Scicast

History of the World Cups (1930 – 1970) – (SciCast #511) (2022x45)

Air date: Nov 18, 2022

In a few days we will have the start of the World Cup, which without a doubt is the most anticipated tournament for football lovers. Football is a universal language on the pitch, known anywhere on the planet, regardless of nationality or religion. Sport crossed borders and stopped wars, and in that context, it's not hard to imagine that the most popular sport in the world has a tournament that crowns the selection of players from a certain region as the best in the world. But how did the World Cup come about? What historical games? Your big players? Is there a women's World Cup? In this episode we're going to try to put the ball on the ground, set up the move and finish it for the goal, so that you have a greater understanding of what this tournament meant and still means for a huge portion of the world's population and why football is so loved on this planet. “round”