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Brazil - Argentina 1:2

05 DEC 1956, Friendly

Goals

Brazil: Indio

Argentina: José Sanfilippo 69', Antonio Garabal 70'

Brazil

Castilho, Nilton Santos, Zozimo, Didi, Pinheiro, Indio, Joel, Pinga, Zizinho, Dequinha, Rubens

Argentina (Guillermo Stábile)

Antonio Roma, Néstor Rossi, Federico Vairo, Omar Sívori, Jorge Benegas (41' Ángel Schandlein), Antonio Garabal, Ricardo Infante (46' José Sanfilippo), Oscar Mantegari, Federico Pizarro, Ernesto Sansone (46' Roberto Jesús Puppo), Oscar Rossi

Venue

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Trivia

Not official for Brazil, who fielded the Guanabara state team (OCR note).

Player Details

NameCapClub
Antonio Roma2Ferro Carril Oeste
Néstor Rossi9River Plate
Federico Vairo21River Plate
Omar Sívori13River Plate
Jorge Benegas5San Lorenzo
Ángel Schandlein3Gimnasia y Esgrima LP
Antonio Garabal2Ferro Carril Oeste
Ricardo Infante3Huracán
José Sanfilippo1San Lorenzo
Oscar Mantegari1River Plate
Federico Pizarro5San Lorenzo
Ernesto Sansone4Vélez Sarsfield
Oscar Rossi1Huracán
Roberto Jesús Puppo1Newell's

Earlier matches

DateGroundOpponentScoreCompetition
08 JUL 1956HomeBrazil0:0Copa del Atlantico
15 AUG 1956AwayParaguay1:0Copa Boutell
19 AUG 1956HomeCzechoslovakia1:0Friendly
10 OCT 1956AwayUruguay2:1Copa Newton
14 NOV 1956HomeUruguay2:2Copa Lipton

Later matches

DateGroundOpponentScoreCompetition
13 MAR 1957Colombia8:2Copa América
17 MAR 1957Ecuador3:0Copa América
20 MAR 1957Uruguay4:0Copa América
28 MAR 1957Chile6:2Copa América
03 APR 1957Brazil3:0Copa América

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