Battle of Bordeaux (1938 FIFA World Cup)
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| Date | 12 June 1938 | ||||||
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| Venue | Stade du Parc Lescure, Bordeaux | ||||||
| Referee | Pál von Hertzka (Hungary) | ||||||
| Attendance | 22,021 | ||||||
The Battle of Bordeaux (Czech: Bitva u Bordeaux, Portuguese: Batalha de Bordéus, French: Bataille de Bordeaux) is an informal name for the World Cup football match between Brazil and Czechoslovakia on 12 June 1938 in the Parc Lescure in Bordeaux, France, one of the quarter-finals of the 1938 World Cup finals. The match had a series of brutal fouls by both sides, due to the lax officiating of Hungarian referee Pál von Hertzka.
Overview
At the match, which also opened the rebuilt Stade du Parc Lescure, Brazil took the lead 1–0, with Czechoslovakia equalizing on a penalty kick for ball handling by Domingos da Guia. The Brazilian Zezé Procópio was sent off after fourteen minutes. The Brazilian Arthur Machado and the Czechoslovak Jan Říha were sent off just before full time.[1] It was the first time that three players were sent off in a World Cup match, a record that was equalled at the Battle of Berne 1954 between Hungary and Brazil, and exceeded at the 2006 World Cup match between Portugal and Netherlands. Captain František Plánička and Oldřich Nejedlý from Czechoslovakia suffered a broken right arm and right leg respectively in the mayhem. Their teammate Josef Košťálek was injured in the stomach.
The match was drawn 1–1 after 90 minutes of full-time, and a 30-minute extra time had to be played. Nejedlý had abandoned the game before the end of regulation time due to his injury, but Plánička stayed at the Czechoslovak goal in pain through the rest of the second half and the extra time. Three other Brazilians, including Leônidas and Perácio, also left the field with injuries.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Because of the troubling effect of the first game, both teams had to make many changes to their line-ups (nine for Brazil and five for Czechoslovakia). Czechoslovakia took the lead through Vlastimil Kopecký in the 25th minute, but in the second half, stand-in captain Leônidas levelled the score for Brazil. Soon after, the referee disallowed a goal by Karel Senecký, despite the Czechoslovak players stating that it had crossed the line. The European representatives continued to attack following that moment, leaving space for the Brazilians to swiftly counter, which debutant Roberto took advantage of to score his nation's second goal.[8] Brazil won and advanced to the semi-finals, where they faced eventual champions Italy.[2][3][7]
Matches
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See also
- Battle of Berne (1954 FIFA World Cup)
- Brazil v Poland (1938 FIFA World Cup)
- Brazil at the FIFA World Cup
- Czech Republic at the FIFA World Cup
- Slovakia at the FIFA World Cup
Notes
References
- ^ Glanville, Brian: "The History of the World Cup", Faber and Faber, London. P. 38
- ^ a b "12 June 1938 - The Battle of Bordeaux". This day in football history. 12 June 2009. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ a b "1938 - France". World Cup guide. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ Monroy, Nicolás (8 July 2018). "La 'Batalla de Burdeos': Brasil vs Checoslovaquia en 1938". ElCincoCero (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ Bonachera, Rocío (12 June 2014). "Brasil, Checoslovaquia y la Batalla de Burdeos". Olympo Deportivo (in Spanish). Olympo Media. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Francia 1938: el día que Brasil cambió el 'jogo bonito' por la violencia extrema" (in Spanish). Infobae. 24 March 2014. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ a b González, Eduardo (15 June 2018). "La Batalla de Burdeos". Play-Off Magazine (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ Fielder, Robert (2018). The Complete History of the World Cup. Kindle Edition.