event in football in the true sense, no one or any regime can control the progress of the World Cup, it can be said that from then on, there will be no dark things, or even if there is, it is not obvious at all." ”
"No, no, no," Maradona laughed, "the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland was a time of intrigue on the football field, have you forgotten?" ”
"You mean, Bernier's miracle?" Ling Feng hesitated.
The 1954 World Cup was hailed as the craziest World Cup, with 140 goals scored in 26 games, the most in the world, the craziest of which was Austria and Switzerland in the quarter-finals, with the score being 7:5 – and there were no penalty shootouts at that time......
At that time, the favorite to win the championship was the Hungarian team with the world superstar Puskas, and Puskas's status in world football at that time was just like Ling Feng's now, and among the players of his generation, there was no one to compare!
Hungary met West Germany in the group stage and beat them 8-3, but the final opponent was West Germany, who had qualified from the same group, and the Hungarians had already begun to celebrate the victory before the game.
The game went as easily as the Hungarians had expected, starting with a two-goal lead, but in the following game, the West Germans, who played as pigs and tigers, scored three goals in a row to beat the unbeatable Hungarians and lift the World Cup for the first time.
Because the stadium for the final is the Bernier Stadium in Switzerland, it is the most classic battle in the history of the World Cup that has been called the "Bernier Miracle".
"Objectively speaking, the West German team was nearly a grade worse than Hungary at that time, but they brought the art of war to the football field," Maradona said with a smile: "Later, this event was made into a movie, and the name was "The Miracle of Bernier". You know, before that, Puskas was unbeaten in European competitions for three years, known as a miracle in the history of world football, if Hungary won the championship at that time, then he would be the first football king before Pele! ”
Ling Feng was stunned in his heart, and then realized that Maradona was using Puskas to warn himself, because when the Chinese team participated in the World Cup next year, as the star of the team, he also played for three years, and with the current strength of Fiorentina, it is not impossible to be undefeated for three consecutive years.
"But it's not like in modern football, where the defense is too weak and one star can decide the situation on the pitch like in the past." Redondo said coldly: "Then what will happen is the glorious era of Brazil, winning the championship three times in sixteen years, the Remet Goddess Cup settled in Brazil, Pele was crowned the king, and then, it will be the era of the division of the heroes." ”
Ling Feng knew that those 16 years were one of the heyday of Brazil, with superstars such as Pele and Garrincha sending Brazil to the highest peak of world football, and England, the only time to break the myth of Brazil in those 16 years, took advantage of their local advantages to reach the championship.
And in the 1966 World Cup in England, the most eye-catching thing was not the champion England, but North Korea from Asia and the strongest Portugal in history!
North Korea knocked out Italy to reach the quarterfinals, which shocked the world, and then they played Portugal, North Korea led 3-0 in the opening 25 minutes, but at this time, one man single-handedly plunged the North Koreans into an endless abyss.
Black Panther - Eusebio!
He scored four goals on his own, sent North Korea home, and then led the team to the semi-finals, where they were defeated by another great player in England, Bobby•Charlton, but Eusebio became famous!
Another highlight was the World Cup final, England against Beckenbauer's West Germany, in addition to England's Hearst becoming the only player in history to score a hat-trick in the World Cup final, it also left a mystery for the ages.
In extra time, Hirst's shot hit the lower part of the goal frame and bounced into the goal, in view of England's home advantage, the referee ruled that the goal had been scored, but the West Germans were not convinced, but helplessly, due to the backward technology at the time, even after the game from the slow motion, it was impossible to judge whether the goal was scored, and this case became an eternal unsolved case in the history of the World Cup, and it can no longer be solved.
"The next few World Cups have produced classic battles in history, and each team has paid great enthusiasm, until the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, I learned that sometimes, the game is not played by the players alone......" Maradona took a puff of cigarette and his thoughts drifted back to the summer of 86 in Mexico, the World Cup called "Diego•Maradona......