1925 South American Championship

File:Argentina equipo vs paraguay 1925.jpg

The Argentina squad (here pictured in the first match v Paraguay) won its second title

The ninth South American Championship was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 29 November to 25 December 1925.

In 1925, the participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Chile and Uruguay withdrew from the tournament, making this event the one with the fewest participating teams.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The tournament was rescheduled to be held in two rounds.

Argentina won its second continental title.<ref>South American Championship 1925 at RSSSF</ref>

Squads

For a complete list of participants squads see: 1925 South American Championship squads

Venues

Buenos Aires
Sportivo Barracas Stadium	Boca Juniors Stadium
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 25,000
File:Stadio Sportivo Barracas.jpg	File:Boca stadium 1925.jpg

Final round

Each team played two matches against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a defeat.

Team	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Fb	4	3	1	0	11	4	+7	7
Template:Fb	4	2	1	1	11	9	+2	5
Template:Fb	4	0	0	4	4	13	−9	0

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Goal scorers

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Manuel Seoane, top scorer

6 goals

• Template:Flagicon Manuel Seoane

4 goals Template:Div col

• Template:Flagicon Lagarto
• Template:Flagicon Nilo

2 goals Template:Div col

• Template:Flagicon Arthur Friedenreich
• Template:Flagicon Gerardo Rivas

1 goal Template:Div col

• Template:Flagicon Antonio Cerrotti
• Template:Flagicon Alfredo Garasini
• Template:Flagicon Juan C. Irurieta
• Template:Flagicon Martín Sánchez
• Template:Flagicon Domingo Tarasconi
• Template:Flagicon Filo
• Template:Flagicon Manuel Fleitas Solich
• Template:Flagicon Luis Fretes

Aftermath

Despite having won the tournament unbeaten, part of the Argentine media considered the team's performance as "poor", highlighting that Argentina was the winner only because of being stronger than the other two participants. Argentine magazine El Gráfico stated Argentina's virtues were decreasing as the competition went by, with such notable failures.<ref name=elgraf/>

Centre forward Juan Carlos Irurieta was injured in the first match, being replaced by Manuel Seoane, who did not play as good as he used to be because of his change of position (from left insider to centre forward). The media criticised hardly the performances of Garasini, Alejandro de los Santos, Antonio Cerrotti and Juan Bianchi. On the other hand, Domingo Tarasconi, Seoane and Martín Sánchez were mentioned as the most remarkable players. In the case of Tarasconi, his efficient dribbling, passing style and accurate corner kicks were widely praised. Seoane's goalscoring prowess was also mentioned as one of the high points of Argentina, setting a record with six goals in four matches. Nevertheless, Seoane was also criticised for being out of shape due to his overweight.<ref name=elgraf>1925. Argentina conquista su segundo Sudamericano, El Gráfico</ref>

Another Argentine player harshly criticised was goalkeeper Américo Tesoriere:

References

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