Fortunately, they never knew if Mussolini would carry out the threats

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The football festival of the best national teams in the world moved from South America (1930 in Uruguay) to Europe for the first time (1934). Fascist propaganda in Italy elegantly defeated rival Sweden in its struggle for the place of the first World Cup host on the old continent and was preparing for the pinnacle of football.

The defending champion took care of the multipliers. Proud Uruguay took revenge on the Italians and some other leading European teams for not participating in the 1930 World Cup. He also told the hosts that he did not agree with the fascist regime. He refused to participate in the tournament, so it turned out that the throne of the world would be occupied by a new national team. This was the first and last time the world champion did not defend the title in the upcoming competition.

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As many as 12 of the 16 participants in the 1934 restroom were from Europe.
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The South American colors were defended in the first World Cup finals on European soil by Argentina and Brazil, but for various reasons they traveled to Italy with weak teams. There was not a single Gaui footballer who played in the 1930 final. There was a special exception Luis Monti, who changed his choice in the 1934 World Cup and played for Italy. He later went down in history as the first footballer to play in two consecutive World Cup Finals.

In Italy, football fans were also absent from England. If it was possible to judge by the results of friendly matches, then the islanders were the best in Europe at that period, but, as in 1930 in Uruguay, they thanked the invitation. They behaved arrogantly towards the rest of the national teams. The FIFA bid, which offered England and Scotland direct participation in the tournament without qualification, also did not help.

The 1934 World Cup is the first in history when they played a qualifier. 32 participants applied, and after 27 qualifying matches, 16 teams reached the World Cup. There were 12 Europeans who excelled in the competition. Eight representatives of European football participated in the quarter-finals. An African actor performing for the first time. It was Egypt.

The World Cup has never been so close to Slovenia

The first World Cup on European soil was marked by great fascist propaganda.
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There was no collegiate role in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, but the competition began with the elimination phase. Eight seeds were named, so the best did not immediately encounter each other. The home Azzurri was forced to win, as any other outcome would have angered the sensitive Italian leader, the great Duce Benito Mussolini, who established a fascist dictatorship in 1925. They made sure they did better with carefully selected reinforcements. Four Argentines came of Italian and one Brazilian descent.

The World Cup has never been so close to Slovenia since one match was also held in Trieste. At Littorio Stadium, Czechoslovakia, in excellent form in 1934, defeated Romania. decided to duel Aldrich is not eatenlater the top scorer in the competition.

At the World Cup in Italy, Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora made a great impression in the match against the hosts.
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The Romanians, along with Switzerland, were killers of Yugoslavia in the qualifiers and prevented them from making their second consecutive World Cup appearance. specific Bosko Simonovic This time he not only relied on Serbian footballers, as he did in WC 1930 in Uruguay, but he failed.

The phenomenon of the Spanish goalkeeper Zamora and the anger of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini wanted to meet in the final in 1934, but Czechoslovakia thwarted the Germans’ plans.
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Italy soon indicated that they could become world champions. On her debut, she filled the US net 7:1, and in the quarter-finals this was followed by a confrontation with Spain. It was hard. The meeting in Florence, which was marked by a combative and violent match with a lot of injuries, ended without a win after extra time (1:1). Since there was no 11m penalty at that time, the two fierce opponents had to face off again.

Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo ZamoraThen it was called the Zamora cave Jan Oblak He has already won five times, which is also a record, starred in the first match. He defended almost everything defensible, but he also collected them in a very difficult match. Due to two broken ribs, he was unable to help in the second match. The Italians took advantage of this and advanced to the semi-finals.

The Czechoslovaks also reached the top four and beat the Germans there. This made them angry Adolf Hitler, who was anticipating the final, where he planned to compete and hang out with his friend Mussolini. He demanded that football players win the world championship. There were plenty of stories about how he pressured various actors, including Italian footballers, competitors and referees, and finally rejoiced that the title stayed home after the dramatic final.

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The Ozori were very lucky, as the Czechoslovaks hit the post right after their 1:0 lead. At that time, there were only ten minutes left. Thanks to the first Italian series by Giuseppe Meazza And the happy result in the final, domestic footballers did not disappoint Mussolini. He scored the winning goal in extra time in the 95th minute Angelo Schiavio.

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