⚽❄️ Snow at a World Cup? Despite being played in November and December this year, the FIFAWorldCup is often associated with summertime. And yet, the first international soccer tournament saw snow – in July.
Colder conditions were to be expected at the 1930 World Cup compared to the average temperature in Uruguay. With the country being in the southern hemisphere, July and August are winter months.France and Mexico’s match at Estadio Pocitos on July 13, 1930, was historic on several fronts.
It was the first ever match in World Cup history and saw the first ever goal in World Cup history. The snow merely added to the momentous moment.“We were playing [against] Mexico and it was snowing, since it was winter in the southern hemisphere,”, who scored the historic opening goal in that match, said. “One of my teammates centered the ball and I followed its path carefully, taking it on the volley with my right foot.
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