Cirilo Roa

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Cirilo Roa was a Mexican football goalkeeper who was known to play for CF México between 1910 and 1916 , but was not part of the championship team for the 1912/13 season.

biography

Cirilo Roa was of sturdy build and a bricklayer as his main profession .

He was part of the first team of CF México, founded in 1910, which first took part in the league competition in the 1912/13 season and immediately became champions. As in previous years, Cirilo Roa was also the goalkeeper at the beginning of the 1912/13 season. Sabino Morales was signed as a substitute for him. But then the club signed Bartolomé Vargas Lugo and nominated him for the goal. Thereupon Cirilo Roa left the club and was therefore not involved in the greatest success in the club's history, the only championship title of CF México. After the end of the 1912/13 season, Vargas Lugo left the club to take part in the fighting of the Mexican Revolution . Immediately after his departure, Cirilo Roa returned to the team and in the course of the following years became a real legend, around which numerous myths soon grew up.

Reasons for his exposed position were his colorful personality and breakneck actions. The fact that he regularly entered the field with a pitcher of pulque , which he used to drink during the game , also caused a stir . Roa was also valued for his sincerity. There is an anecdote from a championship game between Club México and Club España , when a huge shot by Spanish striker Lázaro Ibarreche sparked a discussion about whether the ball was in goal or not. At that time the goals had no nets and the ball flew so fast that the referee could not tell whether the ball was in the goal or whether it had passed. Therefore, the referee appealed to the honesty of Roa, who, without hesitation, confirmed that the ball had actually landed in the goal. His sincerity resulted in his team losing the game.

literature

  • Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de Oro del Fútbol Mexicano , B. Costa-Amic, Mexico City, 1960, p. 82ff

Individual evidence

  1. Javier Bañuelos Rentería: Balón a tierra (1896-1932) , Editorial Clío, México 1998, p. 58