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  • Stories from Romanian Sports – Montevideo, 1930

    Stories from Romanian Sports – Montevideo, 1930

    Taking
    part in the World Cup were 13 national teams, including Romania.


    The Conte Verde
    ocean liner, carrying the Romanian delegation on board, reached Uruguay on July
    2, 1930. The team was put up in a villa provided by the Romanian community in
    Montevideo, which didn’t have any heating. At the time, winter was in full
    swing in South America. The delegation then moved to Artigas Hotel. On July 5,
    the draw put Romania in a group with Peru and the host country, Uruguay, a
    two-time Olympic champion, in 1924 and 1928. The task at hand looked very
    difficult.


    The match
    against Peru was played on July 14. Adalbert Desu scored the first goal for
    Romania early into the game. On minute 11 Romania lost Adalbert Steiner, after
    a rough tackle by Luis de Souza, which sent our player straight to the
    hospital. Towards the middle of the first half, Romania lost another player,
    Constantin Stanciu, who sustained a knee injury after an illegal tackle by
    Alberto de Negri. After half-time, having an extra man on the pitch, Peru
    evened the odds. On minute 60, Stanciu returned to the pitch, obviously limping
    and struggling to play. A quarter an hour before full time, Stefan Barbu’s
    cross found Stanciu unmanned, who scored a historic goal. On minute 85, Nicolae
    Covaci settled the final score, 3-1 for Romania.


    In the next
    match, Uruguay defeated Peru 1-nil, which meant Romania was top of the group
    tables for a few days. In the group final Uruguay defeated Romania 4-nil. At
    the middle of the first half, within a very short period of time, the host team
    scored three goals, after a rapid succession of passes. The famous Romanian
    striker Rudi Wetzer would write in his diary: It’s how football works. You
    learn more in 6 minutes on the pitch than in 6 years in the classroom. Ever
    since football was invented, this game has been played in sweaty, not starched
    shirts. The citation was included in the book The Final is Played Today,
    published in 1966 by Ioan Chirila.


    That year
    Uruguay went on to win the World Cup, after defeating Argentina 4-2 in the
    final.

  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    Almost 90 years ago, more precisely between July 13 and 30, 1930 the world watched the first edition of the World Football Cup hosted by Uruguay. Romania’s eleven was among the 13 teams that took part in the competition.



    On April 10, 1930 Bucharest received, by telegraph, the official confirmation of the Romanian team being registered in the competition. Other European countries that participated in the Football Cup were France, Belgium and Yugoslavia. America was represented by Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Mexico and the US.



    On June 16, 1930, at the North Station in Bucharest, the Romanian delegation made up of 15 players and 5 officials boarded the train leading to Genoa, where they boarded the Conte Verde transatlantic liner.



    The Romanian team included goal keepers Jean Lăpuşneanu and Samuel Zauber, full-backs Adalbert Steiner, Rudolf Bürger, Iosif Czako, halfbacks Alfred Eisenbeisser, Ladislau Rafinschi, Emerich Vogl and Corneliu Robe and attackers Adalbert Deşu, Nicolae Covaci, Constantin Stanciu, Ştefan Barbu, Ilie Subăşeanu and Rudolf Wetzer.



    The Romanian delegation traveled to Italy in 3 second-class train compartments. On June 19 the Romanian delegation boarded the Conte Verde, a transatlantic liner of 36 thousand tons, heading for Montevideo. But more on the Romanian delegation seafaring to Uruguay, in the next edition of the series “Stories from the world of Romanian sports — The way to Montevideo”. (translation by L. Simion)

  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    Almost 90 years ago, more precisely between July 13 and 30, 1930 the world watched the first edition of the World Football Cup hosted by Uruguay. Romania’s eleven was among the 13 teams that took part in the competition.



    On April 10, 1930 Bucharest received, by telegraph, the official confirmation of the Romanian team being registered in the competition. Other European countries that participated in the Football Cup were France, Belgium and Yugoslavia. America was represented by Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Mexico and the US.



    On June 16, 1930, at the North Station in Bucharest, the Romanian delegation made up of 15 players and 5 officials boarded the train leading to Genoa, where they boarded the Conte Verde transatlantic liner.



    The Romanian team included goal keepers Jean Lăpuşneanu and Samuel Zauber, full-backs Adalbert Steiner, Rudolf Bürger, Iosif Czako, halfbacks Alfred Eisenbeisser, Ladislau Rafinschi, Emerich Vogl and Corneliu Robe and attackers Adalbert Deşu, Nicolae Covaci, Constantin Stanciu, Ştefan Barbu, Ilie Subăşeanu and Rudolf Wetzer.



    The Romanian delegation traveled to Italy in 3 second-class train compartments. On June 19 the Romanian delegation boarded the Conte Verde, a transatlantic liner of 36 thousand tons, heading for Montevideo. But more on the Romanian delegation seafaring to Uruguay, in the next edition of the series “Stories from the world of Romanian sports — The way to Montevideo”. (translation by L. Simion)