If you’ve been a long time or even a short time reader (I don’t like saying ‘follower’) you know that I’m a football loving fan. I intend to talk about the World Cup during the tournament, but today, I’ll just leave a few WC facts.
* The World Cup tournament was created by the Frenchmen Jules Rimet who, inspired by the success of the Olympic Games, had the idea of bringing nations together through football.
* The first World Cup match kicked off on July 13th, 1930 with France beating Mexico 4-1 in Uruguay.
* 13 teams took part in the first WC: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, France, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, the host Uruguay, USA, and Yugoslavia.
* This is the first time that Russia will host the World Cup. The Russians will be making their 11th WC appearance; their highest finish was 4th place in 1966.
* India withdrew from the competition in 1950 when they were denied playing barefoot in the WC tournament.
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All really interesting facts. Must say, the last one caught my attention best! 😉
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That was my favorite fact overall! 😄
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Thanks for sharing the facts. And thank you for calling football, football. In the US football is a different game all together 😊 always love reading your article
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Exactly! They’re two different games and I dislike when football is referred to as soccer. Thank you! 😄
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And I love football too. The one that is played with legs 😀
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Interesting! 🤔 Thanks for sharing!
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And thank you for reading! 😄
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Wow!! Interesting. Any idea why India withdrew from the 1950 WC tournament? I mean why was it so important for them to play barefooted?
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I’ll have to look into it. There were quite a few stories/excuses surrounding it.
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Orrr horr now I know why India doesn’t participate in the W.C 😛 LOL! Thanks for informing me!
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Hahaha! That was a long time ago, though, and I like to think that it was some sort of ‘cover up’, but there it is. 😄
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Hmm for real eh lolol!!!
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