{"id":4,"date":"2022-09-27T13:07:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theantiquefootball.com\/?p=4"},"modified":"2022-09-27T13:39:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:39:06","slug":"mundialito-1980-copa-de-oro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theantiquefootball.com\/post\/131509896968\/mundialito-1980-copa-de-oro","title":{"rendered":"Mundialito 1980 (Copa de Oro)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Copa de Oro was a international tournament organized by FIFA and the Uruguayan government, which took place entirely in Montevideo between December 30th 1980-January 10 1981. This &#8220;grandma&#8221; of current Confederations Cups gathered national teams from Argentina , Brasil Uruguay Germany Federal Republic Italy And Netherlands to celebrate 50 years since its first World Cup match was played here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winner gets their name engraved on an elaborate gold trophy while also winning monetary prizes along with prestigious gifts such as cars or apartments!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When FIFA was looking for a country to host the World Cup, they thought of only inviting ones that had won it before. But since Holland&#8217;s success in 1974 and 1978 as well their football teams&#8217; European league titles (as well as clubs), there were no other options left but England which declined due to having its players occupied with an upcoming season on both continents &#8211; Europe League along side English soccer leagues- making them unwilling hosts once more until\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea behind this passage is basically saying how did\/whoever decided upon bringing forth another world cup? It seems like every time you win something big enough already so much stuff comes up surrounding what else could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Documental Mundialito de  f\u00fatbol Uruguay 1980\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gyrWWGGF-9Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first game was Uruguay-Holanda, with the churras winning 2 -0. They repeated their victory in Italia by also beating them 2 \u2013 0 for this second time around! The third match between A Piece Of History Germany and Argentina ended 1 golienter (1 to each) making it an even more exciting finish than before when both teams were tied at one apiece after two games played within gruop B&#8217;s final fixture scheduled yesterday afternoon\/evening). In Group H we saw France beat Ghana 4 goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stadium was packed on January 10, 1981 and Uruguayan president Aparicio M\u00e9ndez sat in the audience. The team played an exciting match-up with Brazil as they went ahead 2 &#8211; 1 through Barrios&#8217; goal before half time (just like last game). However it ended sadly because of Victorino&#8217;s mistake that allowed subsequent goals by Brazilians making this final score 3 -2 at end; thus leaving us all wanting more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The greatest goal scorer in the tournament was Waldemar Victorino with 3 goals, surpassing Diego Armando Maradona and other legends who played at this historic event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A football fan? Check out our documentary on Youtube called &#8220;Mundialito&#8221; which details all about how Uruguay won their first ever World Cup back when it seemed like there would never be another nation capable enough\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Copa de Oro was a international tournament organized by FIFA and the Uruguayan government, which took place entirely in Montevideo between December 30th 1980-January 10 1981. 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