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The United States is a world-recognized sports power, but when it comes to football, the American team can only be ranked third-rate. For Americans, the World Cup is more of a bystander. However, in the fourth World Cup held in Brazil in 1950, the Americans achieved an astonishing victory. The U.S. team, composed of a "motley crew", was upset in the group stage and defeated the established team 1-0. England

This has also become the pride of the Americans in the history of the World Cup.

This game is really interesting. The victory of the "miscellaneous" American team not only made the English, known as the "originator of football," lose face, but also made the English full of laughter. What is told here is the joke made by a British newspaper after the game...

Due to the impact of World War II, the World Cup was suspended, and many football powers attached great importance to the 1950 World Cup. Brazil World Cup. This is not only a historic football event that fans around the world are eagerly awaiting after 12 years, but also an excellent stage for a new generation of players to showcase their skills.

The British naturally regard this World Cup as a major event. Even in the qualifiers, four local British teams "killed each other" for two places. An interlude: After a fierce battle, the Scotland team ranked second behind England, which means they have obtained the right to qualify. But the Scots insisted on a showdown with the English, and made a big statement: "Only the first place is qualified to go to Brazil!" As a result, the England team defeated the Scots 1-0 at Hampden Park, and the Scots had to He swallowed the bitter pill and watched helplessly as the England team went to Brazil on behalf of Great Britain.

When the England delegation took a sea ship to the South American continent, a young man also went with the team, silently paying attention to every move of the team members. His name is Jack, and he is a football reporter for a well-known London newspaper. This time he went to Brazil as a reporter for the England team to provide comprehensive coverage of the World Cup. Like many British fans, Jack is also a loyal follower of the England team, but he is a reporter, and he must view and report the success or failure of the England team from an objective and fair perspective. He dreamed of sending news of England's championship from Brazil to his motherland...

After arriving in Brazil, the English smiled with relief after seeing their group opponents. They were placed in the second group, along with Chile, the United States, and Spain. In the eyes of the English, except for Spain, which is a strong opponent, the other two teams are not worth mentioning. As long as they beat Spain, they will be guaranteed to win. Therefore, the arrogant English only studied the tactics of the game against Spain, but they did not pay attention to the Chilean team and the American team at all.

In the first match against Chile, the England team showed the style of a strong team. Their long passes and aggressive attacks made it difficult for the Chileans to parry. Jack, who was sitting in the stands, applauded England's wonderful attack from time to time. The England team, which became more and more courageous as they fought, scored two goals against the Chilean team, 2-0. England's "debut performance" in the World Cup was perfect. Jack was so excited. He seemed to see the Golden Goddess Cup waving to England. After the game, he quickly ran back to the hotel and called his editor-in-chief Charlie and his good friend Tom to tell the good news, so that they could share the happiness and let the English fans who could not come to Brazil experience the exciting news. time.

When they played against the US team in the second game, every England player's eyes were full of arrogance and cynicism. Jack, who was in a good mood, sat in the stands early. He had been thinking about how to write an article about England's victory over the United States. Maybe this article would make him a household name in England...

The whistle that started the game woke Jack from his sweet dream. When he carefully looked at the roster of the American team, he almost laughed out loud. This American team, which is said to be full of talents, is actually a "United Nations team": the goalkeeper Borghi is Italian, the defense core Maca has Italian descent, the forward line is the Sosa brothers from Portugal, and the number one killer Kjans is A true Haitian... The England team naturally disdained such a motley team. At the beginning of the game, the proud Englishmen began to play personal dribbling that they were not familiar with. Every English player wanted to dribble past the American defender and score. England's "performance" made the passionate Brazilian audience applaud, and Jack stood up excitedly, cheering every exaggerated move of the England players.

The American team is not easy to deal with! They were not intimidated by these stars from the homeland of modern football. On the contrary, they were delighted by the arrogance of the English. They know very well that the English's solo fight is just a show of force. As long as the English do not use their special "magic weapon" long pass and lob, the American team has a chance to win! Sure enough, the English paid the price for their frivolity. In the 38th minute, Haitian Kjans seized an opportunity and scored a powerful shot to break the English team's door. This goal stunned the England players. Jack, who had been standing and cheering, also sat heavily in the stands. He could hardly believe his eyes. How did the Americans score?

The England team woke up from a dream after being hit hard. At halftime, the England coach scolded his disciples and told them to get the score back in the second half. Not daring to play with fire anymore, the England players couldn't wait to start the second half with long passes and a crazy attack on the Americans. Jack, holding a pen, quickly recorded the changes that took place on the field. His anxious face told people that he was a fervent England fan. Jack almost became the 12th member of the England team on the field, constantly cheering for his compatriots secretly... The Americans played very sophisticatedly, and they adopted sabotage tactics. Only Kjans was left at the forward, and the rest The players all retreated to defend. As long as they got the ball, they would kick it into the opponent's half or simply kick it out of bounds. This left the England players with no tricks at all and could only become more and more anxious. Time passed by minute by second, and the English seemed to have lost confidence. Their offense was repeatedly blocked, and the Americans' defense had no loopholes... The whistle at the end of the game sounded, and the stands were in an uproar. The audience was waiting for this big upset. Marvel. The England players walked to the dugout with their heads hanging, while the American players hugged each other excitedly. Jack sat blankly in the stands for a long time and refused to leave. He seemed to have forgotten that he was a reporter. He was just an England fan who was extremely sad...

When Jack returned to the hotel, he The editor-in-chief and colleagues at home were waiting impatiently. Jack, who was dizzy, grabbed the phone and squeezed out a few words like a drunken man: "0 to 1! We lost." Then, he He put down the phone and started writing the article he didn't want to write...

The editor who answered Jack's call couldn't believe that England would lose to the United States. He jokingly said: "Jack must be in Brazil." I was so happy that I even got the score wrong.” The editor-in-chief Charlie couldn’t believe it was true, and just said: “Jack may be too tired.” Jack was indeed tired, when he finished the game in one breath. When he finished writing the news, he made a big mistake and actually changed the title "The United States defeated England 1-0" to "England defeated the United States 1-0", and he didn't even realize that this was wrong! In his mind, England were always the winners.

When this erroneous article was sent back to the rear, it immediately aroused controversy in the newspaper office. Everyone said in unison: "This Jack is simply crazy! How could the England team only win by one goal? It must be It was Jack who made a mistake and got the score wrong. Just now he said that England had lost 10-0. Jack missed a 0. "Everyone's opinions made the editor-in-chief Charlie make up his mind! , with a stroke of his pen, he changed the title of this article to "England beat the United States 10-0!"

The next day, this news appeared on the front page, and the English people rushed to buy it. newspaper. Everyone said: "10 to 0, what a joy to win. It seems that the boys of the England team are going to bring back the Golden Goddess Cup!" Just when Charlie and his men were proud of the hot sales of the newspaper, a piece of news almost Letting them faint to the ground, the American radio station broadcast the news of the American team's unexpected 1-0 victory over the England team, along with a recording of the live interview that day! The English were dumbfounded, and Charlie was stunned. He knew that they had left a big laughing stock in the history of world news!

Jack was dumbfounded when he learned about this. He really realized his "wishes" and his name was really known to everyone in England, but people called Jack a "stupid reporter".

A few days later, the England team was defeated 1-0 by Spain in the last game of the group stage and missed the rematch.

When they set out on their return journey, they didn't know that there was a comedy waiting for them to end in China...

War and Peace

The World Cup is a "war"! On this complicated stage, players are competing for their skills and coaches are competing for wits and courage. This is a big competition between different nationalities and different personalities. In addition to the excitement on the World Cup stage, you can also smell a strong smell of gunpowder. ". Fans from all kinds of countries have become the protagonists in this "war".

The Argentine football team has a wild style of play, and their fans are even more fiery. Their preference for the home team is obviously emotional. In the first World Cup in 1930, Argentine fans almost created a fan war. …

Because the right to host the first World Cup was won by “neighbor” Uruguay, the Argentines, who had been competing with Uruguay in football, were furious and vowed to make a fuss during the World Cup. Uruguay, vent this bad breath in your heart.

Twenty thousand Argentinian fans took dozens of large boats and sailed along the Rio de la Plata to Uruguay. A riot. Fortunately, the shrewd Uruguayans were on guard. They sent more than a thousand heavily armed military police to "wait" for the Argentine fans at the port of Montevideo, the capital. The Argentines received a special "courtesy" - a body search. The results made the Uruguayans frightened. They found piles of murder weapons from the Argentine fans!

Uruguayans secretly rejoiced that their precautions were wise. Later, they paid even more "care" to the Argentinian fans. On the streets of Montevideo, Argentinians encountered wary looks everywhere. Without "weapons", Argentine fans could only wage a "spiritual war."

On the eve of the decisive battle between Argentina and Uruguay, Montevideo was like a "city that never sleeps", the streets and alleys were brightly lit, and almost all Uruguayan fans gathered in this ancient city. Reveling in the streets, talking about the secrets of Uruguayan players in the bar, predicting who will win the first World Cup tomorrow...

At this time, Argentine fans appeared, wearing Argentina uniforms They held up the national flag and shouted "Argentina, Argentina" on the street. They also raised their hands in the "2-0" gesture, seeming to warn the Uruguayans: "Be careful, the Argentina team will win 2-0!" This kind of behavior Infuriating the Uruguayans, they responded with a "3-0" gesture. In this way, two equally wild peoples clashed. The Argentineans taunted the Uruguayans with vicious words and said: "This is a failed World Cup! It would not be like this if Argentina were to host it!" The Uruguayans counterattacked the Argentines, " You are barbarians." The words between the two sides became more and more fierce. Several Argentinian fans even fought with the Uruguayans. Several people struggled with each other, and no one refused to admit defeat. Fortunately, the military and police arrived in time to stop the incident. It will not get worse, but Argentine fans and Uruguayan fans have since forged a grudge. In future games between the two teams, there have been frequent scenes of fierce conflicts between fans of the two countries.

The final ended with the Uruguayans' victory, and the Argentines returned home with hatred. In the following days, major radio stations and newspapers in Argentina began to collectively denounce Uruguay as "despicable people" who used the referee to "help" win the Champions League. There was also a large-scale demonstration and rally against the Uruguayans in the capital Buenos Aires. The Uruguayans did not give in at all and responded with the same insults to the Argentinians. This led to a quarrel between the two football associations and no more contact, which gave the South American pair "Neighbors" cast a shadow.

Game of Death

The World Cup is really a magical stage. The little football controls people's emotions, and people are crazy about it and lose their minds for it. Some farces in football stadiums can only be laughed at. But there are also things that make matters worse. The World Cup actually became the trigger for war, causing the two countries to break off diplomatic relations over football and triggering a war. This is not alarmist, but a real incident. El Salvador and Honduras, two neighboring countries in Central America, fought for a ticket to the World Cup in the 1969 World Cup qualifiers, and staged such a football war...

June 1969 On the 8th, in sunny Honduras, fans are looking forward to a grand festival. The Honduras football team will play a key match against neighboring El Salvador to determine a ticket to the ninth World Cup.

In order to disturb the rest of the El Salvador team, the fanatical and irrational Honduran fans took advantage of the host country and came to the hotel where the El Salvador team was staying the night before the game to shout wildly. They set off firecrackers and Loudspeakers, and even worse, stones were thrown at the glass windows of the hotel. The glass windows of many Salvadoran team members' rooms were smashed... The Salvadoran team members were so frightened that they could only sit together and stay up all night.

The result of the second day's game can be imagined. Amid the deafening shouts of the Honduran fans, the exhausted Salvadoran players had no power to fight back and persisted for 89 minutes. With one minute left in the game, the El Salvador players couldn't hold on any longer, and many players fell to the ground in pain. The Honduras team seized this opportunity and scored the winning goal, winning the victory in disgrace. this game.

At the same time, there is a girl named Amelia in El Salvador. She is a loyal fan of the El Salvador team. She saw her idols being tortured so miserably in front of the TV, and she could no longer control her emotions. When the final whistle sounded, Amelia took out her father's pistol, pointed it at her heart and fired it. The trigger was pulled... A young girl ended her life like this, for her beloved team and for her motherland.

The news that Amelia "dedicated her life" to football shocked the entire country of El Salvador. The president personally led government ministers to attend her funeral. On the day of her funeral, the streets of San Salvador's capital were packed with people, and the funeral was broadcast live on national television. At the funeral, many Salvadoran fans were filled with indignation. They shouted angrily: "Amelia's blood cannot be shed in vain, and she wants revenge from the Hondurans!"

A week later, the Honduran team came to El Salvador. This time it was their turn to be stoned. A large number of angry Salvadoran fans surrounded the hotel where the Honduras team was staying, smashed all the windows of the hotel with stones and wooden sticks, and threw hundreds of rotten eggs into the hotel. , dead frogs and toads. Honduran players hid in the hotel for fear of being discovered by Salvadoran fans. Seeing that the situation was uncontrollable, the El Salvadoran government had to send a large number of military police to protect the Honduran players. In this way, the Honduran players escaped.

On the day of the game, the Honduran team was sent to the field by military armored vehicles. The stadium was already filled with excited Salvadoran fans. They held up portraits of their heroine Amelia, shouted slogans: "Honduras, go back!" and burned a Honduran flag in the stands. . When the Honduran players came on the field, the Salvadoran fans began to rush forward and were ready to give the Honduran players some color. Because a large number of military police were guarding the area, a disaster was avoided. Under such a scene, the Honduran players were naturally not interested in playing. Their only thought was to go home alive. With no fighting spirit, they were defeated by the revenge-hungry El Salvador team and lost 0-3. When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the Honduran players didn't even bother to go back to the locker room. They rushed into the armored vehicles and rushed directly to the airport to return home. This trip to El Salvador was a nightmare for them.

Seeing the Honduran players "escape" collectively, the Salvadoran fans could only vent their hatred on the Honduran fans. Fans from two neighboring countries started a fight on the streets of San Sal. As a result, the outnumbered Salvadoran fans beat up the Hondurans. Two Honduran fans were killed on the spot, and dozens of Honduran fans were killed. Seriously injured, 150 Honduran cars were burned, and a football match made relations between the two countries highly tense...

A few hours later, the two countries announced that the border was closed, and soon an outbreak of violence broke out between the two countries. local war. In this war, the two nations engaged in brutal killings. More than 6,000 people died, 200,000 were injured, and 50,000 lost their homes... A football farce eventually turned into a human tragedy!

Humanity has once again exposed its weaknesses in the World Cup. I hope the World Cup will be peace instead of war.

Last Tango in Paris

English people have always regarded themselves as "gentlemen", but British fanatical fans are not gentlemen at all. During international football competitions, they like to cause trouble and be in the limelight. England fans will receive "special care" from the military and police.

Therefore, English fans are an extremely unstable factor in people's eyes, and the notorious English "football hooligans" are even more hated by people. In the 1998 World Cup in France, England's "football hooligans" became wild and turned the peaceful World Cup upside down... The England team was stationed in the famous seaport city of Marseille during the World Cup group stage. Therefore, Marseille has become a favorite of England fans. "Headquarters". England's "football hooligans" regard Marseille as a stage for their "performance" and have long been prepared to cause a scene... On June 13, 1998, before the match between England and Tunisia started, England's "football hooligans" "War" on Tunisian fans. They caused trouble after drinking. First, they smashed a car parked next to a pub and broke the windows of several shops with rocks. Then they surrounded some Tunisian fans, provoking them with swear words and then using fists. The Tunisian fans couldn't bear it and responded angrily. Both sides threw stones at each other. Many Tunisian fans were hit with bloody heads. The French riot police took action after hearing the news and used tear gas to disperse the English "football hooligans" and arrested more than 30 "football hooligans" who participated in the trouble. Among these "football hooligans", there are several notorious ones: Hickmott, nicknamed "The General", leads a football hooligan gang called the "Chelsea Headhunters". There is a 25-year history of violent crimes; Moore, who has been rampant in European football with violence since the 1980s, actually claimed to "return to the world" this time and caused trouble in France; there are also Jones, the leader of the "British Defense Line Advance Army", " The French police had a headache... In desperation, the French police came up with a trick to deal with these "football hooligans". They used an undercover method to "capture the thief first." ". To this end, a "special operations team" was set up to infiltrate the fans. After careful "reconnaissance", they identified several "key figures". 30 riot police and 90 police officers launched a surprise attack and captured Several English football hooligans who took the lead in causing trouble.

However, some English fans revealed that, in fact, England's real football "hooligan tycoons" have not yet come to France, and they are ready to show off their skills in the quarter-final showdown between England and Argentina. In England, these people are all upper class, either bank bosses in suits or gentlemanly engineers. But when it comes to football competitions, especially the World Cup, they tear off their gentlemanly masks and become outright football hooligans. Thanks to the development of computer networks, these "tycoons" can command their "subordinates" to cause trouble in France from the comfort of their homes through computers. Once there was any trouble, they ordered their "subordinates" to pretend to be honest fans and lurk on standby... So when the England team entered the top 16 smoothly, these English "football hooligans" immediately became much better behaved, and everyone put on a friendly face. With smiling faces, several naughty young Englishmen even took a group photo with French policemen, and several fans pulled some French girls to sing and dance. Who would have thought that England's "football hooligans" were secretly planning a "bloody battle" with Argentinian fans to avenge old grudges at the 1986 Mexico World Cup... But this "conspiracy" failed to escape the eyes of the French police. Before the "War of the Century" between Britain and Afghanistan, the English police compiled a list of English "football hooligan" leaders and collaborated with the French police to identify and arrest them. The Argentinian police even traveled thousands of miles to France to track down several Argentine "football hooligans". Monitor their every move to prevent bloody conflicts between British and Arab fans. The day before the game started, the air in the city of Saint-Etienne was so tense that it was breathless. The Argentine far-right organization planned that the Argentine fans were preparing to have a big fight with the English! The English "football hooligans" who wore strange clothes and painted their faces were even more rampant. They took the initiative to approach the Argentinians to provoke and abuse them, and they saw that a "war" was about to break out. The well-prepared police forces from the three countries joined forces to stop this bloody fight and arrested several "hooligan tycoons" in one fell swoop, turning England's many "football hooligans" into a mob... In the "War of the Century", the England team took a penalty kick. Losing to Argentina in the battle, the dream of revenge was completely shattered. England fans lost both the ball and the people. The English "football hooligans" made the whole of England losers in this farce!