Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mokuramba kutora chikamu muWorld Cup yokutanga (1930, muUruguay) chikwata chenyika yeItaly chakakunda makwikwi maviri anotevedzana emutambo mu
1934 na1938, pasi pekutungamirirwa kwemurairidzi Vittorio Pozzo uye kuita kwaGiuseppe Meazza, uyo anoonekwa semumwe wevatambi venhabvu veItaly vakanakisa venguva dzese nevamwe. Italy yakatambira makwikwi eWorld Cup muna 1934, uye yakatamba mutambo wayo wekutanga weWorld Cup mukukunda United States 7-1 muRome. Italy yakakunda Czechoslovakia 2<unk>1 munguva yakawedzerwa muRoma, nezvinangwa naRaimundo Orsi naAngelo Schiavio kuti vawane mukombe wavo wekutanga weWorld Cup muna 1934. Vakawana zita ravo rechipiri muna 1938 mukukunda 4-2 kweHungary, nezvibodzwa zviviri zvaGino Colaussi uye zvibodzwa zviviri zvaSilvio Piola muNdebe yeNyika yakatevera. Runyerekupe rune kuti, pamberi pemakwikwi okupedzisira a1938, mutungamiriri wehurumende yechiFascist weItaly Benito Mussolini akanga atumira teregiramu kuchikwata, achiti "Vincere o morire!" (zvinoshandurwa chaizvoizvo kuti "Kunda kana kuti fa!"). Zvisinei, hapana chinyorwa chinosara cheteregram yakadaro, uye mutambi weWorld Cup Pietro Rava akati, paakabvunzurudzwa, "Kwete, kwete, kwete, handizvo. Akatitumira teregiramu achitishuvira zvakanaka, asi kwete kuti tisambo'hwina kana kuti kufa.'"