Italy 1934: Mussolini’s World Cup

The loss of a goal under the eyes of the Duce stirs the Italians to frenzy who go on to beat Czechoslovakia in the final ...
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Brazil at the World Cups: 1934, an early exit

Brazil bowed out of the 1934 World Cup in the Round of 16 after a 3-1 defeat to SpainCredits: CBF Archive Brazil’s second appearance at a World Cup came in 1934, in Italy. For the first and only time ...
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How Benito Mussolini's Italy turned the 1934 World Cup into football’s first political spectacle

The second FIFA World Cup, hosted in 1934, was expected to be a showcase of football’s growing global appeal. Thirteen teams across three confederations had participated in the inaugural World Cup in ...
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The World Cup has always been beset by scandal and strife

D ID THE young Swede who refereed both the semi-final and final of the World Cup in Italy in 1934 really meet Benito Mussolini, Italy’s dictator, for dinner the night before the ...