For the second edition of the South American football Championship (known as the [|b]Copa América[|b] since 1975), Uruguay, reigning, welcomes the competition. The other South American selections in CONMEBOL, Brazil, Argentina and the Chile, participate in the tournament. All matches of the South American football championship 1917 unfold in the Parque Pereira of Montevideo, capital of the Uruguay.
In the rules of football in 1917, no replacement players is expected during a match, and the referee does not yet of yellow and red cards.
The four participating selections of the competition vie for victory in a single group, each in turn, meeting team finishing first group won the competition. A won match scores 2 points, a match draw 1 point, and a loss 0 point.
September 30, 1917, the South American Championship begins.
In the Parque Pereira Montevideo, 22,000 spectators are present to attend the entry stage of their favorite team, Uruguay, opposite the Chile. Argentinean referee Germán Guassone whistle the kickoff of the match and after 20 minutes Carlos Scarone find the path of the nets. 1-0 for the Celeste, before that Alfredo Ángel Romano, scorer of Nacional, double just upgrading before halftime (44th). The men of Ramón Platero returning to the locker room with the feeling of accomplishment, the stadium is pleased with the progress of the match. La Roja is attempting to reverse the trend but the Uruguay is too strong, Carlos Scarone converted a penalty kick awarded by the referee at the 62nd minute, and then Ángel Romano scored the fourth goal of the match 13 minutes later. Final 4-0 score, the Uruguay ideally begins its tournament, the Chile has still not won a match in the South American football Championship.
Three days later, it is the Argentina against the Brazil. The midfielder of Corinthians Neco opens hostilities at the 8th minute, before the scorer of Boca Juniors Calomino him answering seven minutes later. 1-1 at the 15th minute, this game is well born. 39th minute, Chilean referee whistle a penalty for the Seleção, Silvio Lagreca transforms. Whistled half with a score of 2-1 for the Brazil. the Albiceleste out of the locker room determined, and the scorer of the Racing Club de Avellaneda Alberto Ohaco converts two penalties back-to-back (56th and 58th), before that Antonio Blanco seals the score of the match at the 80th minute. Final score 4-2 to Argentina, with twists and turns and exciting match for the 20,000 spectators from the stadium.
On 6 October, the Argentina found the green rectangle to confront the Chile. And the match takes place quietly to a 0-0, when Luis García mistaken his own goalkeeper at the 76th minute. 1-0 final score for the Albiceleste, four points to the meter and the first of the group, this competition is decidedly complicated for la Roja and turns at calvary.
The next day, the Uruguay is opposed to the Brazil and must win to stay in the race with the Argentina. At the 8th minute, the young striker's 18 Héctor Scarone opened the score for the Celeste, then Ángel Romano scores his third goal of the tournament nine minutes later. 24th minute of play, José França de Paula Ramos is injured and must leave its partners. Unable to perform replacement, the Brazil must continue the match for the last hour of play at 10 against 11. Half time is piped with a score of 2-0 for the Uruguay, and the players of Ramón Platero will not leave it at that, Ángel Romano gives the staggers to the defence Brazilian and sign a double at the 77th minute, and Carlos Scarone scores the fourth goal of the match two minutes before the end of regulation time. Score final 4-0, net and without burrs, the Uruguay is ready for the final of the tournament against the Argentina.
On 12 October, the Brazil faces the Chile to save the honor in this South American Championship, after two consecutive defeats. And the men of Sylvio Lagreca are not in half-measures, Caetano opens the score at the 21st minute, Neco double the score two minutes later, Haroldo for the third at the 26th, before that Amílcar Barbuy marks the fourth time in this match. 4-0 at half-time, la Roja is eager that the match ends, but Haroldo still hungers for purpose and sign a double at the 59th minute. Score final 5-0, the Brazil is pissed off, but too late.
On 14 October, the second South American football Championship must find his winner in the match between the Uruguay and the Argentina. The Parque Pereira Montevideo is full of 40,000 spectators, and most fans expect a victory of la Celeste. Juan Livingstone, the referee gives the kickoff, and the 22 players dont't find the solution after 45 minutes of play. 0-0 at half-time. 62nd minute, from the top of the age of 18, the young striker of Nacional Héctor Scarone wrong Argentine goalkeeper Carlos Isola and did raise one man the stands of the stadium. 1-0 for the Uruguay. 70th minute, Cayetano Saporiti is injured for the Uruguay and must leave its partners. Problem, it is the goalkeeper of la Celeste. No replacement is possible for coach Ramón Platero, and it is the player Manuel Varela who will have to keep the Uruguayan cage during the last 20 minutes of the match. It is twenty minutes long, and the Albiceleste, at 11 against 10, pushes back to the score, but the soul of warrior of the Uruguay team keeps alive this minimal difference, the Chilean referee whistles the end of regulation time, and the Uruguay won for the second consecutive time the South American football Championship.
With 4 goals scored during the competition, the striker of the Nacional Alfredo Ángel Romano is the top scorer of the South American football Championship 1917.
