URUGUAY BEATS SWITZERLAND 3-0
— Louis Delblat | 10/06/1924 —

It's time for the grand finale. The public is collected.

Uruguay takes the field at 16:25, national flag and French flag deployed. The applause is loud.

A minute later, it was Switzerland's turn, which received the same share of ovations.

The teams are presented in the following composition:

Uruguay: Mazali — Nasazzi, Arispe — Andrade, Vidal, Ghierra — Urdinarán, Scarone, Petrone, Cea, Romano.

Switzerland: Pulver — Reymond, Ramseyer — Oberhauser, Schmiedlin, Pollitz — Ehrenbolger, Pache, Dietrich, Abegglen, Fassler.

THE FIRST HALF.

Mr. Slavick whistles for kick-off at 16:30. It falls to the Swiss.

Uruguay tries its usual game but Switzerland breaks the offensives, Pache sends Ehrenbolger who crosses out of goal. Petrone, struggling with three Swiss players, feinted all three and, from 15 meters away, placed a lightning shot which left Pulver no chance (sixth minute of play).

Uruguay, 1 goal; Switzerland, 0.

Shortly afterwards, Urdinarán crossed and Scarone shot wide. Uruguay were pressing. Reymond stood out. The game becomes more even. A free kick is awarded to the Swiss. Uruguay concede a corner and attack again. Romano heads over. A terrific shot from Petrone meets Reymond's leg. Romano kicks over from a corner. Switzerland fight back. Pache puts a shot just wide of the upright. A fine shot from Abegglen goes over. Dietrich unintentionally injures Andrade's head. Abegglen escapes, Nasazzi stops him.

The Swiss attack and obtain two corners. A free kick awarded to Uruguay is kicked by Scarone. Pulver dives.

The game becomes bumpy. The referee must take action.

THE SECOND HALF.

From the start, Uruguay is dangerous. Romano stands out on various occasions. Switzerland recovers and threatens Mazali's goals.

Petrone comes down. He kicks over. A few brutal mistakes, on both sides, are repressed by the referee. Urdinarán will score, but he is knocked to the ground by two Swiss players.

A corner for the Swiss is superbly headed by Ehrenbolger.

In the 65th minute, Cea dribbled past Reymond and shot. Pulver cleared weakly. Cea takes another touch and scores. Delirium in the Uruguayan colony.

Uruguay, 2 goals; Switzerland, 0.

A fine shot from Dietrich went wide and Uruguay went down again. Petrone pulls Pulver. He puts in three superb shots that force the Swiss keeper into action. Uruguay's forwards kicked from distance without success.

In the 81st minute of play on a corner for Uruguay, Romano and scored by heading the ball into the net.

Uruguay, 3 goals; Switzerland, 0.

The last minutes of the game are ordinary. Switzerland now only reacts in fits and starts. Uruguay has nothing more to fear.

CONSIDERATIONS

The score indicates exactly the superiority of the victorious team. It was the choice of an eleven whose technical value is extraordinary, against another who, possessing remarkable means, did not want to allow themselves to be imposed and never played out of control.

The hélvetique is entirely to be congratulated. They did the best they could do. Reaching the final and being beaten honorably is a performance that ranks a country with a population as small as Switzerland.

Individually we must mention in the Uruguay team the full-back and captain Nasazzi, the centre-half Vidal, and the right half-back Andrade although the latter has already been seen in a better day.

The five forwards: Romano, Cea, Petrone, Scarone and Urdinarán form a quintuplet that is difficult to match. Petrone is a master shooter, Scarone an extraordinary feinter, but Urdinarán sometimes lacks decisiveness. He was very reluctant to conclude himself.

The Swiss are to be congratulated as a whole although Reymond, Schmiedlin, Pache, Ehrenbolger, Abegglen stood out from the rest. Little Abegglen, marked with the honors due to his rank, was unable to show his usual mastery.

The referee, Mr. Slavick, had to be energetic on several occasions. The game was not absolutely brutal, but there was what we could call excess ardor on both sides. I doubt that any other referee would have done better than Mr. Slavick.