Uruguay - France 2-1. 1966 World cup. Group stage

This is the only win of Celeste in the 1966 World cup in England. Uruguay qualified from the group stage thanks to two goaless draws, against England and Mexico respectively. In quarterfinals, they lost heavily against Germany, mainly because of scandalous refereeing.

This was the only game of the tournament, played at White City staduim in London, as all the other five matches of this group took place at Wembley. This very day Wembley curiously hosted dog racing, which was considered as more important thing than the football world cup itself!

July 15th 1966 (19:30) London, White City Stadium

URUGUAY - FRANCE 2-1 (2-1)

0-1 Hector De Bourgoing (penalty) 15
1-1 Pedro Rocha 27
2-1 Julio Cortes 32

Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)
Attendance: 45,662

Uruguay:
1 GK Ladislao Mazurkiewicz 21 14 Feb 1945 Peñarol
2 DF Horacio Troche (c) 30 14 Feb 1936 Peñarol
3 DF Jorge Manicera 27 04 Nov 1938 Nacional
6 DF Omar Caetano 27 08 Nov 1938 Peñarol
15 DF Luis Ubiñas 26 07 Jun 1940 Rampla Juniors
5 MD Nestor Goncalves 30 27 Apr 1936 Peñarol
7 MD Julio Cortes 25 29 Mar 1941 Peñarol
10 MD Pedro Rocha 23 03 Dec 1942 Peñarol
9 FW Jose Sacia 32 27 Dec 1933 Defensor
11 FW Domingo Perez 30 07 Jun 1936 Nacional
18 FW Milton Viera 20 11 May 1946 Nacional
Coach: Ondino Viera 64 10 Sep 1901

FRANCE
1 GK Marcel Aubour 26 17 Jun 1940 Olympique Lyon
5 DF Bernard Bosquier 24 19 Jun 1942 Sochaux
6 DF Robert Budzynski 26 21 May 1940 Nantes
12 DF Jean Djorkaeff 26 27 Oct 1939 Olympique Lyon
2 MD Marcel Artelesa (c) 28 02 Jul 1938 AS Monaco
4 MD Joseph Bonnel 27 04 Jan 1939 Valenciennes
15 MD Yves Herbet 20 17 Aug 1945 CS Sedan
10 FW Hector De Bourgoing 31 23 Jul 1934 Gir. Bordeaux
13 FW Philippe Gondet 24 17 May 1942 Nantes
14 FW Gerard Hausser 24 28 Oct 1941 Rac. Strasbourg
20 FW Jacques Simon 25 25 Mar 1941 Nantes
Coach: Henri Guerin 44 27 Aug 1921

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[Farerets]

I hope Celeste will...

1930 - 1950 - 1980 - 2010 - 2030! ;-)

The Faroes will unfortunately never make it to the finals... Uruguay is probably a small country but still 65 times bigger than the Faroes!

[gamelover1827mw2]

they say when you first retire it's your first death

[Moncho1234]

@gamelover1827mw2 I am sorry to learn that. I know retirement can be very hard for successful pros. It must be very difficult to pass from a life of failure and success, and under constant pressure, to a regular life of a retired youngster. Psicologycal assistance is normal nowadays, but it surely wasn´t back then.

[gamelover1827mw2]

@Moncho1234 and to make it worse he also smokes

[gamelover1827mw2]

@Moncho1234 ya its sad now when pro soccer players quit well some like my grandfather turn to alcohol

[Moncho1234]

@gamelover1827mw2 Very easy. I looked for him in the internet. Nacional, Boca Juniors, Peñarol, Olimpiakos, AEK Athens. Great performance in greece! Back in ´66 he was only 20.

[gamelover1827mw2]

@Moncho1234 the ones i can think of right now are penarol and nacional

[Moncho1234]

@gamelover1827mw2 From what team was he in uruguay?

[MRPATOCLAV]

de atrás, volvió papá! VX; IV!!!

[gamelover1827mw2]

my grandfather was in this game milton viera number 18 i believe

[Azmi1995]

@leach1527 it has been demolished in 85