In the middle and late 1930s, Italy ushered in the highest peak in the history of football. They won two consecutive World Cups with 1934 and 193 8 respectively, becoming the first team in history to win the World Cup in a row. There is no doubt that they are the "dream team" of that era. There is a dazzling "dream" star in this "dream team", and he is Joe Sepp.

Mei Acha.

Mei Acha was born in Milan on August 23rd on 19 10. He loved football since childhood, and in the process of playing football with his friends, he developed skillful passing skills and shooting skills. /kloc-at the age of 0/7, he represented Inter Milan in Serie A and performed well. Since then, he invented the technique of "selective shooting", which was accomplished by many people in the contemporary era, but only Mei Acha could master it skillfully at that time. With the growth of age and competition experience, Mei Acha has gradually grown into a generation of football superstars.

1934, Italy hosted the second World Cup in its own country. Mei Acha took part in the competition as a core player. The elimination system was adopted in this tournament, so each team faced a battle of life and death from the beginning.

In the first game, the Italian team defeated American team 7 with 1, and Mei Acha scored a goal. In the final of 1/4, Italy played Spain, and the two sides ended in 1: 1 civil war within 120 minutes. As there were no penalty rules at that time, they had to play again tomorrow. In the semi-final, Mei Acha turned the tide and scored the decisive goal, which enabled the Italian team to enter the semi-finals. They met the Austrian team led by Schindler in the semifinals. The two sides fought to the death, and finally the Italian team defeated the opponent with 1: 0. Although Mei Acha didn't score in this game, he did well and won applause from the audience.

1934 On May 27th, the World Cup final was staged in Rome. Italy's opponent is Czechoslovakia. The two sides won and lost each other in this game. In the 70th minute, the Czech team BIK scored, giving them a lead of 1-0. The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense. However, the powerful Italian team withstood tremendous pressure. They equalized by orsi in the 82nd minute, and the two sides went into overtime. In the 95th minute, Mei Acha assisted Haavio to score the winning goal. Italy won the World Cup for the first time! Mei Acha is also famous in the world football.

At that time, Gazzetta dello Sport commented that Mei Acha was "the soul of the Italian team". He has a cool head, solid basic skills, concise and practical movements, strong explosive power, delicate footwork and accurate shooting. He is like a sly fox on the court. Sometimes he stood there motionless, waiting for the right moment. Once he gets the ball, he can suddenly start, like a Mercedes-Benz horse, rushing into the opponent's penalty area with the ball and shooting. "His starting speed is incredible, and people nicknamed him" Flying Car ".

1938, 28-year-old Mei Acha reappeared as a core player in the World Cup. Under the leadership of Mei Acha, they made it through all the way. In the semi-final match against Brazil, Mei Acha scored the winning goal in the 60th minute, sending the Italian team to the final again.

In June 1938, Italy played Hungary in the final. Mussolini ordered the Italian team led by Pozzo to win the championship, otherwise it would be slaughtered, which made the atmosphere of the game very depressed. However, under the leadership of Mei Acha, the Italian team firmly controlled the situation. They finally beat their opponents 4-2 and won the world championship again. Mei Acha also became the hottest star in international football at that time.

Just as he was about to win the third World Cup, World War II broke out. The war shattered his dream and the possibility of winning three consecutive championships in football history.

A drunken hat trick

Here we insert an interesting story about Mei Acha's football talent when he played for Inter Milan.

Mei Acha has been drinking since he was a player. He is always drunk during training and competitions. This makes his coach and the team owner very disgusted, but because he is the pillar of the team, he should not be too strict with him, lest he switch to other clubs. This has created the following legendary story.

Once, the night before a Serie A match, Mei Acha got drunk and fell asleep at home. When he woke up, it was only five minutes before the game started. He quickly climbed out of bed, put on his jersey and ran to the stadium. Fortunately, his home is very close to the San Siro Stadium, and in a blink of an eye, he walked into the players' aisle. At this point, the players from both sides are ready to enter the stadium. The angry boss is now cursing Mei Acha and threatening to expel the team if it loses.

When he saw Mei Acha coming in a hurry, it was another scolding.

After the game started, Mei Acha, who had just woken up from drunkenness, scored a hat trick and Inter Milan won a great victory. When they returned to the dressing room, the team owner's face was full of smiles. Mei Acha heard many words of praise. The next day, Milan's Sports Daily also praised Mei Acha's performance and accompanied it with an interesting cartoon. In the cartoon, Mei Acha is sleeping soundly on the pillow, and his foot kicks the football into the opponent's door.

Milan hero

During his 20-year football career, Mei Acha has played for Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, Vallese and Atalanta. He has played the positions of center, avant-garde and defender, and is an all-round player on the field.

Mei Acha left his best form to Inter Milan. 1930, he led the team to win the Serie A championship and won the top scorer with a goal of 3 1. Since then, he led the team to win the league championship twice in 1938 and 1940, and he himself put on his golden boots twice in 1936 and 1938 respectively.

1940, Mei Acha went downhill and moved to AC Milan. Although he scored only nine goals in 37 league games, he is still loved by Milan fans.

1947, 37-year-old Mei Acha officially announced to hang up his boots. In order to commemorate his historic contribution to Italian football and Milan football, the Milan municipal government renamed the San Siro Stadium as Meazza Stadium.

1979 August 2 1 day, Joseph. Mei Acha died at the age of 69. He participated in 363 first-class league games in his life, scored 2 16 goals, made 53 appearances for the national team and scored 33 goals. He is an eternal monument in the history of Italian football.