*Historic "The Disaster of Sweden"* FIFA WORLD CUP 1958 Argentina National Team MATCH USED BALL vs Czechoslovakia 6-1 DISASTER! played at Sweden, June 15, 1958 25 PANEL!
Note: Incredible Official 25-Panel Brown Ball, heavy usage, marks in spanish and in nice condition as one of the balls used in this Historic Match and preserved by relatives of Amadeo Carrizo and acquired by 1930 World Cup Museum! SEE LETTER & EVALUATION!
*Amadeo Carrizo Collection-MUSEUM LETTER & EVALUATION COA!*
Note:
The Disaster of Sweden is the name given to the early elimination of the Argentina football team from the 1958 FIFA World Cup at the hands of the Czechoslovakia football team. The match was played on June 15, 1958, at the Olympiastadion in the city of Helsingborg, Sweden, the host country of the championship. That day, Czechoslovakia beat Argentina 6–1. The final result means the heaviest defeat for the Albiceleste team in a FIFA World Cup.
Before that meeting, the two teams had only met once, on August 16, 1956, at El Gasómetro in Buenos Aires with a 1–0 victory for the locals.
Argentina arrived at the World Cup with the title of South American champion in tow, after the achievement obtained a year earlier in Peru. Many of the Argentinian football figures of that time, such as Amadeo Carrizo, Ángel Labruna (both members of River's La Maquina), Omar Corbatta, José Ramos Delgado (who later played alongside Pelé in Santos) and José Sanfilippo (historic goalscorer of San Lorenzo de Almagro) took place in the final squad that traveled to Sweden in search of the first world conquest of the Argentinian team and after 24 years of absence from the biggest event.[7] With Guillermo Stábile as coach, the Argentinian team reached qualification after eliminating Bolivia and Chile.
Czechoslovakia, for its part, had qualified in UEFA group 4 beating Wales and East Germany. As at that time there was still no official football championship between all the European teams (the UEFA Euro only began in 1960), the only rivals arose from the friendlies determined by FIFA, and from the Central European International Cup, a tournament which was played between the late '20s and '50s by the strongest teams in said continental region. The Czechoslovakian team entered the World Cup with 7 consecutive matches without defeat, 2 of them friendlies, 3 in the qualifying round and 2 in the Central European Cup.
The match
The Europeans quickly took control of the match and in the 8th minute defender Milan Dvorák scored the first goal with a shot from outside the area. At 17' the Czechs scored through Zdenek Zikán after a failed rejection by Francisco Lombardo. At the end of the first half, at 40', Zikán scored again.
Already in the second half the South Americans tried to close the gap. Thus, at 65' Orestes Omar Corbatta made it 1-3 through a penalty. However, four minutes later Jirí Feureisl scored the fourth goal. Then Václav Hovorka would score twice, at 82' and 89', making the final score 6 to 1.
Ball details:
25-Panel. Some marks and nice condition. Brown colour! See pics! Leather Material.