The strangest tales of the World Cup 1934 .. Napoli is the first team to participate in the World Cup

The strangest tales of the World Cup 1934 .. Napoli is the first team to participate in the World Cup

In 1934, Italy was the only host country that had to play qualifiers to participate in the World Cup, which has never been repeated to this time.

At that time, football laws were not in the best condition, as the Italian team played 3 games in 4 days in an accident that was the only one in the history of the World Cup and came as follows:
Italy met with Spain on May 31 and tied with a goal for the same, which is the first draw in the World Cup, and the regime at the time was to return the match to break the draw, and it was returned the next day and Italy won a goal for one of its stars at that time, Giuseppe Meazza, who gave Inter stadium his current name.

Then, on June 2, Italy defeated Austria in Milan on its way to crown the first title.

The Italian leader, the dictator Moscilini, decided to attend the match that was held between Italy and the United States of America in the round of 16, and despite the special praise and welcome episodes he found on the honorary platform in Rome, when he came to attend the match, but he refused to enter the stadium without buying a ticket to attend it and his two sons who were I was accompanied by the audience’s box office.

Italy is fortunate that the match ended with their wide victory with a score of 7-1.
Beyond the story of Hak Italy, this version was also a witness to the strangest situations that occurred in the history of the World Cup, it is normal in our time to participate in the World Cup, and with him his primary shirt and his alternative shirt as well, but can a club participate in the World Cup? This is one of the fourth impossible, but this is what happened in this version of the World Cup.

The Napoli club shirt has already attended in the 1934 World Cup hosted by Italy, the Napoli stadium was the one who hosted the third place match, which brought together the teams of Austria and Germany on June 7 of that year, and the teams did not carry the clothes of the second uniform for its matches; Rather, there was no importance to the basis, because the fans in the field did not have notes even if the teams played their matches in clothes of close colors, especially since the TV transmission did not start at the time.

What happened in this match is that the teams of Germany and Austria wore the same colors “white shirt and black shorts”, which sparked the audience’s comment on the field that it is difficult to distinguish the players, which made the referee take a lot to choose who has to change his shirt, and it was the share of Austria.

Because Austria did not have an alternative shirt, the nearest alternative was used, which is the Napoli team store on the field; To give Austria players his blue shirts, so he played a “Napoli shirt” in the World Cup..

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