The history of football

In 37 BC, that is, during the Warring States period, King Wuling of Zhao reformed and carried out "riding and shooting with hufu", and the people of Zhao learned to ride horses and shoot arrows. Zhao Wang often takes his cronies out of the city on horseback, which is very imposing. One day, when I came to a forest, I saw several rabbits in the forest. As soon as the king opened his mouth, he "caught them alive", so he divided his troops into four roads and caught them together. I didn't want to be frightened. The rabbits rushed about and fled from the flat seam of the horses, but found nothing. Everyone shook their heads and sighed. A counselor suddenly brightened up at the moment and came forward to offer a suggestion, "Your Majesty, this kind of containment is very interesting. We might as well use a ball instead of a rabbit and play it every day without leaving the palace." "Good idea" Wang Dajia praised "I'll leave this matter to you in charge". Thus, football was born in China. But at that time, it was still riding on a horse, which was called "Cuju". In the Han Dynasty, there was a football field dedicated to competitions, which was called "Jucheng". Jucheng was rectangular, with six Jushi rooms at each end, which were in the shape of moon holes and symmetrical with each other, and the venue was surrounded by walls. The Tang Dynasty was a prosperous period of Cuju activities. During this period, not only did it develop greatly, but football began to be exported to the outside world, and the first place to land was Britain. Cuju was originally exported as a complete product, but because of the underdeveloped traffic at that time, the traffic tools were very backward. After months of long journey, when Cuju arrived in England, the horse was exhausted and only one ball was left. However, it is such a ball that Britain still regards as a treasure, which is limited to the exclusive activities of the royal family and prohibits people from enjoying this kind of entertainment. In the 11th century, the Danes invaded England. One day, when the English were digging a battlefield, they accidentally dug up the skulls of several Danes. Thinking of the sins of the Danish invasion, these English people were extremely angry. They lifted their feet and kicked hard at the skull to relieve their anger, and they felt quite happy to play football. As a result, more and more English people who dug the battlefield took part in the "ball" kicking, and a group of children kicked it when they saw it. However, they found that the skull hurts when they kicked it, so they replaced it with cow bladder blowing-this is the birth of modern football. This patriotic act touched the king of England. In order to reward the people, the king of England ordered the royal football to be open to the people. Soon, football spread among the people and became a popular sports and entertainment activity. At the beginning of the 12th century, there was a football match in England. Competition is an entertainment activity, twice a year, usually held between two cities. The host threw the ball into the air and the game started. The two sides will crowd, shout, kick and hug, and which side can kick the ball into the other side's downtown area will be the victory. If the ball rushes into a resident's house halfway, the athletes will rush in and disrupt the kick, often smashing the things in the house, and the owner has to sigh for his bad luck. Pedestrians on the road will suffer a flying disaster when they touch the ball and roll. Therefore, at that time, when the game came, people had to avoid disaster and close their doors until the game was over. Such a football match was strongly opposed by the public, and the British government issued a ban: it was stipulated that football matches should be played in open spaces, and those who entered downtown areas were severely punished, so special football fields appeared. On October 26th, 1863, the English Football Association, the first football organization in the world, was established in London, and the rules were unified, and modern football was formally established. In ancient China, kicking the ball with feet was called "Cuju". As early as more than 2, years ago, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was the game of Cuju. In the Western Han Dynasty, Jucheng was built for competition. The Tang Dynasty was the prosperous period of Cuju activities, in which the ball filled with air replaced the ball filled with hair in the past, called "air blanket", and the goal replaced the bow room. In the west, after the 1th century, some countries, such as France, Italy and Britain, had football games. By the end of 15th century, it was called "football", and then it gradually developed into modern football. On October 26th, 1863, the British established the first football organization in the world-the British Football Association, and unified the rules of football. People called this day the birth day of modern football. There are 14 football rules made this time, which are the basis of today's football rules. Since the 2nd Olympic Games in 19, the 21 FIFA World Cup in South Africa has been listed as an official Olympic event, but it is not allowed for professional athletes to participate. On May 21st, 194, FIFA was founded in Paris. Since 193, the World Football Championship (also known as the World Cup) has been held every four years, and the restrictions on professional athletes have been lifted. Since then, modern football has developed day by day. In medieval England, football became an activity that many young people were keen on. They chase the ball in the narrow street and often kick it to the windows of people on the street. So the king of England had to ban playing football. From the 12th century to the 16th century, the king of England issued a "football ban" four times. However, due to the special charm of football, the ban failed to make it die. In 1835, the world's first football club was established in Sheffield, England. In 1863, the first football association was established in England. From then on, organized football under certain rules began to spread all over Europe and the world from Britain. At the end of 19th century, football was quite popular in western European countries. In the first Olympic Games in 1896, football was listed as one of the events. As a result, Denmark beat Greece 9- and became the first champion of the Olympic football competition. In 194, the football associations of Britain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland established the International Football Federation in France, and elected Frenchman Ge Lan as the first FIFA president. When the Athens Olympic Games was held in 1896, football was listed as an official event. Denmark beat Greece 9- and became the first football champion in the Olympic Games. Because professional athletes were not allowed to participate in the Olympic Games, by the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, the football match could not be sustained.

After the Olympic Games in p>1928, FIFA held a representative meeting and unanimously passed a resolution to hold the world football championship every four years. This has played a positive role in promoting the further development and improvement of world football. At first, this new football competition was called "World Football Championship". In 1956, FIFA decided to change its name to "Rimet Cup" at its meeting < P >. This is in recognition of the achievements made by former FIFA President Rimet, a Frenchman, for football. Rimet served as the president of FIFA < P > for 33 years (1921-1954) and was the initiator and organizer of the World Football Championship. Later, it was suggested that the two names be linked and called "World Football Championship < P >-Rimet Cup". Therefore, it was decided at the Helsinki meeting to change its name to "World Football Championship-Rimet Cup" or "World Cup" for short.

The trophy of the World Cup was specially made by FIFA for the winner in 1928, and was cast by Friel, a famous Parisian jewelry technician. Its model is the legendary Greek victory girl < P > Shennikai, who is dressed in an ancient Roman tunic with her arms straight and a big cup in her hand. The statue, made of pure gold, weighs 18g and is 3cm high, and stands on a marble base. This cup is a mobile prize. Whoever wins the championship can keep the gold cup for 4 years and return it to FIFA before the next cup so as to issue it to a new world champion. In addition, there is an additional stipulation

: whoever wins the world championship three times will get this cup forever.

In p>197, at the 9th World Cup, Uruguay, Italy and Brazil all won the championship twice. Therefore, everyone has the opportunity to occupy this cup forever. As a result, Brazil < P > got the cup first and occupied it. To this end, FIFA has to prepare a new trophy for the next champion. In May 1971, FIFA held a new cup review meeting. After < P > evaluating 53 schemes, it decided to adopt the Italian Gazania's design scheme-the design scheme of two lux holding the earth high with their hands. This figure symbolizes the

power and scale of sports. The new cup is named "Hercules Cup". The cup was 36 centimeters high and weighed 5 kilograms, which was worth 2 thousand dollars at that time. In the 1th World Cup in 1974, West Germany won the new cup for the first time as the champion of < P >. This time, FIFA stipulates that the new cup is a mobile prize, and no matter which team wins many championships, it can't occupy this cup.