Posted on 07/13/2014 7:50:19 AM PDT by Perdogg
The chest blaze and back stripe are red. The shoulder stripes are black. And the jersey is white.
Italy won in 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006. Germany won in 1954, 1974, 1990 and now 2014.
So the two leading European football powers have the most wins since the FIFA tournament began in 1930. Brazil remains the all-time leader. Argentina and Uruguay are tied for two titles and England, France and Spain have one title each.
There have been exactly three countries that have won more than three titles - only one of them from South America despite its reputation as a football powerhouse. The 2014 World Cup will be remembered in more ways than one but significantly for Germany ending a 24-year old drought since its last World Cup title.
But it's their first as a united country.
Yes. Before they played as West Germany.
This is united Germany’s first World Cup title.
But its the fourth since the united Germany is a continuation of the Federal Republic established in 1949.
And in 1990, they won three months before official reunification, so for all intents and purposes, even then, the whole country was behind them.
1934 was somewhat of a rigged affair though. Read any authoritative history on the World Cup, it will tell you so. Oh and not only that, the Italians had Argentines on the team that actually probably were not eligible.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/worldcup/germany-accused-of-doping-in-1954-world-cup-2118271.html Germany’s own university seems to insinuate they doped in 1954.
And 1978 was a dodgy World Cup too that Argentina won and probably with a bit of extra wings like the 1954 Team.
So those stats are so so to me. Officially so but with room to ponder just for me.
And the game with Poland in 74 should never have been played. The field was a virtual swamp, totally nullifying Poland’s speed advantage over the Germans.
Thanks, I’ll read up on this. People should read up on those world cups, books but a lot of it is probably on the web as well.
Wow what fight that was!
I am an American in Berlin,
But Danke! :D
I imagine that there’s euphoria in the streets of Berlin and all over Germany today!
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