Last update 14 October, 2023 by Alberto Llopis
I must admit that despite having been following the world of football for decades, I had never heard such a story.. That his name initially led me to remember that mythical movie Burt Reinolds so aptly named “los Cheats”. However, ignorance is the mother of all virtues, which takes you to look for things you do not know and thanks to her I must admit I found a story of good, of Thrilling, The one of the “Carasucias Lima“.
The story of “The Carasucias of Lima”
Many will know it, however for others, I must tell you that this is a series of boys who represented and made them win the America's Cup 1957 a Argentina complying with the three golden rules of football: gain, play nice and above, thrashing. They did it their own way but leaving its mark and faith have possibly been the best team in history Argentina.
Of course their beginnings were not easy. Directed by Guillermo Stabile, the top scorer in World Cup 1930 and the man wearing 18 perpetuated years in office, there was undertaken a profound renewal of the albiceleste that marked the end of many of the members of the “River Machine” (many of whom were in serious decline) and the entry of some new stars, between them, Sívori, which gave a fresh air to a team that had a tough mission: go to Peru in the Copa America before an imperial Brazil and Uruguay always dangerous.
They made history in that Copa América 1957
A difficult journey full of skepticism but ended up being what is arguably one of the best and biggest world football glorious pages. For a team rarely he played much and so well against such powerful selections. He began thrashing 8-2 to Colombia under the watchful gaze of the audience at the National Lima, who enjoyed as rarely before seen with eleven players hungry and lacking in glory.
A first step was confirmed after another clear 3-0 to Ecuador and an even stronger 4-0 against Uruguay. cheerful style, carefree, Sívori was the director of an orchestra that had in Angelillo a voracious finisher capable of scoring goals in all possible ways.
Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay and then Chile (6-2) They fell ruthlessly against the team Stabile. However, on the horizon, Brazil con Garrincha, teats, Djalma Santos and a team full of stars. The great challenge. The set came from endorsing thrashings left and right, the future world champion, rather bicampeón.
Well then, Brazil would not hurdle. After a steady start and equalized, Angelillo (Who else) would open a new binge goals that would eventually give another easy victory to Argentina, this time for 3-0. a poem, a song football for over a group that had the merit of having played together only six games, those of that championship.
Finishing the tournament, Moss, Sivori and Angelillo went to Europe and could not intervene in the Sweden World Cup, where Argentina would fall at the first hurdle. In fact Sívori, the only World Cup he played in, did so with Italy in 1962. The Carasucias of Lima, dismantled, no longer existed. It was a tournament flower, a single championship, but… What championship!