OTD E0152 — 01 Apr 1928: Argentina’s First Match Beyond South America

01 Apr 1928: Argentina drew 0–0 with Portugal in Lisbon in its first-ever international outside South America. This episode traces the British roots of the game in Buenos Aires, Watson Hutton and the early clubs, the Río de la Plata rivalry with Uruguay, the Olympic tournaments before the World Cup, the boardroom chaos that kept Argentina out of Paris 1924, and the road to Amsterdam 1928 — where a scoreless friendly became the prologue to Olympic silver and a deeper rivalry with Uruguay.Ideas: [email protected]