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Trivia
- The biggest cheer of the night was for the visitors goalkeeper, Peruvian internationalist Juan Valdiveso, who captivated the Parkhead crowd with his performance, which included a penalty kick save from John Morrison. Valdiveso took part in the 1930 F.I.F.A. World Cup in Uruguay where Peru were eliminated after losing 1-0 to the eventual winners Uruguay.
- The official Celtic F.C. site gives the visitors goalscorer as Alejandro Villanueva, though the Herald states the goal was scored by inside -right Teodoro “Lolo” Fernandez. Both players were legendary figures in their native Peru, the former is today compared in national importance to the great Teófilo Cubillas who scored two goals against Scotland in the 1978 World Cup and has a 40,000-seater stadium named in his honour, while the latter has a similar honour as well as having more than one video and song to proclaim the greatness of “Lolo”.
- Other notable players in the ranks of the visitors included Carlos Tovar, who with full back Arturo Fernandez, took part in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
- The visitors had a busy tour with 39 games at European venues and on the 1st of October they had played out a 1-1 draw to a packed house filmed here at Dalymount Park Dublin.
- With the wealth of international talent on display it is of great credit to Celtic that they were able to overcome such opposition, and it is also notable that two Buckhaven-born brothers, Frank and Hugh O’Donnell scored in such exalted company. We will never know just how succesful Celtic may have become in the Thirties if these, and other players, such as Buchan, Fagan, et al could have stayed at Celtic Park.
- The Scotsman reports that Celtic had to play with a certain amount of restraint as no charging was allowed.
Review
This match between Celtic and a Chile-Peru Select was a great opportunity for both teams to experience the different styles and skills of the respective countries. Like Celtic two years previously the visitors had never played outside of their native continent. Their tour was known as European Tour of the “Combinado del Pacifico” 1933-34.
Teams
CELTIC:
Wallace, Hogg, Morrison, Wilson, McStay, Hughes, Crum, Buchan, Dunn, F. O’Donnell, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers:
F. O’Donnell, H. O’Donnell.
CHILE/PERU SELECT:
Juan Valdivieso, Alfonso Saldarriaga, Arturo Fernandez, Alberto Denegri, Vicente Arce, Eduardo Astengo, Pablo Pacheco, Teodoro Fernandez, Alejandro Villanueva, Carlos Tovar, Eduardo Schneeberger.
Scorers:
Villanueva*.
Referee: H. Watson (Glasgow).
Attendance: 7,000*
*Scorer and match attendance taken from official Celtic F.C. site.
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
GLASGOW HERALD, 4 October, 1933. Page 17.
SOUTH AMERICANS IN GLASGOW
CELTIC WIN INTERESTING MATCH
POOR SHOOTING HANDICAPS VISITORS
Celtic, 2; Peru-Chile, 1.
Though the touring Peruvian-Chilean team quite justified all that one had heard with regard to their perfect ball control and accurate passing during last night’s match at Parkhead against Celtic, they were not impressive in other directions.
Their play was certainly tricky, but they were always imbued with a desire to pass their way right to the Celtic goalmouth before trying a shot. Never once during the game did a South American shoot from outside the Celtic penalty area—and that made the task of the home team’s defenders a comparatively simple one.
GOALKEEPER OUTSTANDING
Celtic indeed, although scoring twice in the first half, never gave the impression of a side playing at full stretch, and it was not until the visiting team scored ten minutes after the interval that they really showed much keenness.
The outstanding visitor was Valdivesco, the goalkeeper, whose remarkable agility and crisp confident clearances all through, and his brilliant saving of a penalty kick, earned him a special ovation at the finish from the 10,000 spectators.
In less than ten minutes Celtic were a goal in front, F. O’Donnell heading a pass from his brother Hugh out of Valdiviesco’s reach. Celtic’s second score, from a hard drive by Hugh O’Donnell after almost 30 minutes play, finished the first-half goal scoring, but on many occasions the South Americans were within striking distance, and had they shown more shooting power would surely have scored.
BRILLIANT FOOTBALLERS.
They improved greatly in the second half, when Pacheco, T. Fernandez, and Villanueva, the outside right, inside right, and centre forward respectively, showed many skillful touches and keen positional sense, and were always a menace to Wallace and his backs. Their goal was scored by T. Fernandez after ten minutes.
The South Americans have a team of brilliant footballers while in possession, and when, if ever, they bring their shooting on a par with their groundwork and tighten up their marking at the throw-in, the best teams in Britain will find in them doughty opponents.
