The biggest victory in the history of the Peruvian classic and who was Emilio ‘El Feo’ Salinas, author of 5 goals that day

sports university there Lima Covenant They will play, this Sunday, February 19, a new edition of the Peruvian football classic, a match that still paralyzes the whole country. One of the most memorable editions of this type of confrontation occurred on June 12, 1949, when the ‘narrow‘ they beat the ‘ 9-1creams‘ in the national stadiumbeing the biggest victory between these two teams in all history.

This meeting also immortalized in the history books Emilio’The ugly‘Saltworks, who became the big hero of the day after scoring five goals and becoming the top scorer in a single clásico, a mark no footballer has been able to beat so far. Other goals came from Félix Castillo, Emilio Vargas and a brace from Víctor Pedraza, while Alberto’toto‘Terry At a reduced price.

In this party, Alianza Lima, led by an idol like Adelpho Magallanes, formed with Teodulo Legario in arch, Felix Fuentes and Gerardo Arce in defense, Rigoberto Talledo, Alejandro González and Cornelio Heredia behind the wheel, Vargas, Roberto Castillo, Salinas, Castillo and Pedraza in attack.

For its part, Universityunder the command of Arturo Fernández, brother of ‘Lolo’ Fernandezwent out on the pitch with Juan Chau Busanich in goal, David Rodríguez with Andrés da Silva at the back, Jorge Rodríguez, Luis Gago and José Ugaz in the middle, leaving Ernesto Morales, Héctor Alcazar, Carlos Valdivia in attack, ‘toto‘Terry and Dante Rovay.

It should be noted that, ‘Lolo‘, maximum idol and historical scorer of the team’merengue‘, was part of this team, but he missed the match, as he was recovering from an injury.

Some think that the victory of Lima Covenant 9-1 finished sports university It was only in a friendly competition, since it was not valid for the Tournament of Selection and Competition, name given to the championship of first division.

But said classic was part of the third date of the Opening Tournament, which brought together the first four teams of the previous championship and was organized by the Non-Amateur Football Association, an organization equivalent to the Professional Football Sports Association (ADFP)and counted on the authorization of the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF).

That is to say, it was not a first division championship, but had the official character of an Inca Cup or a Bicentennial Tournament. THE ‘narrow’ qualified because they had just been champions of the previous tournament, breaking a 15-year winless streak, while the ‘creams’ they had taken fourth place.

The chronicles of the time say that the game was played in the afternoon in a national stadium full of fans Alianza Lima was the favorite, but no one expected a victory of such magnitude. He ‘black roller‘ took the lead after 10 minutes, when the “ugly” salinas He finished a volley over Da Silva and Busanich. Only 4 minutes later, the striker touched for Pedraza, who would put the second, and at 24′, Félix Castillo increased the score.

In the midst of their helplessness, the ‘creams‘ suffered the expulsion of Rodríguez, after the referee Guillermo Barr warned with a kick against ‘Aretin‘Castillo The university did not give up and after 30 minutes he managed to get through ′ ‘toto‘Terrybut only 5 minutes later, Emilio Salinas he would score the fourth after a defensive error.

The match ended with a score of 4-1, so the fans ‘You meringue’ They unleashed their fury: “The Universitario supporters set fire to the newspapers in the stands and threw away their cards,” Félix Castillo told Teledeportes.

The dashboard could have been bigger, because on restart Cornelius Heredia Missed an Equal Penalty, Emilio Salinas converted the fifth after 60 minutes and, after saying so much, Da Silva saw the red card for a strong protest to the referee and left Universitario with nine players and they couldn’t stop two more goals from Salinas (65′ and 77′) and one from Pedraza (67′).

Faced with such a victory, the coach ‘Meringue’ Arturo Fernández decided to change goalkeeper Busanich, even though he revealed it was an injury: “I couldn’t take it anymore, they riddled me with shots. And in the second stage, as everyone could appreciate, I had to play outside to cut the opposing games. It exhausted me enormously. Nobody told me to leave and I didn’t leave for fear that they would continue to score goals. I gave up because I couldn’t get up,” he told Crónica.

Goalkeeper Raúl Dreyfus enters, but cannot avoid receiving the ninth from Emilio Vargas (80′). Even the ‘narrow’ they were able to score one more, but it was called off due to an advanced position “We made 10, but they called off one, the ref was sorry,” he said Emilio Salinas.

In the last minutes, the ‘creams‘ would suffer a third expulsion, this time the recently admitted Augusto Gasco, who insulted the referee.

the rout ‘Blue and white’ as for its classic rival, it monopolized the front pages of all the newspapers of the time, where the team was already described as the ‘second black roll‘, while fans of University They were shocked by the defeat: “Our supporters were happy and the others were crying. On leaving the stadium I saw some ‘you“They tore up their cards out of rage,” said the ‘Feo’ Salinas in the centenary book of Alliance of Lima.

After the game, the Victorian players went to celebrate with their own fans: “Everyone was crazy, all the Alliance members came with the Alianza flag. Fans and players went to a chifa, they even took the spoon, even the sticks,” Salinas said.

Moreover, the ‘narrow‘ were proclaimed champions of the Torneo Apertura after tying on points with Sports tobacco and beat them 3-1 in a decisive game.

the paternity of Lima Covenant in regards to University It wouldn’t end with this victory, as months later, this time for the Selection and Competition Tournament, they again beat them in a massive way, this time 5-0. in this party Emilio Salinas He scored two more goals, the others were from Félix Castillo and a brace from another idol like Carlos’Huaqui‘Gomez Sanchezwho did not join after the America’s Cup after a few years in Boca Juniorsand he wasn’t at 9-1.

Despite achieving these two historic goals, 1949 was a positive year for sports universitywho was able to pull himself together and was proclaimed champion at the end of the season, already with ‘Lolo‘Fernandez restored. For its part, Lima Covenant He had an erratic campaign and finished in fourth place, although Emilio Salinas was the tournament’s top scorer with 18 goals.

Emilio Salinas he was born on July 12, 1925 and was about to turn 24 when he gave his landmark performance. Currently, he is the player of Lima Covenant with more goals against Universitario with 18 goals. In addition, the third top scorer in the history of the classics, only behind the ‘creams‘ ‘Lolo‘Fernandez there Daniel Ruiz.

“I don’t know, but those of the ‘you‘I took care of them a bit, it’s that I always scored goals for them. I remember my first clásico in 1948, which we won 5-2 and I scored a goal. They played hard, but I, who weighed 80 kilos, received their blows as if a fly had stopped. The classics were always played with a strong leg, but I never saw bad intentions or disloyalty. In our time the rivalry remained on the ground, we were friends”, he says in the centenary book.

He debuted with a t-shirt ‘Blue and white’ in 1948 and remained until 1956, during these years he scored 102 goals in 127 games and ranked as the fifth top scorer in club history. He won a total of 4 titles in 1948, 1952, 1954 and 1955. Later he went through Ciclista Lima and Juventud Gloria.

His nickname of ‘Feo‘ is not due to his physique, but rather than during a match in piura He finished very strong and when the goalkeeper stepped in to save him, he got injured and his teammate Alejandro Silva heard him say “Oh, how ugly this one is.”

Emilio Salinas He died on September 18, 2009 at the age of 84, but he will forever be remembered as one of the great goalscorers of Alliance of Lima.