90 years ago, the Uruguayan national team fell to its first FIFA World Cup for adults, with a historic victory over its Argentine counterpart in the final.
Over the course of 90 years, many things and things have changed, but one thing that remains unchanged is the world's love for the witch round.
Uruguay today celebrates the 90th anniversary of the 1930 World Cup final, which it hosted on its stadiums, with the participation of 13 teams, before the hosts decided to win the title in their favor by winning 4-2 against the Argentine team, in the final match at the Centenario stadium in the capital Montevideo, in July 30, 1930.
Before this match, the organizers and those who secured the match had to disarm the fans of any weapons, as the Belgian referee, John Langenos, who directed the meeting, feared the excessive feelings and enthusiasm between the fans of both teams.
Langinos demanded that the fans be stripped of all weapons, and about 1,600 weapons were already in the possession of the fans.
The referee remained on the edge of the abyss, as he was worried about the overwhelming feelings and the enthusiasm of the fans. So, he was careful to make sure there was a boat waiting in the port, to take him to any safe place if needed. By defeating his Argentine counterpart, Uruguay was crowned the first adult world cup, but many Argentine Tango supporters did not even know of defeat, as they were stuck on board the ships in the Plett river, because the ships could not anchor due to the thick fog.
FIFA was facing a difficult period, and difficult obstacles, to find the sufficient number of teams that want 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 four were from Europe.
Team players: France, Belgium and Romania traveled together on the ship "Conte Verde", while the Yugoslav team initially traveled to the French city of Marseille, on a three-day train journey, then boarded the "SS Florida", which 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, and in addition to his work as a referee, Langenos also worked as a correspondent 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.
Laurent said before: "After scoring my goal, which was the first in this tournament, and the first for me with the French team, he congratulated each other, but we did not jump in each other's arms, as we often do in football now."
The main stadium of the tournament (Centenario Stadium) was also absent at the beginning, as heavy rains disrupted the completion of the stadium 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. Uruguay’s path to the championship final was controversial. The team beat its Yugoslav counterpart 6-1, in the semifinals, but it was reported that members of the police and photographers pushed the ball off the field, to return it to the field before the team 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 Uruguay became the first World Cup champion.
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 helped him with an electric saw 13 years earlier.
The first World Cup was also a Mondial version of young talents, as the coach of Uruguay, 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 Argentine coach Juan Jose Tramotola, still 27 years old.
Despite the difficulties, and the presence of only 300 fans in Romania's match with Peru, this first version served as a prelude to a repeated sporting success story in the World Cup tournaments, as the World Cup became the biggest soccer event every four years.
• 1,600 weapons were in the possession of the fans and were confiscated before the Uruguay World Cup Final.
• Teams: France, Belgium and Romania, traveled together on board the "Verde Verde" ship.
The Yugoslav team, by train and sea, took 17 days to reach Argentina.