I WORLD CUP (URUGUAY 1930)

GAME DETAILS

(From 13-07-1930 to 30-07-1930)

 

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Pocitos (Montevideo)

DATE: 13-07-1930 (15:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 4.444

REFEREE: Domingo Lombardi (URU)

GOALS: 1-0 (L. Laurent 19’); 2-0 (Langiller 40’); 3-0 (Maschinot 42’); 3-1 (Carreño 70’); 4-1 (Maschinot 87’)

[Incidents: First game in the history of the World Cup. Thépot was injured in minute 24 and Chantrel had to replace him as goalkeeper.]

FRA

France

France - Mexico

México

MEX

4-1 (3-0)

FRANCE

Thépot

Capelle, Mattler

Chantrel, Pinel, Villaplane (c)

Libérati, Delfour, Maschinot, L. Laurent, Langiller

COACH: Jacques Caudron

MEXICO

Bonfiglio

R. Garza Gutiérrez (c), M. Rosas

F. Rosas, Sánchez, Amezcua

Pérez, Carreño, Mejía, Ruiz, López

COACH: Juan Luque

GAME SUMMARY

In the first game in the history of the World Cup. Lucien Laurent scored the first ever goal in this competition, converting Libérati’s cross from the right. An injury to Alex Thépot led to Chantrel playing in goal for the last hour, but even with ten field men France was too good for Mexico. Mattler, a big capable full-back, made a goal for Langiller near halftime, and only a couple of minutes later Maschinot scored after receiving a pass from Delfour. In the second half, Carreño scored from Mejía’s pass, but the Mexicans weren’t enjoying the weather conditions of Montevideo (it was winter in the southern hemisphere and it had snowed the night before), and almost in the end the speedy Langiller crossed for Maschinot to finish off the game.

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Parque Central (Montevideo)

DATE: 13-07-1930 (15:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 18.436

REFEREE: José Bartolomé Macías (ARG)

GOALS: 1-0 (McGhee 41’); 2-0 (Florie 44’); 3-0 (Patenaude 88’)

[Incidents: According to FIFA, the scoring timing in this game is McGhee (23’), Florie (45’), Patenaude (69’).]

USA

United States of America

USA - Belgium

België

BEL

3-0 (2-0)

USA

Douglas

Wood, Moorhouse

Gallagher, Tracey, Brown

Gonsalves, Florie (c), Patenaude, Auld, McGhee

COACH: Bob Millar

BELGIUM

Badjou

Nouwens, Hoydonckx

Braine (c), Hellemans, De Clercq

Diddens, Moeschal, Adams, Voorhoof, Versyp

COACH: Hector Goetinck

GAME SUMMARY

Although both teams were far from being considered favorites in the competition (Belgium were without their best player, Raymond Braine, brother of the captain Pierre Braine, and the USA had not played an international game for two years), the Americans opened their participation with a clear 3-0 victory, and in time would became the real revelation of the tournament, reaching as far as the semifinals. Their game combined a solid defense with a surprisingly modern style, based on long passes to the wings and quick penetrations.

 

On a wet and heavy pitch after repeated rains and the first snows in Montevideo in five years, Belgium seemed to adapt better to the weather conditions and dominated during the first half hour, creating several scoring opportunities and forcing the American goalkeeper Douglas to make a series of spectacular saves. In minute 41, however, and much against the run of play, the USA took the lead when Gonsalves shot at the crossbar and McGhee was ready to pick up the rebound and score. Just before halftime, Patenaude played Florie with a through ball, the Belgian defenders remained motionless waiting for an offside whistle, and Florie promptly put the ball in the net for the 2-0.

 

Encouraged by their advantage, the Americans had the best of the second half and enjoyed a series of scoring opportunities which were frustrated by offside calls and the woodwork. Near the end, Brown found himself with space in front of Badjou, the Belgian goalkeeper left the goal line to challenge him and Brown chipped the ball to Patenaude, who simply had to head it into an empty net to make it 3-0.

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Parque Central (Montevideo)

DATE: 14-07-1930 (12:45 h)

ATTENDANCE: 24.059

REFEREE: Aníbal Tejada (URU)

GOALS: 1-0 (Tirnanić 21’); 2-0 (Bek 30’); 2-1 (Preguinho 62’)

YUG

Југославија

Yugoslavia - Brazil

Brasil

BRA

2-1 (2-0)

YUGOSLAVIA

Jakšić

Ivković (c), Mihajlović

Arsenijević, Stefanović, Đokić

Tirnanić, Marjanović, Bek, Vujadinović, Sekulić

COACH: Boško Simonović

BRAZIL

Joel

Brilhante, Itália

Hermógenes, Fausto, Fernando

Poly, Nilo, Araken, Preguinho (c), Teóphilo

COACH: Píndaro de Carvalho

GAME SUMMARY

Brazil lost to Yugoslavia in their opening game in the World Cup, apparently a surprising result, although by 1930 the Brazilians didn’t have yet a very powerful team as in years to come (they hadn’t played a full international match since 1925) and Yugoslavia had a pleiad of young talents (average age only 21). The first goal was scored by Tirnanić, after picking up a deflected ball from Joel following a shot by Sekulić. After thirty minutes, Bek scored the second goal for Yugoslavia as a result of a fine individual play. In the second half, Brazil did most of the attacking but, although Preguinho reduced differences, they were frustrated by Jakšić.

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Pocitos (Montevideo)

DATE: 14-07-1930 (14:50 h)

ATTENDANCE: 2.000

REFEREE: Alberto Warnken (CHI)

GOALS: 1-0 (Deşu 1’); 1-1 (Souza Ferreira 75’); 2-1 (Stanciu 79’); 3-1 (Kovacs 89’)

[Incidents: In minute 33, Steiner suffered a horrific injure (broken leg) and, unable to continue playing, had to leave the game (min. 38). Galindo was sent off (min. 56).]

ROM

România

Romania - Peru

Perú

PER

3-1 (1-0)

ROMANIA

Lăpuşneanu

Steiner, Bürger

Vogl, Raffinsky, Eisenbeisser

Kovacs, Deşu, Wetzer (c), Stanciu, Barbu

COACH: Costel Rădulescu

PERU

Valdivieso

De las Casas, Soria

Denegri, Galindo (c), García

Lavalle, Lores, Villanueva, Neyra, Souza Ferreira

COACH: Paco Bru

GAME SUMMARY

This game produced the first World Cup sending-off (it was a personal decision of the referee to expel the Peruvian captain Galindo in minute 56, because the booking system of white, yellow and red cards had not been yet introduced in football). Deşu scored the fastest goal of the competition, netting his shot only 50 seconds after kick-off. Peru equalized in minute 75 when the right winger Pacheco sent a cross to Souza Ferreira, who volleyed the ball to the far post. Only four minutes later, however, Stanciu made it 2-1 for Romania, and near the end the Europeans put the game beyond contest with a new goal by Kovacs.

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Parque Central (Montevideo)

DATE: 15-07-1930 (16:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 23.409

REFEREE: Gilberto de Almeida Rêgo (BRA)

GOALS: 1-0 (Monti 81’)

[Incidents: The referee called the end of the game six minutes before regulation time, and after some protests by the French he had to call back the Argentinian players, who were already in the dressing room.]

ARG

Argentina

Argentina - France

France

FRA

1-0 (0-0)

ARGENTINA

Bossio

Della Torre, Muttis

J. Evaristo, Monti, Suárez

Perinetti, Varallo, Ferreira (c), Cherro, M. Evaristo

COACH: Juan José Tramutola

FRANCE

Thépot

Capelle, Mattler

Chantrel, Pinel, Villaplane (c)

Libérati, Delfour, Maschinot, L. Laurent, Langiller

COACH: Jacques Caudron

GAME SUMMARY

Only two minutes into the game, Lucien Laurent was injured in his ankle after a tough tackle by Luisito Monti, and he limped throughout the match. To add insult to injury, France was soon reduced to only nine fit men after Thépot was also injured in minute 20 (just like in their previous game). But they resisted bravely for over eighty minutes, partly because Argentina lacked a cutting edge. The late goal came from a free kick that the French defended badly: Instead of putting up a full barrier, only three defenders stood on the way, blocking Thépot’s view and leaving a gap in the left-hand corner. A straightforward shot by Monti was enough to score the only goal of the game. The Argentinians were also lucky that the referee had to re-start the match after blowing the full-time whistle six minutes before the end of regulation, with France on the attack.

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Parque Central (Montevideo)

DATE: 16-07-1930 (14:45 h)

ATTENDANCE: 9.249

REFEREE: Henri Christophe (BEL)

GOALS: 1-0 (Vidal 3’); 2-0 (M. Rosas [o.g.] 52’); 3-0 (Vidal 65’)

[Incidents: In minute 85, Morales left the game due to injury.]

CHI

Chile

Chile - Mexico

México

MEX

3-0 (1-0)

CHILE

Cortés

Morales, Poirier

A. Torres, Saavedra, Elgueta

Ojeda, Subiabre, Villalobos, Vidal, Schneeberger (c)

COACH: György Orth

MEXICO

Sota

R. Garza Gutiérrez (c), M. Rosas

F. Rosas, Sánchez, Amezcua

Pérez, Carreño, Ruiz, Gayón, López

COACH: Juan Luque

GAME SUMMARY

Only three minutes into the game, Vidal scored the opener. Soon after the restart, “Chato” Subiabre outjumped Manuel Rosas to an air ball, but it was finally the Mexican defender who headed into his own goal. In minute 65, Vidal scored the last Chilean goal.

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Parque Central (Montevideo)

DATE: 17-07-1930 (12:45 h)

ATTENDANCE: 18.306

REFEREE: Francisco Mateucci (URU)

GOALS: 1-0 (Bek 60’); 2-0 (Marjanović 65’); 3-0 (Bek 67’); 4-0 (Vujadinović 85’)

[Incidents: Eight minutes after kick-off, Gómez suffered a double fracture in his right leg and had to leave the game. Đokić also had to exit in the second half.]

YUG

Југославија

Yugoslavia - Bolivia

Bolivia

BOL

4-0 (0-0)

YUGOSLAVIA

Jakšić

Ivković (c), Mihajlović

Arsenijević, Stefanović, Đokić

Tirnanić, Marjanović, Bek, Vujadinović, Najdanović

COACH: Boško Simonović

BOLIVIA

Bermúdez

Durandal, Chavarría

Argote, Lara, Valderrama

Gómez, Bustamante, Méndez (c), Alborta, Fernández

COACH: Ulises Saucedo

GAME SUMMARY

Bolivia made a colorful entrance in the stadium (each player wearing a white shirt with a letter to make the message “Viva Uruguay”), but this didn’t hide the fact that they were the weakest team in the competition. Although the South Americans were quite unlucky in this game (they had as many as four goals disallowed and Gómez broke his leg in a challenge with Ivković), in the end the most talented Yugoslavia—who only needed a draw to qualify as group winners ahead of Brazil—punished them with four goals scored by Bek (2), Marjanović and Vujadinović.

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Parque Central (Montevideo)

DATE: 17-07-1930 (14:45 h)

ATTENDANCE: 18.306

REFEREE: José Bartolomé Macías (ARG)

GOALS: 1-0 (Patenaude 10’); 2-0 (Patenaude 15’); 3-0 (Patenaude 50’)

[Incidents: Patenaude scored the first “hat-trick” in the history of the World Cup (although some sources mention that the second goal was ultimately deflected by González into his own net).]

USA

United States of America

USA - Paraguay

Paraguay

PAR

3-0 (2-0)

USA

Douglas

Wood, Moorhouse

Gallagher, Tracey, Auld

Brown, Gonsalves, Patenaude, Florie (c), McGhee

COACH: Bob Millar

PARAGUAY

Denis

Miracca, Olmedo

Etcheverry, Díaz, Aguirre

Nessi, Domínguez, González, Benítez Cáceres, Vargas Peña (c)

COACH: José Durand Laguna

GAME SUMMARY

The USA continued their impressive performance in the World Cup with another clear victory against Paraguay, a team with several talented players like Vargas Peña and the 19-year old Benítez Cáceres. But the Paraguayans were hampered in this game by a stiff wind and an injury to Denis.

 

Only ten minutes into the game, the US went up 1-0 when Patenaude converted a cross from Auld. Just five minutes later Patenaude made it 2-0 after beating the Paraguayan goalkeeper to a long ball from Tracey. The US continued to dominate in the second half, and just five minutes into the half, Auld made a solo run on the left and sent a cross to Patenaude, who shot from close range to record the first hat-trick in World Cup history.

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Estadio del Centenario (Montevideo)

DATE: 18-07-1930 (14:30 h)

ATTENDANCE: 57.735

REFEREE: Jean Langenus (BEL)

GOALS: 1-0 (Castro 60’)

URU

Uruguay

Uruguay - Peru

Perú

PER

1-0 (0-0)

URUGUAY

Ballestrero

Nasazzi (c), Tejera

Andrade, Fernández, Gestido

Urdinarán, Castro, Petrone, Cea, Iriarte

COACH: Alberto Supicci

PERU

Pardón

De las Casas, Maquilón

Denegri, Galindo (c), Astengo

Lavalle, Lores, Villanueva, Neyra, Souza Ferreira

COACH: Paco Bru

GAME SUMMARY

Uruguay made their debut in the new “Estadio del Centenario,” although the stadium was still unfinished in many sectors. The reason for this hastiness was to match the date of the game with that of the Uruguayan Independence: July 18, 1830. The match was not as easy as expected for the olympic champions Uruguay, because of their many chances missed, until Castro finally scored in the second half.

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Estadio del Centenario (Montevideo)

DATE: 19-07-1930 (12:50 h)

ATTENDANCE: 42.100

REFEREE: Aníbal Tejada (URU)

GOALS: 1-0 (Subiabre 64’)

[Incidents: Vidal missed a penalty kick (min. 30), saved by Thépot.]

CHI

Chile

Chile - France

France

FRA

1-0 (0-0)

CHILE

Cortés

Chaparro, Riveros

A. Torres, Saavedra, C. Torres

Ojeda, Subiabre, Villalobos, Vidal, Schneeberger (c)

COACH: György Orth

FRANCE

Thépot

Capelle, Mattler

Chantrel, Delmer, Villaplane (c)

Libérati, Delfour, Pinel, Veinante, Langiller

COACH: Jacques Caudron

GAME SUMMARY

In minute 30 of this game, the first penalty kick in the history of the World Cup was called, but the French goalkeeper Thépot saved Vidal’s shot. Handicapped and tired after their previous games, France was dominated by Chile for most of the game, and the French goalkeeper became the hero for his team, saving not only a penalty but many other dangerous shots. Midway the second half, Subiabre headed in a rebound ball from Thépot after some neat interpassing between Vidal and Schneeberger, and an exhausted French team gave up. For Chile, this victory meant a final showdown with Argentina for a place in the semifinals.

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Estadio del Centenario (Montevideo)

DATE: 19-07-1930 (15:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 42.100

REFEREE: Ulises Saucedo (BOL)

GOALS: 1-0 (Stábile 8’); 2-0 (Zumelzú 10’); 3-0 (Stábile 17’); 3-1 (M. Rosas [p.] 37’); 4-1 (Varallo 53’); 5-1 (Zumelzú 55’); 5-2 (M. Rosas 72’); 5-3 (Gayón 78’); 6-3 (Stábile 80’)

[Incidents: The referee for this game was the Bolivian head coach, Ulises Saucedo, and one of the linesmen was also the Romanian coach, Costel Rădulescu. The makeshift official, Mr. Saucedo, called two “half penalties” (direct free kicks without barrier inside the penalty area from positions different than the penalty spot!!!) for what he might have considered minor fouls (handballs), and both of them were missed: Paternóster’s kick (min. 23) was saved by Bonfiglio and Manuel Rosas (min. 72) was denied by Bossio, although the Mexican player picked up the deflected ball and scored on second attempt.]

ARG

Argentina

Argentina - Mexico

México

MEX

6-3 (3-1)

ARGENTINA

Bossio (c)

Della Torre, Paternóster

Chividini, Zumelzú, Orlandini

Peucelle, Varallo, Stábile, Demaría, Spadaro

COACH: Juan José Tramutola

MEXICO

Bonfiglio

R. Garza Gutiérrez (c), M. Rosas

F. Rosas, Sánchez, F. Garza Gutiérrez

Rodríguez, López, Gayón, Carreño, Olivares

COACH: Juan Luque

GAME SUMMARY

The Argentinian captain Nolo Ferreira couldn’t play this game because he had to fly back to Buenos Aires to take a law exam, and his substitute as central attacker was Guillermo Stábile, who scored a hat-trick. After such successful debut, Stábile became a regular in the line-ups of Argentina during this World Cup. Zumelzú (2) and Varallo completed the Argentinian score, whereas the consolation goals for Mexico were scored by Manuel Rosas (2, one from the penalty spot) and Gayón.

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Estadio del Centenario (Montevideo)

DATE: 20-07-1930 (13:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 25.466

REFEREE: John Balway (FRA)

GOALS: 1-0 (Moderato 37’); 2-0 (Preguinho 57’); 3-0 (Moderato 73’); 4-0 (Preguinho 83’)

[Incidents: Both teams started the game with white shirts, which caused confusion among the spectators. Therefore, the match was interrupted for some minutes and Bolivia had to change their shirts for the blue ones they borrowed from Uruguay.]

BRA

Brasil

Brazil - Bolivia

Bolivia

BOL

4-0 (1-0)

BRAZIL

Velloso

Zé Luiz, Itália

Hermógenes, Fausto, Fernando

Benedicto, Russinho, Carvalho Leite, Preguinho (c), Moderato

COACH: Píndaro de Carvalho

BOLIVIA

Bermúdez

Durandal, Chavarría

Sáinz, Lara, Valderrama

E. Reyes, Bustamante, Méndez (c), Alborta, Fernández

COACH: Ulises Saucedo

GAME SUMMARY

With nothing at stake for Brazil (Yugoslavia was already group champion), Píndaro de Carvalho substituted six players who had staged in the first match (regular substitutions during the game were not allowed until 1970). After suffering an early scare, Brazil took the lead before halftime when Carvalho Leite hit the post and Moderato netted the rebound. Brazil dominated the second half with their superior technique, and new goals of Preguinho and Moderato completed the score.

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Estadio del Centenario (Montevideo)

DATE: 20-07-1930 (15:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 25.466

REFEREE: Ricardo Vallarino (URU)

GOALS: 1-0 (Vargas Peña 40’)

PAR

Paraguay

Paraguay - Belgium

België

BEL

1-0 (1-0)

PARAGUAY

P. Benítez

Flores, Olmedo

S. Benítez, Díaz, Garcete

Nessi, Romero, González, Benítez Cáceres, Vargas Peña (c)

COACH: José Durand Laguna

BELGIUM

Badjou

Hoydonckx, Dedeken

Braine (c), Hellemans, Moeschal

Versyp, Delbeke, Nouwens, Adams, Diddens

COACH: Hector Goetinck

GAME SUMMARY

With nothing at stake in this match, since the USA had already qualified as group winners, Paraguay registered their first World Cup victory thanks to a goal scored by Vargas Peña near halftime. His teammate Nessi, who also tried to reach for the ball, hit his head violently with a post and couldn’t play for the rest of the game.

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Estadio del Centenario (Montevideo)

DATE: 21-07-1930 (14:50 h)

ATTENDANCE: 70.022

REFEREE: Gilberto de Almeida Rêgo (BRA)

GOALS: 1-0 (Dorado 7’); 2-0 (Scarone 26’); 3-0 (Anselmo 31’); 4-0 (Cea 35’)

[Incidents: According to some sources, Scarone’s goal was scored in minute 16.]

URU

Uruguay

Uruguay - Romania

România

ROM

4-0 (4-0)

URUGUAY

Ballestrero

Nasazzi (c), Mascheroni

Andrade, Fernández, Gestido

Dorado, Scarone, Anselmo, Cea, Iriarte

COACH: Alberto Supicci

ROMANIA

Lăpuşneanu

Bürger, Czako

Robe, Vogl, Eisenbeisser

Kovacs, Deşu, Wetzer (c), Raffinsky, Barbu

COACH: Costel Rădulescu

GAME SUMMARY

Uruguay moved on as group winner with a much more impressive game than their debut. Supicci added more mobility in the attack with Dorado, Scarone and Anselmo, and by halftime Uruguay had already scored their four goals.

 

GROUP STAGE

STADIUM: Estadio del Centenario (Montevideo)

DATE: 22-07-1930 (14:45 h)

ATTENDANCE: 41.459

REFEREE: Jean Langenus (BEL)

GOALS: 1-0 (Stábile 12’); 2-0 (Stábile 14’); 2-1 (Arellano 15’); 3-1 (M. Evaristo 51’)

[Incidents: FIFA credits Subiabre with the Chilean goal. Monti had to leave the game after Subiabre knocked him flat with a right-hand punch.]

ARG

Argentina

Argentina - Chile

Chile

CHI

3-1 (2-1)

ARGENTINA

Bossio

Della Torre, Paternóster

J. Evaristo, Monti, Orlandini

Peucelle, Varallo, Stábile, Ferreira (c), M. Evaristo

COACH: Juan José Tramutola

CHILE

Cortés

Chaparro, Morales

A. Torres, Saavedra, C. Torres

Arellano, Subiabre (c), Villalobos, Vidal, Aguilera

COACH: György Orth

GAME SUMMARY

Much was expected from this game, since both teams had a chance to earn the semifinal spot in their group, but Argentina took control of the match from the beginning and always looked like the winners. Once again, the tough play of Luisito Monti led to animosity on the pitch, which turned into a massive punch-up (in which he was the main victim and had to leave the game after being knocked down). Later, Varallo was also injured when he was celebrating the third Argentine goal.

 

Argentina took an early lead when Stábile scored a brace in quick succession before the quarter hour mark. However, almost immediately Arellano pulled one goal back with a splendid shot, and Chile started to dominate the game. The Argentinian coach, Tramutola, aware that “Chato” Subiabre was the most dangerous rival player, instructed Monti to mark him personally. After several hard clashes between these two players, the Chilean attacker punched his defender following a serious insult, and tough Luisito Monti—a boxing champion in Argentina—was unconscious for 40 minutes and had to leave the pitch. Six minutes after the restart, Mario Evaristo made it 3-1 for Argentina who, despite being one man down, held on until the end and secured a place in the semifinals.

 

1/2 FINAL

STADIUM: Estadio del Centenario (Montevideo)

DATE: 26-07-1930 (14:45 h)

ATTENDANCE: 72.886

REFEREE: Jean Langenus (BEL)

GOALS: 1-0 (Monti 20’); 2-0 (Scopelli 56’); 3-0 (Stábile 69’); 4-0 (Peucelle 80’); 5-0 (Peucelle 85’); 6-0 (Stábile 87’); 6-1 (Brown 89’)

[Incidents: Douglas injured his knee in minute 4, and was handicapped for the rest of the game. Tracey was also injured in his right leg and couldn’t play in the second half.]

ARG

Argentina

Argentina - USA

United States of America

USA

6-1 (1-0)

ARGENTINA

Botasso

Della Torre, Paternóster

J. Evaristo, Monti, Orlandini

Peucelle, Scopelli, Stábile, Ferreira (c), M. Evaristo

COACH: Juan José Tramutola

USA

Douglas

Wood, Moorhouse

Gallagher, Tracey, Auld

Brown, Gonsalves, Patenaude, Florie (c), McGhee

COACH: Bob Millar

GAME SUMMARY

For this game, Tramutola unexpectedly replaced his first-choice goalkeeper Ángel Bossio (aka “la maravilla elástica”) by Juan Botasso. Even so, the experienced Argentina found no rival in the USA, and with a clear victory earned their ticket to the final.

 

Although the majority of the local crowd clearly favored the North Americans (due to the rivalry between Uruguay and Argentina), the large dimensions of the newly completed Estadio del Centenario rattled the US players, who were unable to repeat their performance in the previous two games. The Argentinian pressure and physical play within the first twenty minutes caused serious injuries to the goalkeeper Douglas and the midfielder Tracey, who were handicapped for the rest of the game (the latter was unable to play the second half due to a broken leg). Monti opened the score for Argentina in minute 20 and the US struggled to get back into the game, with the injured Tracey missing two good chances to equalize.

 

In the second half, with the US down one man due to the absence of Tracey, Argentina outclassed their rivals and put the game effectively beyond contest with two new goals scored by Scopelli and Stábile. The match became increasingly nasty, and in the last ten minutes the Argentines added three more goals by Peucelle (2) and Stábile. In the closing seconds, Brown made a consolation goal for the US.

 

1/2 FINAL

STADIUM: Estadio del Centenario (Montevideo)

DATE: 27-07-1930 (14:45 h)

ATTENDANCE: 79.867

REFEREE: Gilberto de Almeida Rêgo (BRA)

GOALS: 0-1 (Vujadinović 4’); 1-1 (Cea 18’); 2-1 (Anselmo 20’); 3-1 (Anselmo 31’); 4-1 (Iriarte 61’); 5-1 (Cea 67’); 6-1 (Cea 72’)

URU

Uruguay

Uruguay - Yugoslavia

Југославија

YUG

6-1 (3-1)

URUGUAY

Ballestrero

Nasazzi (c), Mascheroni

Andrade, Fernández, Gestido

Scarone, Dorado, Anselmo, Cea, Iriarte

COACH: Alberto Supicci

YUGOSLAVIA

Jakšić

Ivković (c), Mihajlović

Arsenijević, Stefanović, Đokić

Tirnanić, Marjanović, Bek, Vujadinović, Sekulić

COACH: Boško Simonović

GAME SUMMARY

The final result of 6-1 is rather deceptive. Yugoslavia opened the scored in minute 4 after Vujadinović netted a cross by Tirnanić, and then had a goal controversially disallowed at 2-1. However, Uruguay was superior during most of the game. After Cea scored the equalizer in a goalmouth scramble, the South Americans easily cruised through the match with new goals by Anselmo (2), Iriarte and Cea (2), and had no rival in a young Yugoslavian team who had little to offer except youthful spirit.

 

FINAL

STADIUM: Estadio del Centenario (Montevideo)

DATE: 30-07-1930 (15:30 h)

ATTENDANCE: 68.346

REFEREE: Jean Langenus (BEL)

GOALS: 1-0 (Dorado 12’); 1-1 (Peucelle 20’); 1-2 (Stábile 37’); 2-2 (Cea 57’); 3-2 (Iriarte 68’); 4-2 (Castro 89’)

[Incidents: Although official statistics show figures of nearly 80,000 spectators for this game, the capacity of the stadium was actually reduced for security reasons.]

URU

Uruguay

Uruguay - Argentina

Argentina

ARG

4-2 (1-2)

URUGUAY

Ballestrero

Nasazzi (c), Mascheroni

Andrade, Fernández, Gestido

Dorado, Scarone, Castro, Cea, Iriarte

COACH: Alberto Supicci

ARGENTINA

Botasso

Della Torre, Paternóster

J. Evaristo, Monti, Suárez

Peucelle, Varallo, Stábile, Ferreira (c), M. Evaristo

COACH: Juan José Tramutola

GAME SUMMARY

The final between arch-rivals Uruguay and Argentina was surrounded by tension: Luis Monti received a death threat and the stadium capacity was reduced for security reasons. Even the slightest detail of the game showed the rivalry between these two neighboring nations: both teams wanted to use a ball manufactured in their own country, and the referee ordered each half to be played with a different ball.

 

On a dusty stone-hard pitch, Uruguay scored first, when Dorado’s shot went under Botasso’s body and past Juan Evaristo on the line. But Argentina responded soon, when the fast right winger Peucelle left Ballestrero standing with a fierce shot high inside his left-hand post. From then until halftime, Argentina was superior to Uruguay thanks to their skill capacity, and Stábile scored one more goal to give the Argentinians the lead.

 

But the game changed completely in the second half. Uruguay began to impose their physical play, and Argentina found no answer to this. The young Varallo suffered a knee injury and was forced out to the wing, where he was completely neutralized by Mascheroni. Monti (who seemed to be affected by the death threat he received before the final) wasn’t his usual self, and even Stábile missed a good chance to put Argentina 3-1 ahead. In Uruguay, Gestido and Fernández were moving up to join the attack. In minute 57, a clever overhead lob from Scarone sent the ball over Della Torre and Paternóster, and Cea pushed a ground shot past Botasso’s dive to bring in the equalizer. Ten minutes later, Mascheroni robbed Varallo and brought the ball forward before passing to Iriarte, whose shot from outside the area surprised Botasso in his late dive. Even with 3-2, Stábile and Varallo had new chances to equalize for Argentina, but near the end Dorado crossed for Castro to beat Della Torre in the air and send a looping header over Botasso’s fingertips. The victory was secured then for Uruguay, and after the referee blew the final whistle the players and fans celebrated in the stadium. To commemorate this success, the day of the final was declared national holiday in Uruguay.

 

 

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