1957 South American Championship

February 2022 1957 Peru 7 March – 6 April 7 1 1 1 Argentina 11 Brazil 1889 Uruguay Peru 21 101 URU Javier Ambrois ARG Humberto Maschio (9 goals each) 1956 1959 (Argentina) The South American Championship 1957 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Argentina with Brazil as runners-up. Bolivia, and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament. Humberto Maschio from Argentina and Javier Ambrois from Uruguay became top scorers of the tournament with 9 goals each.South American Championship 1957 at RSSSF Summary Managed by Guillermo Stábile, Argentina won the tournament with a team widely considered one of the best squads in its history,Los ángeles carasucias, El Gráfico 8 February 2018 and the first "legendary team" of Argentina since its inception in 1901. The attacking line (nicknamed Carasucias) was composed of Omar Corbatta, Humberto Maschio, Antonio Angelillo, Enrique Sívori and Osvaldo Cruz. Beyond its virtues and high goalscoring (25 goals in 6 matches), Argentina was a well-balanced team with a strong defense with Pedro Dellacha and Néstor Rossi as two of its most notable players that helped the team to finish the competition with the fewest goals conceded. Despite Argentina having won other South American competitions before, the 1957 Sudamericano was the first Argentine achievement with a great repercussion on the media. Likewise, Sívori was chosen as the best player of the tournament.La primera delantera mediática by Roberto Martínez on ESPN, 7 May 2016 Because of their great performances, Maschio, Angelillo and Sívori would be traded to Italian clubs (Bologna, Internazionale and Juventus respectively) after the tournament, losing the chance to play the FIFA World Cup held in Sweden one year later,Ídolos: Humberto Maschio, El Gráfico, 6 May 2014 due to the AFA interventor, Raúl Colombo, not calling them for the national team considering that "we are plenty of players here". People always remember us. Maybe we played just a few matches and that South American championship still remains in their memory. Despite we had played some friendly matches before travelling Peru, people almost could not see us play in our country. Humberto Maschio in an interview with Clarín, 2007 Corbatta was a phenomenal player. He did impossible things. He was crazy, but about football. When he dribbled it seemed that rivals could never take the ball away from him. He became an idol of Limeños (people from Lima). After the 3–0 win over Brazil, he was acclaimed by the whole attendance, giving his shirt to them as retribution. Humberto Maschio Squads thumb|right|250px|The Argentina winning squad For a complete list of participating squads see: 1957 South American Championship squads Venues Lima Estadio Nacional de Lima Capacity: 50,000 222x222px Final round Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points ARG6501256+1910 BRA 18896402239+148 URU64021512+38 PER6402129+38 COL62041025−154 CHI6114917−83 ECU 19006015723−161 7 March 1957 URU 5–2 ECU 1900 Ambrois 26 29 pen. 57 74 Sasía 87 Larraz 12 40 pen. Estadio Nacional, Lima 50,000 Erwin Hieger (Austria) 10 March 1957 PER 2–1 ECU 1900 Terry 29 37 pen. Cantos 44 Estadio Nacional, Lima 55,000 Robert Turner (United Kingdom) 13 March 1957 ARG 8–2 COL Cruz 5 Angelillo 10 73 Maschio 16 pen. 23 53 pen. 85 Corbatta 59 Gamboa 34 pen. Valencia 37 Estadio Nacional, Lima 42,000 Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom) 13 March 1957 BRA 1889 4–2 CHI Didì 20 26 44 Pepe 46 Ramírez Banda 13 Fernández 89 Estadio Nacional, Lima 42,000 Bertley Cross (United Kingdom) 16 March 1957 PER 1–0 CHI Mosquera 57 Estadio Nacional, Lima 60,000 Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom) 17 March 1957 COL 1–0 URU Arango 28 Estadio Nacional, Lima 50,000 Pedro Di Leo (Italy) 17 March 1957 ARG 3–0 ECU 1900 Angelillo 5 39 Sívori 14 Estadio Nacional, Lima 50,000 Bertley Cross (United Kingdom) 20 March 1957 ARG 4–0 URU Maschio 7 73 Angelillo 48 Sanfilippo 83 Estadio Nacional, Lima 40,000 Erwin Hieger (Austria) 21 March 1957 BRA 1889 7–1 ECU 1900 Evaristo 22 89 Pepe 25 Zizinho 34 pen. Joel 43 68 Didì 78 Larraz 80 pen. Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom) 21 March 1957 CHI 3–2 COL Verdejo 35 70 Espinoza 62 Arango 68 Carrillo 83 Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Edwin Hieger (Austria) 23 March 1957 URU 5–3 PER Ambrois 22 48 60 75 Carranza 26 Terry 3 Seminario 81 Mosquera 83 Estadio Nacional, Lima 55,000 Bertley Cross (United Kingdom) 24 March 1957 CHI 2–2 ECU 1900 Ramírez Banda 18 26 pen. Larraz 25 pen. Cantos 59 Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Erwin Hieger (Austria) 24 March 1957 BRA 1889 9–0 COL Pepe 27Evaristo 41 44 45 75 86Didì 50 60 Zizinho 85 Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Bertley Cross (United Kingdom) 27 March 1957 PER 4–1 COL Terry 34 Rivera 35 37 Bassa 83 Arango 57 pen. Estadio Nacional, Lima 55,000 Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom) 28 March 1957 ARG 6–2 CHI Sívori 7 Angelillo 21 70 Maschio 53 74 Corbatta 83 pen. Fernández 14 28 Estadio Nacional, Lima 50,000 Robert Turner (United Kingdom) 28 March 1957 URU 3–2 BRA 1889 Campero 15 23 Ambrois 17 Evaristo 68 Didì 70 Estadio Nacional, Lima 50,000 Erwin Hieger (Austria) 31 March 1957 BRA 1889 1–0 PER Didì 73 pen. Estadio Nacional, Lima 55,000 Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom) 1 April 1957 COL 4–1 ECU 1900 Álvarez 19 pen. Gutiérrez 22 Gamboa 30 58 Larraz 32 pen. Estadio Nacional, Lima 40,000 Harry Davis (United Kingdom) 1 April 1957 URU 2–0 CHI Campero 28 Roque 40 Estadio Nacional, Lima 40,000 Erwin Hieger (Austria) Match suspended at the 43rd minute due to pitch invasion. 3 April 1957 ARG 3–0 BRA 1889 Angelillo 23 Maschio 87 Cruz 90 Estadio Nacional, Lima 55,000 Robert Turner (United Kingdom) 6 April 1957 PER 2–1 ARG Mosquera 15 Terry 81 Sívori 50 Estadio Nacional, Lima 60,000 Bertley Cross (United Kingdom) Result fb 1957 South American Championship champions Argentina 11th Goalscorers thumb|150px|Humberto Maschio, one of the two top scorers A total of 33 different players scored 101 goals in the tournament. None were credited as own goals. 9 Goals ARG Humberto Maschio URU Javier Ambrois 8 Goals 22em ARG Antonio Angelillo BRA 1889 Didi BRA 1889 Evaristo 5 Goals PER Alberto Terry 4 Goals ECU 1900 Jorge Larraz 3 Goals 22em ARG Omar Sívori BRA 1889 Pepe CHI José Fernández CHI Jaime Ramírez Banda COL Carlos Arango COL Delio Gamboa ECU 1900 Enrique Cantos PER Máximo Mosquera URU Luis Campero 2 Goals 22em ARG Oreste Corbatta ARG Osvaldo Cruz BRA 1889 Joel BRA 1889 Zizinho CHI Carlos Verdejo PER Manuel Rivera 1 Goal 22em ARG José Sanfilippo CHI Sergio Espinosa COL Alejandro Carrillo COL Humberto Álvarez COL Jaime Gutiérrez COL Alberto Valencia PER Juan Bassa PER Juan Seminario URU Carlos María Carranza URU José Walter Roque URU José Sasía References Championship Championship Category:1957 in Peruvian football 1957 1957 Category:1950s in Lima 1957 Category:March 1957 sports events in South America Category:April 1957 sports events in South America