FIFA World Cup

Allen

1938

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The official ball of the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France was Allen. Back in the twenties, the French played football with a ball of their own production. They also presented it at the World Cup at home. The ball was handmade, brown in color with white lacing.

FACTS ABOUT THIS BALL

  • The third World Cup was held at 10 French stadiums. An interesting situation happened between the national teams of Italy and Brazil in the semifinals. Confident of their success, the Brazilians booked a flight from Marseille to Paris. This made the Italians worried, because the flight was the only one, and there were no more tickets for it. Italian coach Vittorio Pozzo arrived at the Brazilians' hotel and suggested that the team that won would fly. The Brazilians replied that they would fly, but they were ready to take Pozzo with them to watch the final in the French capital. The Brazilians lost in the semifinals, but they did not sell tickets to their rivals, and the Italian national team had to get to Paris by train, where in the final match they beat the Hungarian national team with a score of 4:2 and became champions.

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