Will and Guy’s World Cup – 1934 Italy Winners (World Cup 2)
Final: Italy 2: 1 Czechoslovakia (AET) Lucky Italy
Strange but True
Surprisingly, the holders Uruguay were not among the finalists and the petulantly refused an invitation in response to a slight 4 years earlier.
Out of the mouths of babes
Over breakfast one morning, Martin kept staring intently at his granddad.
‘Is anything the matter, my boy?’ the old man asked.
‘No, Grampy. I was just wondering what position you play in the soccer team. ‘
‘What are you talking about?’ laughed Grampy loudly, ‘I’m far too old to play football. ‘
‘Oh, ‘responded Martin, ‘It’s just that Dad said that when you kicked off, we’ d be able to afford a new car. ‘
New Innovations
3rd Place Final introduced. Germany 3: 2 Austria
Classic Game
Italy Beat Wunderteam Austria (1-0)
Average goals per game 3.9
Key Players
Guillermo Stábile (Argentina) 8 Goals
Giuseppe Meazza (Italy) So revered he has a stadium named after him in Milan
Background
The second world cup was more organized and more desirable 32 countries entered, 16 qualified for finals, which were held in Italy.
Mussolini gave Hitler ideas for propaganda which Hitler shamelessly developed for the 1936 Olympic games.
