*Italy World Cup 1934 Champions Finals Best Player* Raimundo Orsi Independiente (Argentina) Match Worn Shirt vs Barcelona (Spain) for Official Match played at Argentina, August 11, 1928!

Provenance: *Collection of World Cup 1930 Champion Mascheroni, Video & Museum Letter*

Shirt will come with a Letter from the 1930 World Cup Museum- Provenance: Ernesto Mascheroni (1930 World Cup Champion and Italy National Team Player) and also Third Party Evaluation Letter!

Story: 

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On August 11, 1928, Independiente beat Barcelona of Spain in a friendly match played at La Visera. For this special occasion, they wore the National Shield on their shirt.
The Reds had won the Amateur Association Championship the previous year (but corresponding to 1926), with a great forward line made up of Canaveri, Lalín, Ravaschino, Seoane and Orsi.
For its part, Barcelona was the best Spanish team at the time , champion of the Copa del Rey and would later win its first professional championship.
It would be one of the first major meetings at the glorious Visera de Cemento, inaugurated less than 5 months ago.
Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen suggested that Independiente play with the National Shield on its shirt due to the visit of an important club that was touring the country.

 Raimundo Orsi Phenom History

Raimundo Orsi travelled to Italy after the final of the 1928 Olympic Games, a tournament in which he stood out as one of the best footballers of the Argentine National Team that lost the final against Uruguay. He arrived at Juventus at the start of the 1928/29 season and, although he had great expectations, he never dreamed of one day bringing Italy a world championship.


His relationship with the Nazionale began after the World Cup in Uruguay, when dictator Benito Mussolini personally made sure that the Argentine footballer could represent the European country. Raimundo "Mumo" Orsi, Luis Monti, Atilio Demaría and Enrique Guaita were the footballers born in South America who played in the 1934 World Cup for Italy. Monti, in fact, had played with the Albiceleste in the final of the previous World Cup.


The Juventus winger was the champion's best player for his performance in the final against Czechoslovakia, but also for the great level he showed throughout the tournament. Together with Giuseppe Meazza he formed an extraordinary duo. Both shone for their speed, their attitude and their good play. From this space we chose Orsi as the best player of the tournament, but either of the two could have been.


The former Independiente player was the hero of the Italian national team in the grand final. The Czechoslovakian Antonin Puc had scored the first goal after 26 minutes of play. The entire stadium of the Partido Nazionale Fascista (that was the official name at the time) fell silent when the home team went down on the scoreboard. Then, ten minutes later, Orsi's heart appeared to score the equaliser. In extra time, Italy scored the second and was crowned champion.


In addition to that key goal in the decisive match, Orsi scored two other goals in the World Cup. Both were in his team's debut, against the United States. That day, the left winger scored the second and sixth in the 7-1 rout.


Three goals are not enough to measure the importance of Raimundo Orsi in the structure of the world champion. The footballer born in 1901 in Avellaneda was the soul of the Italian attack, the most important player of a team that made history.


A year after winning the title, he returned to Argentina to play for Independiente and Boca Juniors, as well as wearing the Albiceleste shirt again. He then played for Uruguay, Brazil and Chile, where he ended his career at the age of 42.

Shirt details:

Silk material. President logo stitched. Size 6. Industria Argentina. Heavy usage!

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