Peru 4–2 Austria (1936 Summer Olympics association football)

1936 Summer Olympics
Quarterfinals

Event	1936 Summer Olympics
Peru Austria 4 2
Date	8 August 1936
Venue	Hertha Platz, Berlin
Referee	Thoralf Kristiansen (Norway)
Attendance	5,000

Peru v Austria was a football match played on 8 August 1936 during the Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Background

The Peru squad mixed members of Alianza Lima, Universitario de Deportes and the 1935 league champions Sport Boys.

Pre-match

Austria

Austria had won its first-round match against Egypt with a 3-1 win.

Peru

In the first round, Peru had an easy win on Finland winning with 7-3, with Teodoro Fernández scoring five Peruvian goals.

Match

First half

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Juan Valdivieso leaps in the air.

Overtime

The match was highly contested, and the game went into overtime when the Peruvians tied the Austrians after being two goals behind. Peru scored 5 goals during overtime, of which 3 were nullified by the referee, and won by the final score of 4-2.

Details

Peru v Austria

August 8, 1936 17:30

Peru	4–2 (a.e.t.) 1	Austria
Alcalde  75' Villanueva  81'  117' Fernández  119'	Report	Wergin  23' Steinmetz  37'

Berlin Hertha-BSC Platz Referee: Thoralf Kristiansen (NOR) Attendance: 5.000

Peru

Austria

PERU: GK 1 Juan Valdivieso DF 2 Arturo Fernández DF 3 Víctor Lavalle MF 4 Carlos Tovar MF 5 Segundo Castillo MF 6 Orestes Jordan FW 7 Adelfo Magallanes MF 8 Jorge Alcalde  82' MF 9 Teodoro Fernández FW 10 Alejandro Villanueva FW 11 José Morales Substitutes: MF ~ Prisco Alcalde FW ~ Eulogio Garcia Manager: Alberto Denegri

AUSTRIA: GK 1 Eduard Kainberger DF 2 Ernst Kunz MF 3 Martin Kargl MF 4 Anton Krenn FW 5 Karl Wahlmüller FW 6 Max Hofmeister MF 7 Walter Werginz MF 8 Adolf Laudon DF 9 Klement Steinmetz DF 10 Josef Kitzmueller DF 11 Franz Fuchsberger Substitutes: MF ~ Franz Mandl FW ~ Karl Kainberger Manager: James Hogan

Assistant referees: Hungary: Pal von Hertzka Finland: E.k. Pekonen

Post-match

Austria protests

The Austrians demanded a rematch on the grounds that Peruvian fans had stormed the field, and so the field did not meet the requirements for a football game. Austria further claimed that the Peruvian players had manhandled the Austrian players and that spectators, one holding a revolver, had "swarmed down on the field." Peru was notified of this situation, and they attempted to go to the assigned meeting but were delayed by a German parade.

Controversial decision

At the end, the Peruvian defense was never heard, and the Olympic Committee and FIFA sided with the Austrians. The rematch was scheduled to be taken under close grounds on August 10, and later re-scheduled to be taken on August 11.

Peru withdraws

As a sign of protest against these actions, which the Peruvians deemed as insulting and discriminatory, the complete Olympic delegations of Peru and Colombia left Germany. Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Mexico expressed their solidarity with Peru. Michael Dasso, a member of the Peruvian Olympic Committee, stated: "We've no faith in European athletics. We have come here and found a bunch of merchants." The game was awarded to Austria by default.

In Peru, angry crowds protested against the decisions of the Olympic Committee by tearing down an Olympic flag, throwing stones at the German consulate, refusing to load German vessels in the docks of Callao, and listening to inflammatory speeches which included President Oscar Benavides Larrea's mention of "the crafty Berlin decision." To this day, it is not known with certainty what exactly happened in Germany. It is popularly believed that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi authorities might have had some involvement in this situation, though this was not claimed at the time.

Peru was coached by national manager Alberto Denegri, and Austria was under the command of English James Hogan.

Aftermath

Austria won silver in the Olympics and Peru, a few years later, became South American champions.