\u00c1ri\u00f0 1930 h\u00f3fst saga sem breytti \u00feyngdarlotunni \u00ed \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttum, og \u00fe\u00fa heldur \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00feeir voru bara 13 li\u00f0 \u00ed Uruguay. N\u00fana er \u00fea\u00f0 \u00f3hugsanlegt a\u00f0 \u00edmynda s\u00e9r heimsins st\u00e6rstu vi\u00f0bur\u00f0 me\u00f0 svona litlum fj\u00f6lda. \u00deetta var ekkert \u201ck\u00edkinum \u00ed kj\u00f3l\u201d heldur fyrstu skref til \u00feess a\u00f0 skapa alheimss\u00fdn \u00e1 knattspyrnu.<\/p>\n
\u00c1 \u00feessum \u00e1ratugum var fer\u00f0al\u00f6g \u00e1 milli landa eins og a\u00f0 fara \u00ed fj\u00f6rug fer\u00f0 \u00e1 seglb\u00e1t. L\u00e1gmarkssj\u00f3\u00f0ir, \u00f3fullkomnar vegir, leiftur \u00ed lofti. Hver fj\u00f3r\u00f0a leikma\u00f0ur haf\u00f0i ekki eitt s\u00edman\u00famer, en hann bar a\u00f0 minnsta kosti drengjaband \u00ed h\u00e1rinu. \u00deetta er \u00fea\u00f0 sem gefur heimsm\u00f3tunum d\u00fdnam\u00edska \u00ed minninu.<\/p>\n
\u00deegar \u00e1ratugir h\u00e6g\u00f0u, kom t\u00e6kni \u00ed leikinn. 1954 \u00ed Sviss \u2013 \u201cM\u00f6rk \u00ed fl\u00f3g\u201d \u2013 var eins konar bylting \u00ed hringekju. Fl\u00f3\u00f0 af t\u00e6kjum, b\u00edlum \u00ed \u00fatg\u00f6ngunni, TV\u2011tv\u00edskj\u00e1rinn h\u00f3f a\u00f0 s\u00fdna leikinn \u00ed sm\u00e1k\u00edlum. \u00de\u00fa getur ekki s\u00e9\u00f0 hva\u00f0 gerist ef ekki er skj\u00e1 \u00e1 heimildarb\u00f3k. \u00deetta var bara byrjunina \u00e1 \u201cs\u00f3s\u00e1hrifum\u201d fyrir knattspyrnufanninn.<\/p>\n
\u00cd 1994 \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum h\u00e9lt 24 \u00e1rangursr\u00edkt \u201ctv\u00edhli\u00f0a\u00f0\u201d a\u00f0 fer\u00f0a\u00e1herslun \u00e1 mi\u00f0hluta. Til \u00feess a\u00f0 drekka, a\u00f0 tala um \u201cgoal of the century\u201d \u00e1tti a\u00f0 vera \u00ed fjarskiptasambandinu. Leikur \u00ed fj\u00f3r\u00f0ungsleiks, \u00ed m\u00f6rgum landum, og eftir \u00fea\u00f0 b\u00e6tir \u201cVAR\u201d \u00e1 lagmannsk\u00fdringuna. A\u00f0 segja a\u00f0 VAR er bara \u201ct\u00e6ki\u201d er a\u00f0 f\u00e1 l\u00e1r\u00e9tta \u00fat \u00far vi\u00f0skiptum.<\/p>\n
Me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 heimsm\u00f3tin er um fleiri en bara knattspyrnu, er \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed raun st\u00f3rt menningarlegt vandam\u00e1l. \u00cd Brasil\u00eda 2014 s\u00e1ttir \u00e1rekstrar um l\u00edf og d\u00fdra, og \u00e1 sama t\u00edma ger\u00f0ist eitt af st\u00e6rstu heimavinnuverkefnunum \u00ed bruna. \u00dea\u00f0 sem gerist \u00e1 velli er a\u00f0 mynda minnispunkta \u00e1 heimag\u00f6gnum \u00ed huga f\u00f3lks. Svo, hvernig \u00fe\u00fa l\u00edtur \u00e1 n\u00fdja t\u00e6kni er a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 hvernig heimurinn breytist \u00ed fj\u00f6gur hli\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n
H\u00e9r er \u00fea\u00f0: \u00feegar Qatar 2022 gekk \u00ed \u00e1fram, varum vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 fj\u00f3rsinnum meiri fj\u00f6lda \u00e1horfenda \u00e1 netinu en \u00e1\u00f0ur. L\u00edklegast er a\u00f0 n\u00e6sta heimsmeistaram\u00f3t ver\u00f0i \u00ed sj\u00e1lfvirkri vexti me\u00f0 dr\u00f3num \u00ed lofti, og lausnir um andr\u00famsloft myndum breyta leiks\u00fdnina. \u00dea\u00f0 er ekki bara \u00edmyndun, \u00fea\u00f0 er n\u00e6sti \u00e1fangi \u00ed \u00fer\u00f3unarsprungu.<\/p>\n