A conflict between managers prevented the team from performing better in the competition
Today I would like to highlight Brazilian participation in the first in history, in 1930. National performance was compromised due to differences between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro leaders. The team did not have maximum strength, as the great players from São Paulo did not go to the World Cup. These were times of amateur football.
Professionalization came only three years later. A report from Morning Leafpublished in June 1930, reported the tense atmosphere between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro: “Noisy incident between the Confederation and APEA surrounding the world championship in . Until now, the CBD has not given the Association the slightest satisfaction regarding requests from its players”.
Apea (São Paulo Athletic Sports Association) was at war with Rio’s CBD (Brazilian Sports Confederation), created in 1914 to manage sports in Brazil, including football. CBD was responsible for taking Brazil to the World Cup. The people from São Paulo argued that the technical committee should be made up of professionals, and not amateurs. In addition to being against professionalization, CBD did not accept Apea representatives on the technical committee that would go to Uruguay. Consequence: São Paulo clubs refused to give players to the national team.
The team, led by Píndaro de Carvalho, did not pass the first phase: they lost to Yugoslavia, 2-1, and beat Bolivia 4-0. Below are the national lineups for the two matches:
BRAZIL 1 × 2 YUGOSLAVIA – Montevideo – 14.07.30
Joel, Brilhante and Itália; Hermogenes, Faust and Fernando; Nilo, Poli, Araken, Preguinho and Teóphilo. The match was played at the Parque Central Stadium.
BRAZIL 4 × 0 BOLIVIA – Montevideo – 20.07.30
Velloso, Zé Luis and Itália; Hermogenes, Faust and Fernando; Benedito, Russinho, Carvalho Leite, Preguinho and Moderato. The game was at the Centenário Stadium.
The Brazilian team finished sixth in the World Cup, won by Uruguay.
*This text does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Jovem Pan.
