Five Facts You May Not Know About The 1930 World Cup - Part Four

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1. Preguinho, son of famous poet Coelho Netto, and scorer of Brazil's first ever World Cup goal against Yugoslavia (14 July), was a multi-talented sportsman (swimming, basketball, volleyball, waterpolo). Legend has it that  he once swam the length of the Guanabara bay and then took a taxi to play a domestic match.

2. Ivica Bek scored three goals for Yugoslavia at the 1930 World Cup. Born in Belgrade to a German father and Czech mother, he played professionally in France. During World War Two, he fought in the French Alps for the resistance.

3. Alex Wood and George Moorhouse were the full-backs in the US team that reached the semi-finals. Each earned a schoolboy international cap for Scotland and England respectively.

4. Peruvian centre-half Placido Galindo was the first ever player to be sent off in the history of the World Cup against Romania (14 July). Unhappy with the decision he refused to leave the field and it took five minutes before his coach Paco Bru convinced him to leave. This is in contrast to one domestic game for his club Universitario when he committed such a bad tackle that he, alone, decided was worthy of dismissal and left the field.

5. Mexican captain Rafael Garza Gutierrez was the oldest player at the World Cup when he took the field against Argentina on the 19th July. He was 33 years and 218 days old.

Five Facts You May Not Know About The 1930 World Cup - Part Three

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1. The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) supplied all players with free tobacco, cigars and cigarettes plus free postage for any letters sent home.

2. Brazilian forward Araken Patusca arrived in Montevideo accompanied by his wife. He was dropped after his poor performance after Brazil lost 2-1 to Yugoslavia in their first match (14 July). 

3. Romanian player Nicolae Kovacs (Covaci) was the youngest goalscorer at the 1930 World Cup. He was 18 years and 197 days old when he scored against Peru in their 3-1 victory on 14 July. 

4. Roberto Gayon, scorer of Mexico's third goal versus Argentina (19 July), was born in Costa Rica in 1910. His father was a Mexican diplomat who took the family to the USA in 1911. In 1920, the father was found guilty of violating US neutrality laws for aiding revolutionary forces in Mexico.

5. By express resolution of the General Inspectorate for the Supression of Alcoholism, the sale of all alcoholic beverages was absolutely prohibited within the Centenario for the Final between Uruguay and Argentina. This all followed nationalistic proclamations in the press either side of the Rio de la Plata in the days prior to match.

Match Reports: Yugoslavia vs Brazil & Romania vs Peru (English translation of Heraldo de Madrid)

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This is an English translation of the match reports that appeared in the Spanish newspaper, El Heraldo de Madrid, on 15th July 1930. The two authors are anonymous but most likely are South American journalists. El Heraldo de Madrid did not send a correspondent to Uruguay and, based on previous dispatches, most likely carried the reports published by the cable news agency Associated Press.

Google was used to translate this document, and I have tried to keep to this conversion, but where there is confusion, I have added my interpretation. 

The identity of some players described in the action may not be correct as other reports identify different players. This is due in part because the players did not wear shirt numbers. 

What is common in much of the Spanish language press is the difficulty in their spelling of the names of the Yugoslav players. In this instance, I have decided to the include the misspellings.

You can read the original match report in Spanish here.

RETRO FOTKA!
Montevideo, 14. jul 1930.
Jugoslavija-Brazil 2:1 (Tirnanic 21', Bek 30' - Pregvinjo 62')
YU: Jaksic, Djokic, Sekulic, Vujadinovic, Stefanovic, Mihajlovic, Ivkovic, Arsenijevic, Bek, Marjanovic, Tirnanic. pic.twitter.com/5P69cqeBFU

— TOTAL SOCCER (@NebojsaSoskanal) March 14, 2018

El Heraldo de Madrid, on 15th July 1930.

The soccer world championship in Montevideo

MONTEVIDEO 15. - The matches between the national teams of Yugoslavia and Brazil on the one hand, and Peru and Romania on the other, have been played in different fields and at the same time.*

*This is not correct. The Romania - Peru match was played after Yugoslavia - Brazil.

The Brazilian team was aligned in the following way:

Monteiro; Brilhante, Gervazoni; Fonseca, Dos Santos, Giudicelli; Ribeiro, Murtinho, Patuska, Coelhi and Bethencourt.

The Yugoslav team was composed of Yakchitch; Yocovitch, Michailovitch; Arsiniyovitch. Stevanovitch, Djokitch; Tirnanitch, Meryanovitch, Becb, Vonyadinovitch and Sekoulitch.

During the first half the Yugoslavs scored two goals in the twenty-three and thirty minutes of play, although the Brazilians showed to have a better technique.

The fight took a great train (tren) (?), playing the teams with violence. The referee annulled another marked (goal) by the Yugoslavs, for having been made out of play (alternative translation: for having been offside).

In the second half the Brazilians made superhuman efforts to draw; but they could only do so much, finishing the game with the victory of the Yugoslavs by two goals against one.

One of Romania's @hai_romania goals scored against Peru @SeleccionPeru in their 3-1 victory on 14 July 1930 during the 1st @FIFAWorldCup in #Montevideo, @Uruguay from the newspaper El Diario. #WC1930 #Mundial1930. pic.twitter.com/MIodo7SgJa

— worldcup1930project (@WC1930blogger) March 5, 2018

The match between the Romanians and Peruvians was developed in the following way:

At first the Romanians showed great superiority over their opponents, although they play with enthusiasm; but all their efforts are crashing before the Romanian defense line.

The minute after the start of the game the Romanian striker Covaci throws himself on the opposite goal and shoots a strong shot that stumbles on the head of the Peruvian goalkeeper, and this same one introduces him into his net, thus marking the first goal for the Romanians.

At thirty-eight minutes of play the Peruvian De las Casas and the Romanian Stainer stumble, resulting in the European player with a fractured leg. The game is suspended for ten minutes.

The first half ends with the result of 1 to 0 in favor of Romania.

At the beginning of the second half the Peruvian player Galindo and the Romanian Covaci got stuck (alternative translation: Galindo hit Covaci). The referee expelled Galindo, playing from this moment both teams with ten players.

The fight continued with monotony: but at thirty minutes the Peruvians Souza tied the score somewhat.

Three minutes before finishing Romanian put (scored) a goal, and two minutes later hit the Peruvian goalkeeper (goal) again, ending the meeting with the score of 3 to 1 in favor of the Romanians.

Yugoslavia vs Brazil (Match Report/Pravda)

Pravda, 16 July 1930, p.8

This is the newspaper report of the Yugoslavia vs Brazil match played on the 14th July 1930 and appeared in the 16th July 1930 edition of the Belgrade-based publication of Pravda. Below is the Serbian Cyrillic and Croatian text as well a rough English translation. Typing the Cyrillic text into google translator was an arduous task and there are one or two words I was uncertain about which is denoted by (?). So please refer to original report above for further clarification.

Cyrillic text:
КАКО  ЈЕ ИЗВОЈЕВАНА ПОБЕДА

МОНТЕВИДЕО, 14 ЈУЛА - (Радиом) -

Репрезентацја Југославије, одевена у плаве кошу ље са државним грбом на грудима наступила је веома срдачно поздрављена од 35,000 гледалаца, у овом саставу: Јакшић, Ивковић, Михајловић, Арсенијевић, Стефановић, Ђокић, Тирнанић, Марјановић, Бек, Вујадиновић, Секулић.

Гости су почели битку са великим еланом и бурним, темпом, али се крај свега могло приметити да су њихови потези пренагљени, нервозни  и лишени система. Међутим, они су постепено бивали све бољи, благодарећи огромној енергији и Бразилија је тек тада из једне врсте уображености и потцењивања супарника прешла ка озбиљан посао.Али је већ бил доцкан. Југославија је узела мах и домаћн, који су дотле били ноншалантни и мирни, изгубили су своје спокојство и запали у силио уз буђење. Тада се већ јасно могло иазрети да је да је Југославија опасна и способна да се носи равноправно. Њена халф-линија није била довољо повезана да би успоставила лепу игру, али је радила врло корисно, док је иза себе имала врло дисцонирану (?) одбрану, којој је све полазило за руком. Напад је пак био силно ефикасан и он је у 23 минутн забележио први успех. Једна неодољива комбинација Марјановић - Тирнанић довела је напад пред гол. Лопту је докопала спојка, али је спречена у пуцању, препустила крилу и ово је оштрим шутем из близа неодбрањиво затресло мрежу. Свега седам минута касније продро је Бек и поред истрчалог голмана утерао лопту. са стањем од 2:0 гости су игралн ванредно пожртвовано и опрезност Бразилије дозволила им је да и даље, до краја првог полувремена, остану падмоћни (?). possibly the word is пад моћни.

После одмора Југославија попустила и ограничила се махом на чување резултата. У 17 минути лева спојка Бразилије смањила је разлику ка 2-1, али сви покушаји да се постиг не изједначење остали су узалудни. Ова, је нападела често и пуцала доста, међутим тада је био на висини голман гостију, који је бравурозно спречио изравњање.

Од играча Југославије највише су се истакли Бек, Ивковић, Ђокић и Јакшић. И остали су били извсни, али су радили неповезано. Нарочито лева страна изравњање

Успех гостнју награђен је обилним пљескањем, и југословенска колонија изнела је своје земљаке на раменима. Општи је утисак да ће Југославија у четвртак изаћи лако па крај са Боливијом, која је далеко слабији противник и да ће тако ући у финалне борбе.

Croatian text:

KAKO JE IZVOJEVANA POBEDA
MONTEVIDEO, 14 JULA - (Radiom) -
Reprezentacija Jugoslavije, odevena u plave košu lje sa državnim grbom na grudima nastupila je veoma srdačno pozdravljena od 35,000 gledalaca, u ovom sastavu: Jakšić, Ivković, Mihajlović, Arsenijević, Stefanović, Đokić, Tirnanić, Marjanović, Bek, Vujadinović, Sekulić.

Gosti su počeli bitku sa velikim elanom i burnim, tempom, ali se kraj svega moglo primetiti da su njihovi potezi prenagljeni, nervozni i lišeni sistema. Međutim, oni su postepeno bivali sve bolji, blagodareći ogromnoj energiji i Brazilija je tek tada iz jedne vrste uobraženosti i potcenjivanja suparnika prešla ka ozbiljan posao.Ali je već bil dockan. Jugoslavija je uzela mah i domaćn, koji su dotle bili nonšalantni i mirni, izgubili su svoje spokojstvo i zapali u silio uz buđenje. Tada se već jasno moglo iazreti da je da je Jugoslavija opasna i sposobna da se nosi ravnopravno. Njena half-linija nije bila dovoljo povezana da bi uspostavila lepu igru, ali je radila vrlo korisno, dok je iza sebe imala vrlo disconiranu (?) odbranu, kojoj je sve polazilo za rukom. Napad je pak bio silno efikasan i on je u 23 minutn zabeležio prvi uspeh. Jedna neodoljiva kombinacija Marjanović - Tirnanić dovela je napad pred gol. Loptu je dokopala spojka, ali je sprečena u pucanju, prepustila krilu i ovo je oštrim šutem iz bliza neodbranjivo zatreslo mrežu. Svega sedam minuta kasnije prodro je Bek i pored istrčalog golmana uterao loptu. sa stanjem od 2:0 gosti su igraln vanredno požrtvovano i opreznost Brazilije dozvolila im je da i dalje, do kraja prvog poluvremena, ostanu padmoćni (?). possibly the word is pad moćni.

Posle odmora Jugoslavija popustila i ograničila se mahom na čuvanje rezultata. U 17 minuti leva spojka Brazilije smanjila je razliku ka 2-1, ali svi pokušaji da se postig ne izjednačenje ostali su uzaludni. Ova, je napadela često i pucala dosta, međutim tada je bio na visini golman gostiju, koji je bravurozno sprečio izravnjanje.

Od igrača Jugoslavije najviše su se istakli Bek, Ivković, Đokić i Jakšić. I ostali su bili izvsni, ali su radili nepovezano. Naročito leva strana izravnjanje

Uspeh gostnju nagrađen je obilnim pljeskanjem, i jugoslovenska kolonija iznela je svoje zemljake na ramenima. Opšti je utisak da će Jugoslavija u četvrtak izaći lako pa kraj sa Bolivijom, koja je daleko slabiji protivnik i da će tako ući u finalne borbe.

English translation:

HOW TO WIN was won

MONTEVIDEO, July 14 - (Radio) - 

Yugoslav national team, dressed in a blue shirt with the state emblem on the chest performed very warmly welcomed by 35,000 spectators, in this composition: Jaksic, Ivkovic, Mihajlovic, Arsenijevic, Stefanovic, Djokic, Tirnanic Marjanovic, Bek, Vujadinović, Sekulic.

Guests start the battle with great enthusiasm and turbulent pace of, but the end of it could be deduced that their actions premature nervous system and deprived. However, they are gradually gets better, owing to enormous energy and Brazil's only then from one kind of arrogance and underestimating rivals moved toward serious business. But it was already too late. Yugoslavia took the moss and homely, which hitherto were nonchalant and calm, they lost their serenity and burned in power to the awakening. When it comes clearly be taken to that Yugoslavia was dangerous and able to cope equally. Its half-lines was not sufficiently linked together to establish a nice game, but it worked very useful, while backed by a very disconiranu (дисцонирану?) defense, which all went well. The attack was in turn greatly efficient and is in the 23 minute recorded the first success. An irresistible combination Marjanovic - Tirnanic led the attack in front of goal. The ball was usurped clutch, but is prevented from cracking, she left wing and this is a sharp shot from near the net indefensible. Only seven minutes later, penetrated Bek and next pitched ball inside the box. the status of 2: 0 guests have gaming extraordinary dedication and vigilance of Brazil allowed them to remain until the end of the first half, remain padmoćni (?) ({падмоћни} possibly the word is пад моћни which translate as ''the mighty fall''.)

After the rest of Yugoslavia abated and limited itself mostly to save the results. At 17 minutes into the match left coupling Brazil reduced the difference to 2-1, but all attempts to achieve no equalization remained futile. This is often part of the hood and shoot enough, but when he was at the height of the visitors' keeper, who masterfully balancing the prevent. 

Players Yugoslavia were the most highlighted Bek, Ivkovic, Djokic and Jaksic. The others were excellent, but they worked disjointed. In particular, balancing the left side.

Success ratings awarded by heavy clapping and Yugoslav colony presented her countrymen on his shoulders. The general impression is that Yugoslavia on Thursday come out easily and end with Bolivia, which is far weaker opponent and that it will enter the finals.

Yugoslavia's Aleksandar Tirnanic's goal versus Brazil (Montevideo vidimo se! - Official trailer)

This is a two-minute plus Official trailer for the film Montevideo vidimo se!, the sequel of Montevideo bog te video, the semi-fictional story of Yugoslavia's participation in the first World Cup in Uruguay. It contains a recreation of Tirnanic's goal against Brazil in their 2-1 victory. It is interesting to compare this with the diagram of the goal contained in the video in the link below that was published in Argentina's La Prensa the day after the match.

Yugoslavia vs Brazil

1930 World Cup Group 2 Yugoslavia Brazil (Joefa's World Cup History)

This is a youtube video of Yugoslavia v Brazil by Joefa'a World Cup History. Go and subscribe to his channel for more videos of later World Cup matches with rare film footage and photos.

This blogger helped provide photographic material for his project. Special thanks also to JC Blanc for providing material.


Read a match report in Spanish below:



El Heraldo Madrid (Spain)

14 July 1930 - (World Cup Group 2) Yugoslavia v Brazil; (World Cup Group 3) Romania v Peru (Match Reports in El Heraldo de Madrid)

El Heraldo de Madrid, 15 July 1930

This article includes the match reports of the Yugoslavia versus Brazil (2-1) and Romania v Peru (3-1) games played on the same day, 14th July 1930, from the Spanish newspaper El Heraldo de Madrid.

Yugoslavia v Brazil (Match Report in A Batalha)

The front page of Brazilian newspaper, A Batalha, 15 July 1930.

This is the match report for the Yugoslavia versus Brazil game played on the 14th July 1930, recording the Brazilians shock 2-1 defeat to the Europeans. An interesting photograph that shows the multitude of Brazilian football fans gathering at the newspaper offices of the various Rio daily publications. Many of the newspapers would project speakers from their balconies informing the locals of up-to-date cablegrams coming in from Montevideo.

Brazilian Newspapers (O Globo and O Estado do Sao Paulo)

The O Globo front page has been previously published on this site but I've managed to find an enlarged version. It appeared on the day Brazil played Yugoslavia (14 July 1930). Below is also the report of Brazil's 2-1 defeat to their opponents published in O Estado do Sao Paulo (15 July 1930)