1930 World Cup Final Replay In The Clouds Now Complete

Sad news indeed, the Fifa website posted a great article on him on his 100th birthday. Just go on the Fifa website and search his name for it.

“And as well as his fiercely competitive spirit, Varallo clearly has not lost his sense of humour: 'The only wish that I had yet to fulfil, apart from winning that Final in 1930, was to have a great-grandson. Now I have one and I’m sure that one day he’s going to overtake Palermo as Boca’s all-time top scorer.'

Francisco Varallo
Position: Forward.
Clubs: Gimnasia La Plata (1928-1929), Velez Sarsfield (For their 1930 tour of the Americas), Boca Juniors (1931-1939).
Honours: 3 Argentinian league titles (1931, 1934, 1935), 1 Campeonato Sudamericano (1937), 1 runners-up finish at a FIFA World Cup (1930).

“I was a young lad of 20 years of age and I was ready to take on the world,” said Varallo. “I tested the injury on the morning of the Final and I felt fine, so I decided to play. It was a risk, because there were no substitutions back then, but it was worth it. I wasn’t going to miss that game for anything in the world!”