VIII OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT (HELSINKI 1952)

GAME DETAILS

(From 15-07-1952 to 2-08-1952)

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

STADIUM: Pallokenttä (Helsinki)

DATE: 15-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 10.109

REFEREE: John Best (USA)

GOALS: 1-0 (Vukas 2’); 2-0 (Mitić 14’); 3-0 (Zebec 17’); 4-0 (Zebec 23’); 5-0 (Mitić 43’); 6-0 (Ognjanov 52’); 7-0 (Zebec 60’); 8-0 (Vukas 62’); 9-0 (Mitić 67’); 10-0 (Zebec 87’); 10-1 (Khan 89’)

[Incidents: FIFA credits Ognjanov with the ninth Yugoslav goal.]

YUG

Југославија

Yugoslavia - India

भारत

IND

10-1 (5-0)

YUGOSLAVIA

Beara

Stanković, Crnković

Čajkovski, Horvat, Boškov

Ognjanov, Mitić (c), Vukas, Bobek, Zebec

COACH: Milorad Arsenijević

INDIA

B. Anthony

Azizuddin, Manna (c)

Abdul Latif, Rawat, Shanmugham

Venkatesh, Abdul Sattar, Moinuddin, Khan, J. Anthony

COACH: Abdul Rahim Sayed

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

STADIUM: Ratina (Tampere)

DATE: 15-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 4.771

REFEREE: Wolf Karni (FIN)

GOALS: 1-0 (Erik Petersen 36’); 2-0 (Seebach 37’); 2-1 (Emmanouilidis 85’)

[Incidents: FIFA lists Søren Andersen instead of Poul Eyvind Petersen in the Danish line-up and credits Erik Petersen with the second Danish goal.]

DEN

Danmark

Denmark - Greece

Ελλάδα

GRE

2-1 (2-0)

DENMARK

Johansen

Eyvind Petersen, Nielsen

Terkelsen, P. Andersen, Blicher (c)

J.W. Hansen, Erik Petersen, J.P. Hansen, Lundberg, Seebach

COACH: Axel Bjerregaard

GREECE

Pentzaropoulos

Arvanitis, Rossidis

Poulis, Linoxylakis, Ioannou

Drossos, Bebis (c), Papageorgiou, Darivas, Emmanouilidis

COACH: Antonis Migiakis

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

STADIUM: Kupittaan Stadion (Turku)

DATE: 15-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 10.653

REFEREE: Nikolaj Latyshev (USSR)

GOALS: 0-1 (Czibor 21’); 0-2 (Kocsis 73’); 1-2 (Suru 86’)

[Incidents: Kocsis was sent off.]

ROM

România

Romania - Hungary

Magyarország

HUN

1-2 (0-1)

ROMANIA

Voinescu

V. Zavoda, Farmati

Călinoiu, Kovács, Serfőző

Paraschiva, Iordache, Ozon, Petschovski (c), Suru

COACH: Gheorghe Popescu

HUNGARY

Grosics

Dalnoki, Lantos

Kovács, Lóránt, Bozsik

Budai, Kocsis, Hidegkuti, Puskás (c), Czibor

COACH: Gusztáv Sebes

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

STADIUM: Kisapuisto (Lahti)

DATE: 15-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 3.951

REFEREE: Karel van der Meer (NED)

GOALS: 0-1 (Leblond 30’); 1-1 (Trampisz 31’); 2-1 (Krasówka 49’)

POL

Polska

Poland - France

France

FRA

2-1 (1-1)

POLAND

Stefaniszyn

Gędłek, Banisz

Suszczyk, Cebula, Mamoń

Trampisz, Krasówka, Alszer, Cieślik (c), Wiśniewski

COACH: Michał Matyas

FRANCE

Deprez

Bochard, Colliot

Druart, Eloy, Barreau (c)

Persillon, Leblond, Oliver, Bohée, Lefèvre

COACH: Louis Dugauguez

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

STADIUM: Kotkan Urheilukeskus (Kotka)

DATE: 15-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 10.950

REFEREE: István Zsolt (HUN)

GOALS: 0-1 (Kolev 95’); 1-1 (Bobrov 100’); 2-1 (Trofimov 104’)

USSR

СССР

Soviet Union - Bulgaria

България

BUL

2-1 (0-0;0-0)

SOVIET UNION

Ivanov

Krizhevskij, Nyrkov

Netto, Bashashkin, Petrov

Trofimov, Tenjagin, Bobrov (c), Gogoberidze, Il’in

COACH: Boris Arkad’ev

BULGARIA

Sokolov

Apostolov, Evtimov

Bozhkov (c), Manolov, Petkov

Milanov, Kolev, Panajotov, Argirov, Yanev

COACHES: Krum Milev / Stojan Ormandzhiev

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

STADIUM: Kisapuisto (Lahti)

DATE: 16-07-1952 (12:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 3.740

REFEREE: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)

GOALS: 0-1 (Robb 12’); 1-1 (Roller 60’); 2-1 (Letsch 91’); 3-1 (Roller 95’); 4-1 (Letsch 98’); 4-2 (Slater 101’); 5-2 (Gales 106’); 5-3 (Lewis 118’)

LUX

Lëtzebuerg

Luxembourg - Great Britain

Great Britain

GBR

5-3 (0-1;1-1)

LUXEMBOURG

Lahure

Wagner (c), Spartz

Jaminet, Reuter, Guth

Müller, Roller, Gales, Nurenberg, Letsch

COACH: Adolf Patek

GREAT BRITAIN

Bennett

Stewart, Stratton

Topp, Fuller (c), Saunders

Hardisty, Noble, Lewis, Slater, Robb

COACH: Walter Winterbottom

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

STADIUM: Kupittaan Stadion (Turku)

DATE: 16-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 9.809

REFEREE: Giorgio Bernardi (ITA)

GOALS: 1-0 (Van Roessel 15’); 1-1 (Humberto 25’); 1-2 (Larry [p.] 33’); 1-3 (Larry 36’); 1-4 (Jansen 81’); 1-5 (Vavá 86’)

NED

Nederland

Netherlands - Brazil

Brasil

BRA

1-5 (1-3)

NETHERLANDS

Kraak

Odenthal, Alberts

Wiertz, Terlouw, Biesbrouck (c)

Van der Kuil, Bennaars, Van Roessel, Mommers, Clavan

COACH: Jaap van der Leck

BRAZIL

Carlos Alberto

Mauro, Valdir

Zózimo, Adésio, Édison

Larry, Mílton, Vavá, Humberto, Jansen

COACH: Newton Cardoso

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

STADIUM: Ratina (Tampere)

DATE: 16-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 17.020

REFEREE: Arthur Ellis (GBR)

GOALS: 1-0 (Gimona 3’); 2-0 (Pandolfini 16’); 3-0 (Venturi 27’); 4-0 (Gimona 51’); 5-0 (Fontanesi 52’); 6-0 (Pandolfini 62’); 7-0 (Gimona 75’); 8-0 (Mariani 87’)

ITA

Italia

Italy - USA

United States of America

USA

8-0 (3-0)

ITALY

Bugatti

Corradi, Rota

Venturi, Cadè, Neri

Fontanesi, Gimona, La Rosa, Pandolfini (c), Mariani

COACH: Giuseppe Meazza

USA

Burkhard

Schaller, Keough

Sheppell, Colombo, McHugh

Monsen, Souza, Surock, Mendoza, Cook

COACH: John Wood

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

STADIUM: Kotkan Urheilukeskus (Kotka)

DATE: 16-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 5.641

REFEREE: John Nilsson (SWE)

GOALS: 0-1 (I. Jara 7’); 0-2 (Vial 14’); 1-2 (El-Far 27’); 2-2 (El-Mekkawi 43’); 3-2 (El-Dhizui 66’); 4-2 (El-Dhizui 75’); 4-3 (I. Jara 78’); 5-3 (El-Dhizui 80’); 5-4 (Vial 88’)

EGY

مصر

Egypt - Chile

Chile

CHI

5-4 (2-2)

EGYPT

Hemaida

Moussa, Qabil

Rashed, Bastan, Abdel-Moula

El-Sayed, El-Far, El-Hamouli, El-Dhizui, El-Mekkawi

COACH: Abdallah Tawfiq

CHILE

Roa

Massaro, González

Leal, F. Jara, García

Vial, Vásquez, Albornoz, Pillado, I. Jara

COACHES: Luis Tirado / Amadeo Silva

 

FIRST ROUND

STADIUM: Olympiastadion (Helsinki)

DATE: 19-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 33.053

REFEREE: William Ling (GBR)

GOALS: 0-1 (Gollnhuber [p.] 8’); 1-1 (Stolpe 11’); 1-2 (Gollnhuber 30’); 2-2 (Stolpe 34’); 3-2 (Rytkönen 36’); 3-3 (Stumpf 59’); 3-4 (Grohs 79’)

FIN

Suomi

Finland - Austria

Österreich

AUT

3-4 (3-2)

FINLAND

Laaksonen

Lindman, Myntti

Asikainen (c), Valkama, Beijar

Rytkönen, Lehtovirta, Vaihela, Rikberg, Stolpe

COACH: Aatos Lehtonen

AUSTRIA

Nikolai

Kollmann, A. Krammer

Wolf, Walter, Fendler

Hochleitner, Feldinger, Stumpf, Grohs, Gollnhuber

COACH: Viktor Hierländer

 

FIRST ROUND

STADIUM: Kupittaan Stadion (Turku)

DATE: 20-07-1952 (12:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 6.813

REFEREE: Giorgio Bernardi (ITA)

GOALS: 1-0 (Klug 33’); 2-0 (Schröder 38’); 3-0 (Schröder 61’); 3-1 (El-Dhizui 64’)

FRG

Westdeutschland

FRG - Egypt

مصر

EGY

3-1 (2-0)

FRG

Schönbeck

Eberle (c), Post

Sommerlatt, Jäger, Gleixner

Mauritz, Stollenwerk, Schröder, Schäfer, Klug

COACH: Sepp Herberger

EGYPT

Hemaida

Moussa, Sedqi

Abdel-Moula, Bastan, Rashed

El-Mekkawi, El-Dhizui, El-Hamouli, El-Far, El-Sayed

COACH: Abdallah Tawfiq

 

FIRST ROUND

STADIUM: Kotkan Urheilukeskus (Kotka)

DATE: 20-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 6.776

REFEREE: Marijan Matančić (YUG)

GOALS: 1-0 (Larry 42’); 2-0 (Humberto 49’); 2-1 (Gales [p.] 86’)

[Incidents: Marijan Matančić replaced the originally appointed Italian referee Giorgio Bernardi.]

BRA

Brasil

Brazil - Luxembourg

Lëtzebuerg

LUX

2-1 (1-0)

BRAZIL

Carlos Alberto

Valdir, Mauro

Édison, Adésio, Zózimo

Jansen, Vavá, Larry, Humberto, Mílton

COACH: Newton Cardoso

LUXEMBOURG

Lahure

Wagner (c), Spartz

Jaminet, Reuter, Guth

Müller, Roller, Gales, Nurenberg, Letsch

COACH: Adolf Patek

 

FIRST ROUND

STADIUM: Ratina (Tampere)

DATE: 20-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 17.392

REFEREE: Arthur Ellis (GBR)

GOALS: 1-0 (Mitić 29’); 2-0 (Ognjanov 33’); 3-0 (Zebec 44’); 4-0 (Bobek 46’); 4-1 (Bobrov 53’); 5-1 (Zebec 59’); 5-2 (Trofimov 75’); 5-3 (Bobrov 77’); 5-4 (Bobrov 87’); 5-5 (Petrov 89’)

YUG

Југославија

Yugoslavia - Soviet Union

СССР

USSR

5-5 (3-0;5-5)

YUGOSLAVIA

Beara

Stanković, Crnković

Čajkovski, Horvat, Boškov

Ognjanov, Mitić (c), Vukas, Bobek, Zebec

COACH: Milorad Arsenijević

SOVIET UNION

Ivanov

Krizhevskij, Nyrkov

Netto, Bashashkin, Petrov

Trofimov, Nikolaev, Bobrov (c), Beskov, Marjutin

COACH: Boris Arkad’ev

 

FIRST ROUND

STADIUM: Kupittaan Stadion (Turku)

DATE: 21-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 6.024

REFEREE: Folke Bålstad (NOR)

GOALS: 1-0 (Seebach 17’); 2-0 (Nielsen 69’)

[Incidents: FIFA lists Søren Andersen instead of Poul Eyvind Petersen in the Danish line-up.]

DEN

Danmark

Denmark - Poland

Polska

POL

2-0 (1-0)

DENMARK

Johansen

Eyvind Petersen, Nielsen

Terkelsen, P. Andersen, Blicher (c)

J.W. Hansen, Erik Petersen, J.P. Hansen, Lundberg, Seebach

COACH: Axel Bjerregaard

POLAND

Szymkowiak

Gędłek, Banisz

Mamoń, Kaszuba, Bieniek

Sobek, Krasówka, Alszer, Cieślik (c), Wiśniewski

COACH: Michał Matyas

 

FIRST ROUND

STADIUM: Ratina (Tampere)

DATE: 21-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 4.072

REFEREE: Johan Alho (FIN)

GOALS: 1-0 (Brodd 23’); 2-0 (Brodd 35’); 3-0 (Rydell 81’); 3-1 (Sørensen 83’); 4-1 (Bengtsson 89’)

SWE

Sverige

Sweden - Norway

Norge

NOR

4-1 (2-0)

SWEDEN

K. Svensson

Samuelsson, Nilsson (c)

Hansson, Gustavsson, Lindh

Bengtsson, Löfgren, Rydell, Brodd, Sandberg

COACH: George Raynor

NORWAY

Blohm

Holmberg, Karlsen

Olsen, Svenssen (c), Spydevold

Hvidsten, Thoresen, Sørensen, Johannessen, Dahlen

COACH: Frank Soo

 

FIRST ROUND

STADIUM: Pallokenttä (Helsinki)

DATE: 21-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 13.870

REFEREE: Karel van der Meer (NED)

GOALS: 1-0 (Palotás 11’); 2-0 (Palotás 20’); 3-0 (Kocsis 83’)

HUN

Magyarország

Hungary - Italy

Italia

ITA

3-0 (2-0)

HUNGARY

Grosics

Buzánszky, Lantos

Bozsik, Lóránt, Zakariás

Csordás, Kocsis, Palotás, Puskás (c), Hidegkuti

COACH: Gusztáv Sebes

ITALY

Bugatti

Rota, Corradi

Neri, Azzini, Venturi

Mariani, Pandolfini (c), Fontanesi, Gimona, La Rosa

COACH: Giuseppe Meazza

 

FIRST ROUND

STADIUM: Kisapuisto (Lahti)

DATE: 21-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 3.696

REFEREE: Carl Jørgensen (DEN)

GOALS: 1-0 (Tekin 9’); 2-0 (Muzaffer [p.] 76’); 2-1 (Briezen 79’)

[Incidents: According to FIFA report, Muzaffer scored the first Turkish goal and Tekin the second one. Macit missed a penalty shot (min. 13). Hato missed a penalty shot (min. 22), saved by Erdoğan.]

TUR

Türkiye

Turkey - Dutch Antilles

Nederlandse Antillen

NAN

2-1 (1-0)

TURKEY

Erdoğan

Necdet, Rıdvan

Mustafa, Basri, Ercüment

Vasıf, Tekin, Yalçın, Muzaffer (c), Macit

COACH: Sandro Puppo

DUTCH ANTILLES

Hato

De Lanoi, Canword

Matrona, Vlinder, Giribaldi

Heyliger, Brión, Briezen, Krips, Brokke

COACH: Antoine Maduro

 

FIRST ROUND — TIE-BREAK

STADIUM: Ratina (Tampere)

DATE: 22-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 19.616

REFEREE: Arthur Ellis (GBR)

GOALS: 0-1 (Bobrov 6’); 1-1 (Mitić 19’); 2-1 (Bobek [p.] 29’); 3-1 (Čajkovski 54’)

YUG

Југославија

Yugoslavia - Soviet Union

СССР

USSR

3-1 (2-1)

YUGOSLAVIA

Beara

Stanković, Crnković

Čajkovski, Horvat, Boškov

Ognjanov, Mitić (c), Vukas, Bobek, Zebec

COACH: Milorad Arsenijević

SOVIET UNION

Ivanov

Krizhevskij, Nyrkov

Netto, Bashashkin, Petrov

Trofimov, Nikolaev, Bobrov (c), Beskov, Chkuaseli

COACH: Boris Arkad’ev

 

1/4 FINAL

STADIUM: Pallokenttä (Helsinki)

DATE: 23-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 12.564

REFEREE: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)

GOALS: 0-1 (Grohs 40’); 1-1 (Sandberg 80’); 2-1 (Brodd 85’); 3-1 (Rydell 87’)

SWE

Sverige

Sweden - Austria

Österreich

AUT

3-1 (0-1)

SWEDEN

K. Svensson

Samuelsson, Nilsson (c)

Hansson, Gustavsson, Lindh

Bengtsson, Löfgren, Rydell, Brodd, Sandberg

COACH: George Raynor

AUSTRIA

Nikolai

Kollmann, A. Krammer

Walter, Wolf, Fendler

Stumpf, Hochleitner, Grohs, Feldinger, Gollnhuber

COACH: Viktor Hierländer

 

1/4 FINAL

STADIUM: Pallokenttä (Helsinki)

DATE: 24-07-1952 (12:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 11.451

REFEREE: Arthur Ellis (GBR)

GOALS: 0-1 (Larry 12’); 0-2 (Zózimo 74’); 1-2 (Schröder 75’); 2-2 (Klug 89’); 3-2 (Schröder 96’); 4-2 (Zeitler 120’)

FRG

Westdeutschland

FRG - Brazil

Brasil

BRA

4-2 (0-1;2-2)

FRG

Schönbeck

Eberle (c), Jäger

Sommerlatt, Schäfer, Post

Hinterstocker, Stollenwerk, Zeitler, Schröder, Klug

COACH: Sepp Herberger

BRAZIL

Carlos Alberto

Mauro, Valdir

Édison, Adésio, Zózimo

Mílton, Humberto, Larry, Vavá, Jansen

COACH: Newton Cardoso

 

1/4 FINAL

STADIUM: Kotkan Urheilukeskus (Kotka)

DATE: 24-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 4.743

REFEREE: Wolf Karni (FIN)

GOALS: 1-0 (Palotás 18’); 2-0 (Kocsis 32’); 3-0 (Lantos 48’); 4-0 (Puskás 54’); 4-1 (Ercüment 57’); 5-1 (Bozsik 70’); 6-1 (Kocsis 72’); 7-1 (Puskás 90’)

HUN

Magyarország

Hungary - Turkey

Türkiye

TUR

7-1 (2-0)

HUNGARY

Grosics

Buzánszky, Lantos

Bozsik, Lóránt, Zakariás

Csordás, Kocsis, Palotás, Puskás (c), Czibor

COACH: Gusztáv Sebes

TURKEY

Erdoğan

Necdet, Rıdvan

Mustafa, Basri, Ercüment

Vasıf, Tekin, Kamil, Yalçın, Macit

COACH: Sandro Puppo

 

1/4 FINAL

STADIUM: Pallokenttä (Helsinki)

DATE: 25-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 11.456

REFEREE: Édouard Harzic (FRA)

GOALS: 1-0 (Čajkovski 19’); 2-0 (Ognjanov 35’); 3-0 (Vukas 41’); 3-1 (Lundberg 63’); 4-1 (Bobek 78’); 5-1 (Zebec 81’); 5-2 (Seebach 85’); 5-3 (J. P. Hansen 87’)

[Incidents: FIFA lists Wolf Karni (FIN) instead of Édouard Harzic as the referee for this game.]

YUG

Југославија

Yugoslavia - Denmark

Danmark

DEN

5-3 (3-0)

YUGOSLAVIA

Beara

Stanković, Crnković

Čajkovski, Horvat, Boškov

Ognjanov, Mitić (c), Vukas, Bobek, Zebec

COACH: Milorad Arsenijević

DENMARK

Johansen

Eyvind Petersen, Nielsen

Terkelsen, P. Andersen, Blicher (c)

J.W. Hansen, Erik Petersen, J.P. Hansen, Lundberg, Seebach

COACH: Axel Bjerregaard

 

1/2 FINAL

STADIUM: Olympiastadion (Helsinki)

DATE: 28-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 30.471

REFEREE: William Ling (GBR)

GOALS: 1-0 (Puskás 1’); 2-0 (Palotás 16’); 3-0 (Lindh [o.g.] 36’); 4-0 (Kocsis 65’); 5-0 (Hidegkuti 67’); 6-0 (Kocsis 69’)

HUN

Magyarország

Hungary - Sweden

Sverige

SWE

6-0 (3-0)

HUNGARY

Grosics

Buzánszky, Lantos

Bozsik, Lóránt, Zakariás

Hidegkuti, Kocsis, Palotás, Puskás (c), Czibor

COACH: Gusztáv Sebes

SWEDEN

K. Svensson

Samuelsson, Nilsson (c)

Hansson, Gustavsson, Lindh

Bengtsson, Löfgren, Rydell, Brodd, Sandberg

COACH: George Raynor

 

1/2 FINAL

STADIUM: Olympiastadion (Helsinki)

DATE: 29-07-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 25.821

REFEREE: Wolf Karni (FIN)

GOALS: 1-0 (Mitić 3’); 1-1 (Stollenwerk 12’); 2-1 (Mitić 24’); 3-1 (Čajkovski 30’)

YUG

Југославија

Yugoslavia - FRG

Westdeutschland

FRG

3-1 (3-1)

YUGOSLAVIA

Beara

Stanković, Crnković

Čajkovski, Horvat, Boškov

Ognjanov, Mitić (c), Vukas, Bobek, Zebec

COACH: Milorad Arsenijević

FRG

Schönbeck

Eberle (c), Jäger

Sommerlatt, Schäfer, Gleixner

Mauritz, Stollenwerk, Zeitler, Schröder, Ehrmann

COACH: Sepp Herberger

 

PLACES 3-4

STADIUM: Olympiastadion (Helsinki)

DATE: 1-08-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 28.470

REFEREE: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)

GOALS: 1-0 (Rydell 11’); 2-0 (Löfgren 86’)

SWE

Sverige

Sweden - FRG

Westdeutschland

FRG

2-0 (1-0)

SWEDEN

K. Svensson

Samuelsson, Nilsson (c)

Åhlund, Gustavsson, Lindh

Bengtsson, Löfgren, Rydell, Brodd, Sandberg

COACH: George Raynor

FRG

Schönbeck

Eberle (c), Jäger

Sommerlatt, Schäfer, Post

Hinterstocker, Stollenwerk, Zeitler, Schröder, Ehrmann

COACH: Sepp Herberger

 

FINAL

STADIUM: Olympiastadion (Helsinki)

DATE: 2-08-1952 (19:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 58.553

REFEREE: Arthur Ellis (GBR)

GOALS: 1-0 (Puskás 70’); 2-0 (Czibor 88’)

[Incidents: Puskás missed a penalty shot (min. 34), saved by Beara.]

HUN

Magyarország

Hungary - Yugoslavia

Југославија

YUG

2-0 (0-0)

HUNGARY

Grosics

Buzánszky, Lantos

Bozsik, Lóránt, Zakariás

Hidegkuti, Kocsis, Palotás, Puskás (c), Czibor

COACH: Gusztáv Sebes

YUGOSLAVIA

Beara

Stanković, Crnković

Čajkovski, Horvat, Boškov

Ognjanov, Mitić (c), Vukas, Bobek, Zebec

COACH: Milorad Arsenijević

GAME SUMMARY

Hungary completed a magnificent olympic tournament with a deserved victory over Yugoslavia in the final. The imaginative Magyar play, with constant interpassing, allowed them to dominate the game from the onset. The best Hungarian period was between minutes 24 and 35 in the first half, when Beara was put to the test with consecutive shots from Puskás and Kocsis (one of them hit the post). When Hungary was awarded a penalty kick in minute 34 for a foul of Crnković on Kocsis inside the area, it looked as if the Magyar domination would finally be rewarded, but to everyone’s surprise Puskás kicked the ball into Beara’s hands. This scare seemed to encourage the dormant Yugoslavs, who launched a series of attacks in the last minutes of the first half, but the Hungarian defense stood firm.

 

Hungary resumed their domination after halftime, and Palotás tested Beara once more with a distant shot. As the defenses relaxed and the rhythm decreased, the game became more of a dual affair, and the Yugoslav reply came soon in the opposite area, when a one-two between Bobek and Vukas ended with a powerful drive from the latter that Grocsis saved with some difficulty. Hungary looked the stronger side in the late period of the game though, and in minute 70 opened the score when Puskás latched onto a Bozsik’s long pass, dribbled past Horvat and Čajkovski, and finally avoided the onrushing Beara to send the ball into an empty net. The Yugoslav reaction to this goal was nowhere to be seen, and the Hungarians had no trouble thwarting the few attacks that their rivals could muster. Then, two minutes from time, a very active Puskás assisted Czibor to make it 2-0 and kill the game.

 

 

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