(FILES) Giuseppe Meazza (C) holding the flag and the Italian football team listen to the national anthem before the match of the World Cup's 1934 in Italy. In 1934, the first World Cup in Europe was held in Italy. "May God help him if he fails," the dictator Benito Mussolini is said to have warned the Italian manager, Vittorio Pozzo. Il Duce wanted propaganda for his regime and knew exactly how to get it: by organising a World Cup... and winning it. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)