URUGUAY BAT ALLEMAGNE: 4-1
— Maurice Pefferkorn | 03/06/1928 —

As expected, this match has aroused extraordinary enthusiasm here. And well before the start of the match, the stadium was full. The German colony, which can be estimated at 10,000, is massed in the stands and corners, and loudly manifests its presence. The Germans arrived en masse, by numerous special trains and had invaded the city, going through the restaurants and cafes all morning, with distinctive signs, small flags and German newspapers.

On the Stadium reigns a great national enthusiasm in favor of the representatives of the Reich.

In the Uruguay team, Petrone plays; on the other hand, Scarone and Andrade are not included.

The referee is Youssof Mahamed, of the Egyptian Federation.

THE MATCH

The game starts extremely tight and severe and even almost brutal. The German half-back line dominates the Uruguayan forwards with an excellent head game and feeds the attack well. The game is very equal, but the Germans play violently and are often penalized. Fortunately, the referee is up to his task. The Uruguayan forwards are slow to organize. But, in the thirty-seventh minute of play, Petrone dribbles the German left-back and with a beautiful shot, scores the first goal for Uruguay. A few moments later, the German centre-half Kalb has to leave the field, having already been called to order several times by the referee. A free kick is then given to Uruguay, and Petrone scores the second goal.

Uruguay clearly dominates, but half-time is whistled without change, with two goals for Uruguay and 0 for Germany.

When the players and the referee return to the locker room, the latter is whistled by the crowd. At the restart, the game is still very hard on the part of the Germans encouraged by their compatriots; it is continually interrupted by the referee; the Germans play with ten men and Uruguay dominates them, but nevertheless lacks cohesion in attack. Germany is disunited and plays badly.

In the nineteenth minute of play, the tight attack and the good dribbling of Uruguay force the German defence and Castro obtains a superb third goal. The German defence is harassed/ the Uruguayans play with a little too much nonchalance, but the crowd is enthusiastic about their superior technique and their game full of surprises which disconcerts their powerful and somewhat heavy opponents.

In the thirty-fourth minute, a free kick was awarded to Germany because the Uruguayan goalkeeper had held the ball too long; Germany saved their honour with this penalty kick.

But the Olympic champions were still in control and, five minutes before the end, Petrone scored the fourth goal. The game was rough and Nasazzi and Hofmann were sent off for rough play. However, the result was assured and the score remained unchanged.

The Uruguayan attack was less united than usual. Petrone, always a good goal scorer, seemed a little weighed down; this attack was not as precise as Argentina's. However, it eventually imposed its finesse.

The German attack was slow and clumsy. The Uruguayan half-backs, dominated at the beginning by those of Germany, imposed themselves in the second half; Uruguay's defence is better than Argentina's, the German defence is very good but too tough, the goalkeeper made some mistakes.