90 years ago, Uruguay closed the first World Cup soccer tournament with a historic victory over its Argentine counterpart in the final match.
Tomorrow, Thursday, the country will celebrate the 90th anniversary of the 1930 World Cup Final, hosted by 13 teams, before the hosts won the title in their favor by defeating the Argentine team 4-2 in the final match at the "Centenario" stadium in the capital Montevideo on July 30, 1930. .
Before this match, the organizers and those who secured the match had to disarm the fans of any weapons, as Belgian referee John Langenos - who directed the meeting - feared the excessive feelings and enthusiasm between the fans of both teams.
Langinus demanded that the fans be stripped of all weapons, and about 1,600 weapons in possession of the fans were already confiscated.
The referee remained anxious and nervous, so he was careful to make sure there was a boat waiting at the port to take him to any safe place if needed.
By defeating his Argentine counterpart, Uruguay was crowned the first World Cup, but many Argentine Tango supporters did not even know of defeat, as they remained stuck on board the ships in the Plett river because they could not anchor due to the thick fog.
FIFA faced a difficult period and difficult obstacles to find the sufficient number of teams that wished to participate in the tournament.
Some countries withdrew the application files for hosting this copy, fearing the high costs of regulation.
When the right to host Uruguay settled, anxiety and fear over the long journey across the Atlantic dominated some European teams.
In the end, participation was limited to 13 teams, of which only 4 were from Europe.
The players of France, Belgium and Romania traveled together on the ship, while the Yugoslav team initially traveled to the French city of Marseille on a 3-day train journey, then boarded a ship that crossed the Atlantic within two weeks.
The championship teams received a warm welcome in the port of Montevideo, as confirmed by referee Langenos, who always wore protective clothing correctly.
In addition to working as a referee, Langenos was also a reporter for the German football magazine Kicker while he was in Uruguay.
The players felt very cold at the beginning, because July is the winter of the Southern Hemisphere, and the first matches of the tournament were held amid snowfall.
French Lucian Laurent scored the first goals of the tournament, in the opening match against the Mexican national team.
The "Centenario" of the championship's main stadium was also absent at the beginning, as heavy rains disrupted the completion of the stadium's construction, and two other stadiums were relied upon.
After the first five days of the tournament, the "Centenario" stadium entered service and started hosting the tournament matches.
The road of the national team to the final of the tournament was controversial, as the team beat its Yugoslav counterpart 6-1 in the semifinals, but it was reported that members of the police and photographers returned the ball to the field before their country scored the third goal.
In the final, it seemed as if the Argentine team would take the championship cup with him on the return journey after the team advanced 2-1 in the first half, but the team's chances changed in the second half to lose 2-4 and the "Celeste" team became the first World Cup champion.
"Uruguay was the best in the second half, he deserved to win ... but it was a severe defeat for us," said Argentine player Francisco Varayo - in an interview before his death in 2010 at the age of 100 years -
The fourth goal for Uruguay came with the signing of Hector Castro in the 89th minute. This was also a personal achievement for Castro, who was 25 years old at the time, as he had lost his help in an electric saw 13 years before that.
#OTD in 1904- Hector Castro was born.
🔸 2x #FIFA World Champion [1928, 1930] 🏅🏆
x 2x Copa Americas 🏆🏆
▪️ Legendary Uruguay & @Nacional 🇺🇾 forward.
▪️ Famous for playing without his right hand. pic.twitter.com/v7wzfPI7ho
- Uruguay Football ENG 🇺🇾 (@UruFootballEN) November 29, 2018
The first World Cup was also a Mondial version of young talents, as Uruguayan coach Alberto Sobiesi was still 31 years old to remain the youngest coach to win the World Cup title throughout the history of the tournament so far.
His opponent in the final was Argentina coach Juan Jose Tramotola, still 27 years old.
Another notable sight is the presence of only 300 fans in Romania's match with Peru.