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Uruguay vs Argentina. Final Piala Dunia 1930. 93.000 penggemar berteriak. Dan sebelum satu bola pun ditendang, ada sebuah masalah. Kedua tim membawa bola sepak mereka sendiri. 


Keduanya menolak menggunakan bola tim lawan. Wasit berdiri di antara dua kapten, dua negara, dan dua bola sepak, dengan stadion yang siap meledak.
Apa yang akan kamu lakukan? 

Wasit membuat keputusan yang terdengar hampir konyol di masa kini. Setiap tim akan menggunakan bola mereka sendiri. Bola Argentina untuk babak pertama. Bola Uruguay untuk babak kedua. 

Argentina unggul 2 - 1 pada babak pertama dengan bola mereka. Uruguay menang 4 - 2 dengan bola mereka. 

Orang-orang masih memperdebatkan apakah bola-bola itu membuat perbedaan. Tapi ini yang lebih penting: ini adalah final Piala Dunia pertama, dan segala sesuatu tentangnya adalah improvisasi, penuh gairah, dan sedikit kacau. Hanya sampai ke momen itu saja sudah sebuah keajaiban. 

Hanya 13 tim yang datang ke Uruguay. Sebagian besar negara Eropa menolak mengirim siapa pun. Perjalanan dari Eropa memakan waktu dua minggu dengan kapal. Para pemain berlatih di dek di antara serangan mabuk laut. Beberapa bertanya-tanya apakah menyeberangi lautan untuk sebuah turnamen sepak bola masuk akal sama sekali. 

Tapi ketika mereka tiba dan pertandingan dimulai, sesuatu berubah. Stadion-stadion penuh sesak. Suasananya electrik. Sepak bola berhenti menjadi sekadar permainan dan menjadi sesuatu yang orang-orang rela menyeberangi dunia untuk melihatnya. 

Piala Dunia pertama di tahun 1930 itu tidak sempurna atau profesional menurut standar saat ini. Tapi ia memiliki sesuatu yang kadang hilang dari turnamen modern: emosi yang mentah, risiko yang nyata, dan cerita-cerita yang layak untuk dikenang. 

Kita merayakan bintang-bintang masa kini, tapi bab-bab awal sepak bola duduk diam dalam bayang-bayang. Mereka penuh dengan romansa, kekacauan, perdebatan, kebanggaan, misteri, dan momen-momen yang membentuk segala sesuatu yang kita cintai tentang permainan ini hari ini. 

Saya ingin menceritakan kisah-kisah itu lagi. 

Dan saya akan membagikannya satu per satu.

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