Football World Cup 1930 / Argentina

This article covers the Argentina national soccer team at the 1930 World Cup .

qualification

There was no qualification as Uruguay personally invited the participants.

Contingent

Surname	Association at the time	Date of birth	Sp.	Gates	Space management
goalkeeper
Ángel Bossio 1	CA Talleres	0May 5, 1905	3	0	0
Juan Botasso	Quilmes AC	Oct 23, 1908	2	0	0
Defense
Alberto Chividini	Central North Tucumán	Feb 23, 1907	1	0	0
José Della Torre	Racing Club	23 Mar 1906	5	0	0
Ramón mothers	Boca Juniors	March 12 1899	1	0	0
Rodolfo Orlandini	Sportivo Buenos Aires	1905	3	0	0
Fernando Paternóster	Racing Club	May 24, 1903	4th	0	0
Natalio Perinetti	Racing Club	Dec 28, 1900	1	0	0
Adolfo Zumelzú	Palermo Buenos Aires	0Jan. 5, 1902	1	2	0
midfield
Roberto Cherro	Boca Juniors	Feb 23, 1907	1	0	0
Juan Evaristo	Palermo Buenos Aires	June 20, 1902	4th	0	0
Luis Monti	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	May 15, 1901	4th	2	0
Edmundo Piaggio	CA Lanus	0Oct 3, 1905	0	0	0
Alejandro Scopelli	Estudiantes de La Plata	May 12, 1908	1	1	0
Pedro Suarez	Boca Juniors	0June 5, 1908	2	0	0
attack
Attilio Demaría	Estudiantes Porteño	19 Mar 1909	1	0	0
Marino Evaristo	Boca Juniors	Dec 10, 1908	4th	1	0
Manuel Ferreira 1	Estudiantes de La Plata	Oct. 22, 1905	4th	0	0
Carlos Peucelle	Sportivo Buenos Aires	13 Sep 1908	4th	3	0
Carlos Spadaro	CA Lanus	0Feb 5, 1902	1	0	0
Guillermo Stábile	Club Atlético Huracán	Jan. 17, 1906	4th	8th	0
Francisco Varallo	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	0Feb 5, 1910	4th	1	0
Trainer
Francisco Olazar		July 10, 1885
Juan José Tramutola (Technical Director)		Aug 21, 1902

¹In the second group game against Mexico Ferreira was not set up, so that goalkeeper Ángel Bossio came up for a game as captain.

Games

Preliminary round

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Group 1

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	10: 04	+6	6-0
2	Chile	3	2	0	1	05: 03	+2	4: 2
3	France	3	1	0	2	04: 03	+1	2: 4
4th	Mexico	3	0	0	3	04:13	–9	0: 6

Tuesday, July 15, 1930, 4 p.m. in the Estadio Gran Parque Central
Argentina	-	France	1: 0 (0: 0)
Sat., July 19, 1930, 3 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Argentina	-	Mexico	6: 3 (3: 1)
Tue., July 22, 1930, 2:45 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Argentina	-	Chile	3: 1 (2: 1)

As expected, the favorite Argentina prevailed in Group 1. When favorites Argentina and France met in the second game of the group, there were 25,000 visitors in the stadium. The 1-0 winning goal for Argentina was achieved by center runner Monti with a direct free kick. Argentina's Chierro suffered a nervous shock after the game against France and could not be used in the tournament afterwards. Referee John Langenus from Belgium also whistled the match six minutes too early. After violent protests, he let the lost time replay. Some players were already in the shower, but had to come up again. Argentina shot themselves against Mexico in a 6-3 win before the decisive match against Chile. The eventual top scorer of the tournament, Guillermo Stábile, had already scored three times against Mexico. Against Chile he got two goals in the 3-1 success that meant group victory. Argentina qualified for the semi-finals.

Semifinals

Saturday, July 26, 1930, 2:45 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Argentina	-	United States	6: 1 (1: 0)

Argentina and the USA met in the first semi-final game. The high favorite still had a hard time in the first half. Outrunner Monti had put Argentina 1-0 (20th) in the lead, but it was only after the change that the gauchos really messed up the Americans. US goalkeeper Douglas scored five hits (Scopelli 56th, Stábile 69th and 87th, and Peucelle 80th and 85th). Only a minute before the final whistle, the Americans scored a consolation goal from Jim Brown.

final

Wed., July 30, 1930, 3:30 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Uruguay	-	Argentina	4: 2 (1: 2)

The favorites Uruguay and Argentina were - as expected - in the final. The guests got off to a better start, played well, but Uruguay took the lead after a counterattack by Scarone, whose submission Dorado netted to make it 1-0. Argentina persisted and saved a 2-1 lead in half-time after goals from Peucelle (20th) and Stábile (37th). In the second round, the host's midfield game, presented by Andrade, Gestido and Scarone, won the upper hand. The equalization by Cea (57th) fell after just under an hour. Uruguay pressed on and forced the acclaimed winning goal through Iriarte (68th) and Castro (90th).