For that to happen, according to the institution itself on its web site, the Vila Cup, who was leading Central Córdoba unbeaten. The Sunday June 21 the Tablada blues received Rosario Central for the last match of the amateur era in the city.
Professionals tournament
The new professional championship it was called Governor Luciano Molinas Tournament and the July 5th. It was thus that by the 5th date of the Molinas Tournament, Belgrano was free, Federal Shot received Provincial, Central Córdoba to Nacional (later Argentine), Sparta to Washington and, from 2:45 p.m. August 2, Rosario Central y Newell’s Old Boys they faced each other for the first time in the professional era of Argentine soccer.
Presentation of the historic match between Central and NOB of August 2, 1931 in Arroyito / La Capital Newspaper Archive.
“Face to face, once again, they will meet this afternoon the classic rivals of local football ”, informs the La Capital Newspaper to explain that “the commitment surprises the adversaries in very different situation ”. Meanwhile he local “has experienced compromising contrasts” After a game won, one tied, one lost and a date off, the visitor it is pointer and undefeated with two wins, one tied and a free date.
“Even if little force does among the fans the performance of both teams. It is known that for that cast there are no strong or weak ”, and perhaps little does he care that the match is “the first that between the two will take effect, by the professional tournament ”.
On that historic day Central it was with O. Díaz; F. De Cicco and J. González; Arturo Podestá, T. Juárez and E. Cordones; P. Salvia, N. Luna, Ramón Luna, G. Rivas and J. Francia.
Newell’s he lined up Gerónimo Díaz; Ildefonso Bureu and Fermín Díaz de Lecea; Alfredo Chabrolín, Alfredo Díaz and Antonio Denessini; Agustín Peruch, Napoleón Seghini, Ignacio González, Máximo Fernández and Pedro Galimberti.
With the arbitration of Angel Gámez, quickly locked “A close and interesting fight” but “very soon the quality of the game displayed disappointed hopes of the fans ”.
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Red-black defender Lecea and forward Auriazul Rivas fight for the ball in the middle of the field / La Capital Newspaper Archive.
NOB it was more offensive Y Central it endured, until the 20 minutes of the first half Seghini and Peruch “They got on well” and through the latter the visit was put to an advantage, which stretched the 24 minutes of the final stage with a goal from Ignacio González.
One minute after the 2-0 the unexpected happened. Ramon Luna He entered the area after a “meritorious effort in search of a goal” and “fell fainted in front of the opponent’s fence”. At that moment he crossed it Bureu, the archer Diaz got the ball and the referee Gámez saw a penalty. The protests intensified. So much so that the midfielder and captain Alfredo Chabrolín stepped in front of the ball and did not allow the maximum penalty to be executed. Disgusted, the referee suspended the game at 26 minutes and withdrew from the court. Chabrolin he wanted to speak to the referee in the locker room. It was too late. In Also tablada the match had to be suspended.
In a long meeting that lasted until after midnight on Tuesday, the ARF Board of Directors decided in the case of Central and NOB continue the game and play the 19 minutes remaining, and in that of Central Córdoba and National grant the two regulatory points to the premises.
The 19, the 19
As it is, the mini partido the August 19th in the same auriazul stadium from 16 o’clock, with another referee, Oscar Scremin, and a special seasoning: by regulation, the entrance should be free. The expectation “to witness the completion of the set between the classic rivals of Rosario football” It was enormous, although there were only 19 minutes left to play. According to The capital, it would have been the match with the largest number of people in the stands Until that date. They met 20 thousand spectators in a Laborable day.
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The figures of the afternoon: the goalkeeper of Newell’s Old Boys and the executioner of the penalty for Rosario Central / File Diaio La Capital.
Strangely, did not get out of the way, since the match would begin with the execution of the “penalty-kick” previously sanctioned by the referee Gámez. Your colleague Scremin called the executor to the center of the field Arturo Podestá and the archer Geronimo Diaz and recommended “Calm down”.
Podestá He stood in front of the ball and took a “Powerful straight shot with a low height”, the fence guard Diaz he threw himself on it left stick And till he managed to touch the ball with his fingers, but before the ball crosses the goal the referee marked an overtaking of the goalkeeper. On the second try, Podestá changed stick, framework and the game got 2 a 1.
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The Capital announces to the full page the outcome of the game that had started 17 days before / La Capital Newspaper Archive.
Central went on the attack but the 10 minutes Ignacio González built on the left side a wall with Pedro Galimberti, who defined “Crossed and flush” putting definitive figures for the 3 to 1 in favor of NOB.
The return of the historic match of August 2, 1931 It was played in the field of Newell’s and went tie at zero. The first championship of professionalism in Rosario ended up with NOB as champion with a campaign of 16 games played, 9 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats with 40 goals in favor and 17 against.
The classic continued to be disputed in the professional era under the orbit of the Rosarina Football Association Come in 1931 a 1938. There were 24 official games, 9 wins for Central, 7 draws and 8 wins for NOB.
In addition, in that period they faced national rank, under the auspices of the Argentine Football Association, what was in the Beccar Varela Cup of 1933 (edition that came out champion Central Córdoba), where the Auriazules won 1 to 0, with a goal from Chueco García at 30 seconds, which was the fastest goal ever and it was played on a neutral court Independence park.
Then the first teams of Rosario Central y Newell’s Old Boys they joined the Argentine Soccer Association. In the first of the classics as members of the elite of Argentine soccer, auriazules and rojinegros they distributed points.
