I'm gonna take the time to write about some, literally, BRUTAL performances by a couple of players. A little football history lesson for y'all. One Uruguayan, another one from Ecuador and considered a GOAT in Uruguay.
Anyone that knows about soccer, knows that Uruguay teams are known for never giving up and becoming dangerous as fuck when they are losing. Well, here are a couple of monumental performances.
The first one was responsibility of this man...
Obdulio "The Black Boss" Varela.
Defensive Midfielder.
Legendary Captain of Uruguay's national team in the 50s. This badass motherfucker was the captain of the Uruguay that beat Brazil in the World Cup final of 1950.
In 1950, the world Cup was actually a mini league with Brazil needing just a tie to win the whole thing. The final game was about to be played in the Maracana stadium.
Everyone considered Brazil to be the victors. Rimet, the then FIFA president had a speech in Portuguese ready to be delivered for an eventual Brazilian victory. The medals already had the Brazilian names on it.
So "The BOSS" gives a legendary speech before the game about how his team must go against all odds to win.
The game starts, Brazil scores shortly after the beginning of the second half. Varela complains saying there's an offside but the goal is legal. He takes the ball, carries to the middle of the field and screams to his team "NOW IT'S TIME TO WIN!!!!".
Varela carries his team, running, tackling, and taking the whole midfield on his own to give a chance to Uruguay for a full, all or nothing attack.
It works, as legendary strikers Schiaffino and Ghiggia score and the game ended up 1-2 for Uruguay.
Brazilian Newspapers didn't want to accept it, fans committed suicide. Players and even Journalists in Brazil retired, while others were never called to the National Team again.
Brazil even changed the color of its jersey, and the slang "Maracanazo" was born.
Rimet had to take his speech in Portuguese and shove it all the way in his fucking ass.
Easily one of the Top 10 performances in Football history.
The second performance belongs this other first class badass.
"Gold's head", "Star of two flags"...
Alberto motherfucking Spencer.
Striker.
One of the most lethal strikers in history, and the one with the best header ever. This Ecuadorian is the leading scorer in the history of Copa Libertadores, the Champions League of the American continent. Best Ecuadorian player in history, best player in history of Peņarol, Uruguay's most important team.
Ever heard of the Boca-River derby? Of course.
Well, River has enemies, and their enemies use a nickname; "Gallinas". It may not translate literally, but it basically means chicken. What not everyone knows, is that the nickname has a history that goes way back...
Peņarol was one of the best teams in the 60s. They won Libertadores cups and defeated European champions to become World Champions. Right up there with the Santos of Pele. In fact, in 1963, the year Santos won the Libertadores against Boca and defeated Milan to become world champions, Peņarol defeated them 5-0 with a hat trick by Spencer.
In 1966 Peņarol faced River in the Libertadores final. After beating each other in two games, a third game was played in neutral land, Chile (that was the system back then).
River scored twice and was winning until the 57'th minute.
Spencer broke the ice, and Peņarol went on a rampage against the Argentinians. They turned it around 2-4 with Spencer scoring the 2-3 and putting Peņarol on top.
Peņarol and Spencer achieved eternal glory to become Champions of the American continent (They went ahead and defeated Real Madrid 2-0 twice, and became world champions after winning the Intercontinental cup. Spencer scored 3 of those 4 goals in total).
River stayed in infamy and as the chickens of Latin America. Not for that week, not for that month, not for that yr, not for that decade.
They have lived in infamy ever since, and will live in infamy forever.
This guy's performance was monumental, and legendary.
