IMPECCABLE FOOTBALL
CELTA—URUGUAY, 0:3 (0:2)
Petrone, Cea and Urdinarán were the scorers — The tour starts with a great victory over the locals — Celta reinforced with Ramón González and Chiarroni.

In his first match on the tour in Europe, to prepare for the VIII. Olympiad, Uruguay had as its opponent the Celta de Vigo team, which had been champion of the Campionato de Galicia of Serie A 1923/24 and were the representative team of Galicia in the Copa de España 1924 — King Alfonso XIII's Cup. This was a highly anticipated match by the local public. After all, the locals were almost completely unaware of the Uruguayan team.

The Campo de Fútbol de Coya was packed, with a huge audience. Celta was reinforced with players Ramón González and Chiarroni, who had been part of a dispute between Celta de Vigo and Deportivo La Coruña. Uruguay, in turn, would enter the field with a formation that was being the basis for the clashes in Paris.

Uruguayan referee Ángel Minoli was appointed to command the match.


International match: 10/04/1924, Thursday 16:30.
R.C. Celta de Vigo — Uruguay 0:3 (0:2)
Place: Coya, Vigo.
Referee: Ángel Minoli (Uruguay).
Estimated attendance: 5.000.

R.C. Celta de Vigo: Lilo — Juanito(c), Pasarín — Torres, Balbino, Gallego — Reigosa, González, Chiarroni, Polo, Correa.
Coach: Francis Cuggy.

Uruguay: Mazali — Nasazzi(c), Uriarte — Andrade, Vidal, Ghierra — Urdinarán, Scarone, Petrone, Cea, Somma.
Coach: —

Goals: Petrone(10min), Cea(41min) and Uridnarán(85min).


This was a match in which, for most of the ninety minutes, there was immense dominance on the part of Uruguay, especially in the first half, which was reflected by two goals scored by Petrone and Cea.

Constantly defending themselves against Uruguayan advances, there were notable moments when the half-backs and inside forwards had to play further back, thus increasing Celta de Vigo's defensive system. Such a strategy, however, was not enough to nullify the visiting team's vanguard.


ARMANDO BRONCA: Although I reserve my impressions for after the second match, I can say that the Uruguayan eleven is truly formidable, without a doubt one of the best that has ever set foot on our fields.


The certainty of their actions, aligned with precise, intelligent and flashy combinations, marked the Uruguayan advances in the retina of the enthusiastic public who, unstoppably, launched ovations.

With just a few minutes left in the match, right winger Santos Urdinarán closed the scoring.


T. ARNOLD: Giving individual praise to its members would be incurring a tremendous injustice, because they are all very notable players and have high football values.

» However, we do not want to fail to state that Scarone was the element that we liked the most in the attack, without failing to recognize that Petrone is a great player and a positional shooter; that Vidal is a wonderful centre-half, and Nasazzi, a very intelligent and perfect defender.

» The one we found weaker was Somma.