1936 Peru v Austria football match

Lead-up In the first stage of the tournament, Peru (whose squad comprised members of Alianza Lima, Universitario de Deportes and 1935 league champions Sport Boys) defeated Finland 7–3 (with Lolo Fernández scoring five goals), while Austria beat Egypt 3–1. Details == Post-match ==

The Austrians demanded a rematch on the grounds that Peruvian fans had stormed the field, which then did not meet the requirements for a football game. Austria further claimed that the Peruvian players had manhandled the Austrians and that spectators, one holding a revolver, had "swarmed down on the field." Peru was summoned on this issue but were delayed by a Nazi parade. The Peruvian arguments were not heard, the Olympic Committee and FIFA ruled in favour of Austria, ordering a rematch inside closed doors, initially for 10 August, but later rescheduled for 11 August. As a protest against these actions, which the Peruvians deemed as insulting and discriminatory, the entire Olympic delegations of Peru and Colombia left Germany. The game was awarded to Austria by default. Peru was coached by Alberto Denegri, whereas Austria was managed by Englishman James Hogan. Austria won silver in the tournament. Three years later Peru won the 1939 South American Championship. == Legacy ==

Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano referred to the match as "the history of dignity", stating that the Olympic Committee ruled that the match had to be played again alleging that they could not allow a team formed by mestizos defeat an Aryan race squad when Nazism was in full swing. In 2014, it was announced that a 10-part miniseries (named Goleadores) produced by French Michel Gómez and inspired on the match, would be made. Gómez stated that it "was based on real facts because FIFA was under pressure from the Nazi government to annull the game. The miniseries was starred by Peruvian and Argentine actors and filmed in Lima. == See also ==