Football World Cup 1938 / Final

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The finals of the 1938 World Cup :

3rd place match

Brazil - Sweden 4: 2 (1: 2)

Brazil Sweden
BrazilBrazil
Sunday 19 June 1938 in Bordeaux ( Stade du Parc Lescure )
Spectators: 12,000
Referee: John Langenus ( Belgium ) BelgiumBelgium 
Match report
SwedenSweden


Batatais - Domingos , Arthur Machado - Zezé Procópio , Brandão , Afonsinho - Roberto , Léônidas , José Perácio , Romeu , Patesko Trainer: Adhemar Pimenta(C)Captain of the crew
 Henock Abrahamsson - Ivar Eriksson , Erik Nilsson - Erik Almgren , Arne Linderholm , Kurt Svanström - Curt Bergsten , Åke Andersson , Harry Andersson , Sven Jonasson , Arne Nyberg Trainer: József Nagy(C)Captain of the crew


goal1: 2 Romeu (44.)
goal2: 2 Leônidas (63.)
goal3: 2 Leônidas (74.)
goal4: 2 Perácio (80.) 		goal0: 1 Jonasson (28th)
goal0: 2 Nyberg (38th)

Match report

In the semifinals on June 16, Brazil lost 2-1 to defending champions Italy and Sweden 5-1 to Hungary. The third place match took place on June 19 in Bordeaux. The Scandinavians competed with a newly formed team. Keller, Källgren, Jacobsson and Wetterström were replaced by Nilsson, Linderholm, Persson and Ake Andersson. On the part of the Brazilians, goalscorer Leonidas was taken into account again compared to the semi-final game. The South Americans were roused by a 2-0 lead by the Swedes and came in the 43rd minute of the game to the 1: 2 goal. The turning point came from the top scorer of this World Cup tournament, Leonidas gave the Brazilians a 3-2 lead with two goals. Goalkeeper Henock Abrahamsson was always in the spotlight, but he was powerless against the goal to make it 4-2 in the 80th minute, which marked the end of the game. The game was at a good level in the second half and Brazil had proven that they were one of the strongest teams in the world.

final

Italy - Hungary 4: 2 (3: 1)

Italy Hungary Lineup
ItalyItaly
Sunday, June 19, 1938 in Paris ( Stade de Colombes )
Spectators: 45,000
Referee: Georges Capdeville ( France ) FranceFrance 
Match report
HungaryHungary
Line up Italy against Hungary
Aldo Olivieri - Alfredo Foni , Pietro Rava - Pietro Serantoni , Miguel Andreolo , Ugo Locatelli - Amedeo Biavati , Giuseppe Meazza , Silvio Piola , Giovanni Ferrari , Gino Colaussi Trainer: Vittorio Pozzo(C)Captain of the crew
 Antal Szabó - Gyula Polgár , Sándor Bíró - Antal Szalay , György Szűcs , Gyula Lázár - Ferenc Sas , Jenő Vincze , György Sárosi , Gyula Zsengellér , Pál Titkos Trainers: Károly Dietz & Alfréd Schaffer(C)Captain of the crew
goal1: 0 Colaussi (6th)

goal2: 1 Piola (16th)
goal3: 1 Colaussi (35th)

goal4: 2 Piola (82nd)
goal1: 1 Titkos (8th)


goal3: 2 Sárosi (70th)

Match report

The requirements before the final were different. The burden of favorites weighed on the shoulders of the Italian defending champions. Coach Vittorio Pozzo had formed an almost entirely new team compared to the 1934 World Cup (two players from the 1934 World Cup final were Meazza and Ferrari), but with the performance shown in the successes against hosts France and in the semifinals against the convincing Brazil, the Squadra Azzurra had advanced to the title contender number 1. The Hungarians, on the other hand, relied on their technically brilliant offensive game and on the fact that the French had not forgotten that Italy had knocked their team out of the tournament in the quarter-finals. Coach Alfred Schaffer had to struggle with personnel concerns until shortly before kick-off. Some actors had been ailing for a long time. For example, he had to replace the half-left Toldi with the debutant Polgar and finally the regular middle runner Turai was replaced with Szücs.

Basically Pozzo let act in the storm in the "World Cup system" and in defense with three "backs". The game was geared towards Silvio Piola, who had been elected player of the tournament by journalists before the final.

The Pozzo-Elf started the game stormy and put the Schaffer protégés under pressure. Piola put forward Colaussi in the 6th minute for left winger and he had no trouble overcoming Szabo from around eight meters to make the 1-0 lead despite the acute angle. But the men from Budapest struck back, Sarosi did the preparatory work and left winger Titkos immediately equalized to 1-1. Italy remained on the offensive despite the equalizer. Piola, a striker in great shape, took the lead in the 16th minute. Hungary responded by stepping up attacks and Italy turned to counterattack. Ten minutes before the half-time whistle, Colaussi used a pass from Meazza to lead 3-1 at half-time. After the restart, Hungary stormed in a permanent offensive. It took until the 70th minute before Sarosi was able to convert a header from the half right Vincze to a 2: 3 goal. Despite further attacking efforts, the equalizer did not succeed, on the contrary, in the 82nd minute Piola decided with his second goal to 4-2 the final. Italy had successfully defended its title. In contrast to the controversial victory in 1934, the 1938 triumph had no stale aftertaste; the title defense was successful after an excellent tournament performance. The triumphant was Vittorio Pozzo, who had reached the zenith of his career with the final in Paris.

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