Alcides Ghiggia past away yesterday

by breva Sat Jul 18, 2015 1:32 am

Alcides Ghiggia scored the second goal that gave Uruguay a 2-1 win against Brazil and gave the 1950 World Cup to Uruguay at the Maracana. He spent most of his professional career at Roma and like many Uruguayans and Argentines he was a son of Italians, in his case from the northern Ticino region.

by BarrileteCosmico Sat Jul 18, 2015 1:36 am

RIP, from the highlights it looks like he was MOTM, not just the author of the 2nd goal

by farfan Sat Jul 18, 2015 3:25 am

was he the last one from that generation ?

by Rebaño Sagrado Sat Jul 18, 2015 4:55 am

farfan wrote:was he the last one from that generation ?

don't know about generation, but I believe he was the last one from that team alive. Died on the exact 65th anniversary of the maracanazo too Laughing