Football World Cup 1958 / Argentina

This article covers the Argentina national soccer team at the 1958 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Argentina	10: 2	6th
2	Bolivia	6: 6	4th
3	Chile	2:10	2

October 6, 1957	La Paz, Bolivia	Bolivia	-	Argentina	2-0	Goals: Alcócer 13th, Ramírez 75.
October 13, 1957	Santiago, Chile	Chile	-	Argentina	0: 2	Goals: Menéndez 40th, Conde 61.
October 20, 1957	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	-	Chile	4-0	Goals: Corbatta 1st and 41st, Menéndez 13th, Roberto Zárate 45.
October 27, 1957	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	-	Bolivia	4-0	Goals: Roberto Zárate 8th, Corbatta 62nd, Prado 63rd, Menéndez 64.

Argentine contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates	References
goalkeeper
1	Amadeo Carrizo	CA River Plate	06/12/1926	3	0	0
12	Julio Musimessi	CA Boca Juniors	07/09/1923	0	0	0
Defender
2	Pedro Dellacha	Racing Club Avellaneda	07/09/1926	3	0	0
3	Federico Vairo	CA River Plate	01/27/1930	3	0	0
4th	Francisco Lombardo	CA Boca Juniors	06/11/1925	3	0	0
13	Alfredo Pérez	CA River Plate	04/10/1924	0	0	0
14th	Federico Edwards	CA Boca Juniors	01/25/1931	0	0	0
15th	David Acevedo	CA Independiente	02/20/1937	0	0	0
17th	José Ramos Delgado	CA Lanus	08/25/1935	0	0	0
midfield player
5	Néstor Rossi	CA River Plate	05/10/1925	3	0	0
6th	José Varacka	CA Independiente	05/27/1932	3	0	0
16	Eliseo Mouriño	CA Boca Juniors	06/03/1927	0	0	0
striker
7th	Omar Corbatta	Racing Club Avellaneda	03/11/1936	3	3	0
8th	Eliseo Prado	CA River Plate	09/17/1929	1	0	0
9	Norberto Menéndez	CA River Plate	December 14, 1936	3	1	0
10	Alfredo Rojas	CA Lanus	02/20/1937	1	0	0
11	Ángel Labruna	CA River Plate	09/28/1918	2	0	0
18th	Norberto Boggio	CA San Lorenzo	08/11/1931	1	0	0
19th	Ludovico Avio	CA Vélez Sarsfield	05/15/1932	2	1	0
20th	Ricardo Infante	Estudiantes de la Plata	06/21/1924	0	0	0
21st	José Sanfilippo	CA San Lorenzo	05/04/1935	0	0	0
22nd	Osvaldo Héctor Cruz	CA Independiente	05/29/1931	2	0	0
Trainer
	Guillermo Stábile		January 17, 1905

Argentina team matches

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany	7: 5	4th
2	Northern Ireland	4: 5	3
3	Czechoslovakia	8: 4	3
4th	Argentina	5:10	2

• Germany - Argentina 3: 1 (2: 1)

Stadium: Malmö Stadion ( Malmö )

Spectators: 32,000

Referee: Leafe ( England )

Goals: 0: 1 Corbatta (2nd), 1: 1 Rahn (32nd), 2: 1 Seeler (40th), 3: 1 Rahn (79th)

• Argentina - Northern Ireland 3: 1 (1: 1)

Stadium: Örjans vall ( Halmstad )

Spectators: 14,000

Referee: Ahlner ( Sweden )

Goals: 0: 1 McParland (3rd), 1: 1 Corbatta (38th) 11m , 2: 1 Menéndez (55th), 3: 1 Avio (59th)

• Czechoslovakia - Argentina 6: 1 (3: 0)

Stadium: Olympia ( Helsingborg )

Spectators: 20,000

Referee: Ellis ( England )

Goals: 1: 0 Dvořák (8th), 2: 0 Zikán (17th), 3: 0 Zikán (40th), 3: 1 Corbatta (65th) 11m , 4: 1 Feureisl (69th), 5: 1 Hovorka (82nd), 6: 1 Hovorka (89th)

Germany were drawn in Group 1 Argentina, Czechoslovakia and Northern Ireland. The first game was against the highly rated Argentinians. 31,000 spectators in Malmö saw the South Americans lead in the third minute and it took a long time for the Germans to calm down their game, organized by 38-year-old Fritz Walter. In addition, one of the most important 'heroes of Bern', Helmut Rahn, was still one of the most dangerous goal scorers in the world. In the 32nd minute, the 'Boss' equalized and shortly before the final whistle, the 3: 1. In between, the 21-year-old Uwe Seeler from Hamburg made it 2-1. Then it went against the Czechoslovaks, who had made a false start against the Northern Irish at 0-1. Although the ambitious opponent led 2-0 at halftime, the Germans showed their counter-strength in the second half, which Schäfer (60th) and Rahn (70th) converted into countable figures. Above all, the Schäfer-Tor was extremely controversial long after the game, as the Cologne player pushed the ball along with the keeper Dolesji over the line. But the draw was a good starting position before the game against the Northern Irish. After playing against the CSSR in Helsingborg, you were allowed to play against Northern Ireland again in Malmö. MacParland, the opponent's feared striker, made it 1-0 in the Herkenrath goal (17th), but Helmut Rahn equalized three minutes later. The Germans had gained an overweight, but it was precisely in this phase that the Northern Irish (again MacParland, 60th) took the lead. The following game on a goal saw an excellent goalkeeper Harry Gregg, who destroyed all chances of the Germans - except for a violent shot by Uwe Seeler, which saved the Herberger team from a play-off. Germany were group winners, while Northern Ireland had to play against the Czechoslovaks (2-1 win after extra time).