Santos FC thrash the French national team at Vila Belmiro | OneFootball

Guilherme Guarche, Memory CenterOn July 30, 1930, the French National Team, returning by ship and docking in Santos from Uruguay after competing in the first FIFA World Cup—where they had been eliminated by Argentina—was defeated at Vila Belmiro by Santos FC by a score of 6–1, with Feitiço scoring 4 goals and Mário Seixas 2 in the rout. The Santos side lined up as follows: Athié; Aristides and Meira; Osvaldo, Roberto and Alfredo; Omar, Camarão, Feitiço, Mario Seixas and Evangelista. The coach was the Uruguayan Ramon Platero.This match, played on a Wednesday afternoon because Peixe’s ground still had no artificial lighting, drew a record crowd at the Santos stadium, as fans were eager to see a European national team in action.

The French goal was scored by Lucien Laurente, who was also the player who scored the first goal in a World Cup. In Santos’s forward line, which became known as the team of the 100-goal attack, the absence of Araken Patusca was noticeable, as he had left the team at the beginning of the year and had been replaced by the Bahian Mário Seixas.CuriosityAfter the match, the French did not believe they had faced Santos, and the head of the French delegation protested: This is dishonest! You invite us to play Santos, and then put the Brazil National Team in front of us.

It was necessary for president Guilherme Gonçalves to take the incredulous opponents to the club headquarters at 27 Rua Itororó to show them the files with the photos of the players of the Alvinegro Praiano.

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