Interesting things about the World Cup.

1 Whose ball is used? (1 World Cup 1930 Uruguay)

Before the final, Argentina asked to use its own football, and Uruguay insisted on using its own football. The embarrassed referee finally decided by guessing coins, playing the ball brought by the Argentine in the first half and replacing it with the ball provided by Uruguay in the second half. As a result, Argentina led 2-/kloc-0 in the first half and Uruguay scored 3 goals in the second half. A little football is like being enchanted.

Mussolini's Personal Referee (Second World Cup Italy 1934)

The great dictator Mussolini not only decided to make the Italian team's jersey blue because he liked the Mediterranean, but also invited three stars from Argentina, including Monti, to change their nationalities and participate in the competition. He even appointed Swede Eklund to judge the final between Italy and the Czech Republic. With Mussolini's intervention, Italy finally won the cup.

However, FIFA has introduced two "new policies" after this World Cup: first, referees are directly appointed by the arbitration commission to prevent the host country from controlling referees; Second, players can only represent one country in the World Cup in the future, and they are not allowed to change their nationality and participate in the World Cup repeatedly.

3 "1 0 is1",laugh off the fangs! (The 4th World Cup Brazil 1950)

Before this World Cup, the FA thought that as long as teams were sent to the championship, they were the only ones. But when they played against the United States, they unexpectedly lost 0-/kloc-0. When the news reached Britain, the editors of the rear media couldn't believe the result, thinking that the score of England was "1", so they released the news of England 10 win 1, which became a big joke in the history of world news. Americans, on the other hand, took this game as the theme and made a movie called "The Most Important Game in Their Life" to praise the American players who created miracles.

4 "Berne Miracle" in doubt (5th World Cup 1954 Switzerland)

The group match was defeated by Hungary's Federal Republic of Germany 3-8, and the outstanding opponent was retaliated by 3-2. This final is called the most magical final in the history of the World Cup and the "Berne miracle" in history. In June 2003, the film Miracle of Bern was released, which touched the hearts of many fans. However, a year later, a German TV station revealed that the former West Germany team took drugs during the 1954 World Cup and won the championship by "syringes". For a time, whether Rahn and Walter were heroes or liars attracted a lot of public opinion.

5 The Third Football Revolution (10 World Cup 1974 West Germany)

1974 The whirlwind of the World Cup is orange, and a group of talents have gathered under Dutch coach michels. The flags of cruyff, Neskens and Renson Blencke ... Football fluttered in the wind. Players can constantly change each other's positions, as long as they can come back to participate in the defense, they can press on the attack, which requires players to have strong personal ability. Although the Dutch team finally came second, the "all-football" way they pioneered became a trend, which was called the "third football revolution".

6 Old Horse's "Hand of God" (13 World Cup 1986 Mexico)

In this World Cup, Argentina beat England 2-/KLOC-0-0, which may be the condensation of diego maradona's life, the combination of genius and controversy. 5 1 minute, he scored a goal with his hand, and the referee actually confirmed that the goal was valid. Later, diego maradona recalled: "At that time, I called it' the hand of God', but it was totally nonsense. It should be Diego's hand! It feels like pickpocketing the British! In the interview before the game, we all said that football has nothing to do with politics. This is a lie. We are thinking about the Falklands War. "

7 Uncle Mira plays "Crazy" (14th World Cup Italy 1990)

The most dazzling star of this World Cup is 38-year-old Cameroonian striker Milla. He came off the bench in five games, but magically scored four goals. In the group match against Romania, Milla scored two goals after coming off the bench. He ran to the corner flag and danced hip-twisting, which became one of the classic scenes of that World Cup. After the group qualified, Cameroonians met Colombians, and Milla came off the bench again, scoring two key goals. In overtime, he played "crazy goalkeeper" Yi Jita, and then scored, which is a classic.

8 "own goal" triggered a bloody case (15 World Cup 1994 USA)

On June 22nd, Colombian player Escobar scored the only own goal in this competition in the 1-2 loss to the United States. 10 days later, Escobar was shot and killed in Medellin, Colombia. The murderer shot him 12 and shouted "own goal" while shooting. This is the most shocking event during the World Cup in America. In the face of the death of a young life, football seems so insignificant. On 9 June 2005, humberto Mu? oz Castro, the murderer of Escobar, was released from prison. In June 2005, he was sentenced to 43 years in prison, but he was released early because of his "good performance" in prison.

9 Beckham meets "smooth operator" (16 World Cup 1998 France)

The World War I between England and Argentina is a classic battle of this World Cup, and finally the "Three Lions" narrowly won the penalty shootout. England's defeat was directly related to midfielder David Beckham being sent off with a red card. Only two minutes into the second half, Simone knocked down Beckham from behind, and the fallen Englishman became angry and kicked his calf at each other. Simone immediately fell on her back with great exaggeration. Referee Nelson thought Beckham was deliberately retaliating and showed a red card! It should be said that the contact between the two was very slight, but Beckham did have revenge motive, and the referee's penalty was correct. England's first World Cup player can only blame Argentina's slick.

10 "Korean miracle" controversy (17 2002 Korea/Japan World Cup)

South Korea, one of the host countries, became the biggest dark horse in this World Cup, and they set the best record for Asian teams in the World Cup-reaching the semi-finals. The birth of "Korean Miracle" certainly benefited from the high-level training organization and on-the-spot command of head coach Hiddink and the tenacious struggle of Korean players, but the referee's obvious partiality and escort were also important reasons. 1/8 In the final against Italy, Ecuadorian referee Moreno blew off tommasi's goal first, and then sent off Italian ace Totti, making the host 2- 1 win. In the 1/4 final match against Spain, Egyptian referee ghandour mercilessly denied the matador's two legitimate goals, which made South Korea pass another hurdle in the penalty shootout. As a result, the mistakes and omissions of the referee's law enforcement have also become the biggest stain of the World Cup in Korea and Japan.

1 1 Qi Zu's "One Top" shocked the whole world (Germany 18 World Cup in 2006)

This World Cup is Zidane's last World Cup, and the final farewell was expected, but it was unexpected to say goodbye in this way. In the last match between France and Italy, Italian defender Materazzi "greeted" his family, and the enraged Zidane bumped his head against each other. As a result, a red card made Qi Zu's career end early. A few years after the World Cup, the feud between Materazzi and Zidane has not subsided. Although this red card didn't stop Zidane from winning the Golden Globe Award of this World Cup, the lonely figure that he missed the World Cup when he left the stadium is still deeply left in people's memory.