Sindelar's life

Sindelar was thin and nicknamed "Paper Man". He can be as pervasive as a ghost and can penetrate any tight defense. Since joining the national team at the age of 20, Sindelar has been occupying the position of the main center. I'm afraid Sindelar's long-range kung fu is unparalleled so far. His slender long legs contain great power comparable to that of a cannon. Today, Sindelar's famous saying is still circulating in international football: "My favorite way to shoot is to dribble for all defenders. When they turn around, they only see the net floating. "

Although his footwork is dazzling, Sindelar is not the kind of player who likes to show off his footwork. He has a good overall view and a broad vision. These advantages, combined with his excellent ball control skills, make him a natural leader of a team and a master on the football field. At that time, Austria became a world-class team under his leadership, and later people called this team a magical team in history. Sindelar has also profoundly influenced and promoted the development of European football technology. Later generations like to call Sindelar and his teammates Viennese Lace.

Sindelar was even the founder of the latest football tactic "pseudo-center", which was a friendly match between England and Austria at Stamford Bridge in 1932. England finally won 4-3, but people have a general understanding of Sindelar, that is, the thin but imaginative striker's excessive retreat in midfield hurt England's morale, and he tried to organize the attack almost as many times as he shot. Although the Austrian national team was established only seven years ago, under the leadership of Hugo Meisl and jimmy hogan, it beat the Scottish team 5-0 in the year of its establishment, which was a blockbuster. In the next 26 international games, he lost only two, invincible, and stood out in European football. At that time, Uruguay was the leader of Latin America, while the Austrian team in European football was almost invincible. As we all know, it was Hungarians who set England's unbeaten record at home, but in fact Austria almost broke the record before that. Under the leadership of Sindelar, they went to England, and Sindelar made the arrogant English people unable to find the north. Excellent skills and powerful long-range shots brought them close to ending their opponents' record, but England was tough after all and Austria lost 2-3. After the game, the European media was shocked, and the British media even shouted that the Austrian almost singled out England!

1934, Austria participated in the World Cup in Italy as the favourite to win the championship. They will enter the semi-finals, where they will meet the host Italy. Before the game, the Italian team formulated special defensive tactics to curb Sindelar's play. They used this tactic very successfully in the competition. Sindelar was kicked off by the Italian defender, and the Austrian attack was greatly reduced. In the end, it lost to its opponent by 0: 1 and was eliminated. After that, in the third place competition, the Austrian team with low morale and lack of Sindelar lost to the opponent again, and finally only got the fourth place. However, Sindelar was named the best player for his superb dribbling skills, free feint and decisive and powerful shooting. But he has no chance to make a comeback, because Austria was occupied by Germany before his second World Cup opportunity came. Although Hitler practiced anti-Semitism at that time, he attached great importance to Sindelar as a Jew. He very much hoped that the newly formed Dedeo United could have this talented midfielder, but Sindelar didn't buy it, which angered the Fuehrer.

1938 On April 3rd, in order to celebrate the reunification of Germany and Austria in 1938, Hitler and his followers organized a football match between Germany and Austria and the Third Reich. In fact, since March 1938, Hitler and his soldiers forcibly occupied Austria and announced their "merger" with Austria, Hitler has never been in such a good mood. He didn't even think that he would spend so much time in Austria, a tiny place. The Austrians almost never gave up their hostility towards the German invaders. For Hitler, his goal was the whole of Europe, and Austria was just the beginning, so football was mentioned on the Fuehrer's desk by politicians.

Using football matches to draw closer the friendship between the Third Reich and Austria became the first "political show" after Hitler annexed Austria. In order to publicize the national prestige of the "Third Reich" and thoroughly disintegrate Austria's resistance enthusiasm, Hitler specially appointed Sindelar, the first Austrian star at that time, to participate in this competition, and before the competition, the confidant of the Fuehrer gave Sindelar the order that he must lose the competition.

1On April 3rd, 938, the friendly football match between Germany and Austria and the Third Reich organized by Hitler and his followers started as scheduled. Sindelar and his Austrian team played in jerseys made of the Austrian flag. Unsurprisingly, this politically meaningful game was mediocre from the beginning. Austria's star players are immersed in their feet without fighting spirit, and 60 thousand Austrian fans in the stands silently taste the pain of national subjugation.

Just as Nazi officers began to appreciate their masterpieces with satisfaction, Sindelar broke out. This man, known as "paper man" because of his thin figure, began a gorgeous dribbling performance in the cheers of the audience, tearing apart the brutal defense of the Germans again and again. The audience also began to boil. Anti-war banners such as "anti-Prussia" and "anti-Germanic" began to fly over the stadium, and the audience was filled with emotion. Under the leadership of Sindelar, the Austrian team defeated Germany 3-0, leaving no face for the Germans.

After the game, the "paper man" led his team members to the audience to thank the fans. With tears in their eyes, 60,000 Austrian fans shouted the names of their heroes, "Sindelar" and "Sindelar". On the battlefield, Austria lost to Germany, but on the football field, Sindelar won back the long-lost dignity for the Austrians.

The farce on the court made Hitler furious and Sindelar's football career began to come to an end. 1938 World Cup starts in France. The politicians of the "Third Reich" first excluded Sindelar, who was bent on revenge four years ago, from the Austrian team. Finally, they temporarily changed their minds before the game and prevented Austria from participating in this World Cup on the grounds that Austria was occupied by Germany. In the end, in the absence of the strongest opponent, the Italian team supported by Hitler's political ally Mussolini successfully defended its title without any suspense. After that, Sindelar's Jewish identity was constantly in trouble under the rule of racist Hitler. Sindelar lives under threat to his life almost every day, because he has repeatedly publicly expressed his anti-Nazi tendency and the "bad impression" left by the "Oder River" war on Hitler's followers. However, due to Schindler's high prestige in the Austrian mind, Hitler, who was carefully sketching out a huge war plan at this time, did not start work on Schindler.

This nearly a year is undoubtedly the most turbulent and comfortable day in Sindelar's life. In order to avoid unnecessary troubles, Sindelar stayed away from politics, even football, and lived in seclusion with his four-year-old lover. Is a woman who believes in Catholicism all her life. Sindelar, who was brought up by her mother as a child, found her long-lost peace with her lover.

But as an Austrian hero, Sindelar never wanted to be alone. Since then, when the German ruler dismissed the then president of the Austrian Football Association on the grounds of being Jewish, and gave his position to a suitable candidate of Aryan descent, Sindelar once again stood up and publicly expressed his opposition, which angered the authorities again and threatened Sindelar's life safety again. 1939 1 One morning in June, Sindelar turned on the gas in her apartment and quietly left this world with her 40-year-old mistress. In his legendary short life, Sindelar and this woman several years older than him spent many wonderful times and went to the invisible world together.

There are many stories about Sindelar's death. Although most people think that Sindelar committed suicide, some people say that he died of Nazi murder, others think that suicide is just an illusion, and the real Sindelar has fled Austria. Of course, as we all know, this is just a small and beautiful wish of people. Sindelar has been completely out of people's sight and away from his beloved football. Like a meteor, dazzling and gorgeous, but fleeting, the year he died, he was not yet 36 years old.

When the country went bankrupt but could do nothing, Sindelar didn't want to beg for mercy from the victors as a conquered nation, but went to die proudly. After Sindelar's death, the Austrians regarded him as a hero. Although the authorities blocked him by various means, on the day of his funeral, more than 20 thousand people spontaneously attended his funeral. The whole of Austria is mourning the death of their football genius.

Of course, no one can fully understand the cause of Sindelar's final death. Of course, there is the bloody sadness of national subjugation, but when a dancer destined to be born for football, at the moment of his peak, he can't perform in football. Sindelar's heart is dead.

Sindelar's last official international competition was between Austria and Switzerland in 1937. He scored a goal, the 27th in 43 appearances for the national team. In addition, he was the first person to be called the king of the ball by China media. In the 1930s, Shen Bao used the word "king of the ball" when reporting on him.