But

in one sense, yes, of course, there was tremendous racism. But was Uruguay earlier than others in integrating players of color as they used to put it in the team?

Uruguay is certainly early in having some top stars that are Afro Latin Americans. But there's also Brazil with Arthur Fridenric. He's also going to play in the same tournament. So, this is something that Latin America, I think has contributed to global football, historically speaking.

Now, Uruguay's second Olympic success would be the last time that football's most prestigious international trophy would belong to the Olympic Games because FIFA had decided to launch its own standalone tournament. So, Philippe, tell me, why did FIFA want a World Cup?

This

is decades of the 20s. So, the beginning of the professionalization of football and some European football association began to follow England where professional league was already established. And this point was problematic because the international Olympic Committee did not want that professional players took part to the Olympic Games. But FIFA was less restrictive on this issue. And it opened the door to the idea to create its own competition. And what is more, during the 20s, the international Olympic Committee power began to be challenged by some international federation. The creation of the World Cup can be also seen as a tool to be more independent from the IOC. And when you manage your own international competition, it gives to you more legitimacy, it gives to you also more authority. It is also one important issue that the football tournament of the Olympic Games gave a lot of money to the organizers. For instance, the 24 tournament held in Paris correspond to one third of all the money resived from the Olympic. So, this, if FIFA wanted to develop its activity, to create its own competition was also a good opportunity to increase its financial revenues. But first, we have also to remind that the idea to create the international championship was strongly debated in FIFA around 26, 27, 28. There was a special commission. And there was also different projects. There was the idea to organize, for instance, a European competition, not a World Cup, strongly supported by central European football leaders. There was also this interesting project by some leaders from Germany to create two competitions, one for the professional and one for the amateur players. So, it was a time of strong discussion. And finally, it was this idea of World Cup, which was supported by French football leaders, Henri de Roney and FIFA's president, who remains at succeed.