II. Quarterfinals: June 12th, 14th, 1938
Brazil 1-Czechoslovakia 1
-Brazil and Czechoslovakia faced one another, on Sunday, June 12th,
1938, at Bordeaux’s ‘Parc
de Lescure’ at 17:00 PM.
-This match marked the inauguration of Bordeaux’s Parc de
Lescure.
-Both teams traveled long distances by train to get
to the venue. Czechoslovakia traveled from Le Havre (more than 300 miles). The
Brazilians traveled from Strasbourg (470 miles and 12 hours).
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Photo
From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+
(Team
captains, June 12, 1938, World Cup, Brazil 1-Czechoslovakia 1)
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From: Le Petit Parisien, 13 June 1938
(Team
Formations, June 12, 1938, World Cup, Brazil 1-Czechoslovakia 1)
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- Brazil’s Zezé Procópio was sent off in the 14th
minute after kicking Nejedly.
Leonidas gave Brazil the lead in the 30th minute.
Czechoslovakia tied the match in the 65th minute
through a penalty kick by Oldrich Nejedly, awarded after a handball by Domingos
Da Guia.
Brazil’s Machado II and Czechoslovakia’s Jan Riha were sent
off in the 89th minute after fighting with one another.
Afonsinho took Machado’s place in defense.
The match ended as a tie in regulation and went into extra-time.
At the end of extra-time the score remained unchanged and a replay was needed.
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From: Calcio Illustrato, Issue 24, June 15, 1938
(June 12, 1938, World Cup, Brazil
1-Czechoslovakia 1) |
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From: Guerin Sportivo, Issue 988 (Number 12),March 23-29, 1994
(June
12, 1938, World Cup, Brazil 1-Czechoslovakia 1)
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-Leonidas was constantly fouled by the Czechoslovakia
defense.
-Czechoslovakia goalkeeper Frantisek Planicka played more
than half and hour with an injured collarbone.
Near the end of the match, Nejedly fractured his leg after a
collision with Peracio.
Josef
Košťálek would be injured in the stomach.
-The
Takeaway from this match was that this was the most violent match of this World
Cup with three sending offs and left many players injured for the replay.
It
would be called ‘The Battle of Bordeaux’.
It would be the only match in the quarterfinal round to go into overtime and forced a replay.
It would be the only match in the quarterfinal round to go into overtime and forced a replay.
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Photo
From: Le Petit Parisien, 13 June 1938
(June
12, 1938, World Cup, Brazil 1-Czechoslovakia 1)
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France 1-Italy 3
-France and Italy faced one another, on Sunday, June 12th,
1938, at Paris’ ‘Stade Colombes’ at 17:00 PM.
-As the French were the home side, they wore blue jerseys. Italy
wore an all black strip.
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Photo
From: Guerin Sportivo, Issue 988 (Number 12),March 23-29, 1994
(Team
captains, June 12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3)
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From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire
(Team
captains, June 12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3)
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-Vittorio Pozzo made some changes from the previous match. Alfredo
Foni replaced Eraldo Monzeglio in defense.
Amedeo Biavati replaced Pasinati in the right wing. Gino Colaussi
replaced Ferraris II in the left wing.
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From: Le Petit Parisien, 11 June 1938,
(Cartoon
previewing match, June 12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3)
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From: L'Auto, Issue 13688, June 12, 1938
(Team
formation, June 12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3)
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-The French named an unchanged side.
-France’s Hector Cazenave and Italy’s Michele Andreolo were both
Uruguay-born who became naturalized citizens for their respective teams.
-Luigi Colaussi gave Italy the lead in the 9th minute.
He lobbed the ball in the goal are and Di Lorto crashed into the post as he was
attempting to save and it went in.
Just a minute later, Oscar Heisserer tied the match up for France from a pass
by Veinante.
Silvio
Piola gave Italy the lead in the 52nd minute from pass by Biavati
from the right side.
Silvio
Piola scored his second and Italy’s third in the 72nd minute by
heading in a cross from Biavati.
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Photo
From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo,
1910-1983
(Both
squads, June 12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3)
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From: Guerin Sportivo, Issue 988 (Number 12),March 23-29, 1994
(Italy
squad, June 12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3)
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Repetitions from a previous entry in the blog relevant to 1938:
http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2015/12/politics-and-game-part-three.htmlFrance and Italy Match 1938 World Cup
Italy and hosts France were to play one another during the Second Round of the 1938 World Cup in Paris (June 12, 1938, France 1-Italy 3).
Naturally,
the Italians (under Benito Mussolini) expected a hostile reaction from the
local fans, not to mention all the exiled Italians living in France.
Both
teams wore Blue as their primary colors, it has been said lots were drawn to
see who would wear blue and the French won. (Although perhaps as the host
country, they already had that option).
The
Italians could have worn their away strip of white, but it has been suggested
that Mussolini himself wanted the Italians to wear their all Black jerseys to
taunt the crowd and evoke memories of Fascist Black shirts.
Note:
The Italians had already worn these black shirts weeks prior in a friendly (May
22, 1938, Italy 4-Yugoslavia 0)
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Photo
From: Calcio Illustrato, Issue 24, June 15, 1938
(June 12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3) |
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Photo
From: Coupe Du Monde 1938-La Coupe du Monde Oubliee, Author Victor Sinet
(teams
entering field, June 12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3)
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From: Coupe Du Monde 1938-La Coupe du Monde Oubliee, Author Victor Sinet
(View
of the stadium, June 12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3)
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-Raoul
Diagne would decades later in an interview reveal that at halftime, Auguste
Jordan had asked for a change of tactics to a WM formation. He felt he was
marking Meazza and Piola simultaneously and was therefore exposed.
Etienne
Mattler was the only player to oppose this idea, as he had never man-marked and
his veto scrapped the idea.
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Photo
From: Calcio Illustrato, Issue 24, June 15, 1938
(June 12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3) |
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Photo
From: Le Miroir Des Sports, Issue 1007, June 14, 1938
(June 12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3) |
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From: Le Miroir Des Sports, Issue 1007, June 14, 1938
(June 12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3) |
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From: Le Miroir Des Sports, Issue 1007, June 14, 1938
(June 12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3) |
-It
was reported that Raoul Diagne smoked a cigarette at halftime.
-The takeaway from this match was the French hosts
were no match for the better-prepared Italians.
This
was the game with the largest audience and the largest Gate Receipts of the
1938 World Cup.
For the first time in World Cup History, the host
Nation would not win the World Cup.
Pozzo appeared to have found his settled side that
would go on and triumph.
Silvio Piola was the main difference between the
sides.
The
French press named Piola, "Bourreau des Français".
At the end the French applauded the deserving
Italian victors even though they had booed them at the start for political
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From: III Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1938 Frankreich, Author Robert Franta
(June
12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3)
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From: L’Equipe-La Coupe Du Monde, Volume 1, 1930-1970
(June
12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3)
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From: L’Equipe-La Coupe Du Monde, Volume 1, 1930-1970
(A
cartoon showing about France’s defeat, June 12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy
3)
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From: Le Petit Parisien, 13 June 1938
(A
cartoon showing French Captain Mattler being told of the record receipts, June
12, 1938, World Cup, France 1-Italy 3)
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From: Le Petit Parisien, 15 June 1938
(A
cartoon showing Silvio Piola and Jean Nicolas, June 12, 1938, World Cup, France
1-Italy 3)
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