South American Trip of Torino and Pro Vercelli in 1914

Torino was invited for LPF (São Paulo professional league) to play some friendlies
against his teams. Some days after, APEA and AMEA (respectively São Paulo and Rio de
Janeiro amateur leagues) "answered" inviting Pro Vercelli to play friendlies against
their teams.

Match Details - Torino
Match Details - Pro Vercelli

Matches played by Torino

    09/08/1914 CA Internacional 0-6 Torino  		    			[a]
    12/08/1914 Foreign Players of LPF League XI 1-5 Torino  			[b]
    15/08/1914 SC Corinthians Paulista 0-3 Torino           			[c]
                [Arione III (p), Di Bernardi, Arione III]
    18/08/1914 LPF League XI 1-7 Torino           [0-7?]
    22/08/1914 SC Corinthians Paulista 1-2 Torino				[d]
                [Américo ; Mosso II, Di Bernardi]
    25/08/1914 SC Luzitano 0-3 Torino

After these matches, Torino travelled to Buenos Aires.

    30/08/1914 Argentina National Team 2-1 Torino
		[Alberto Marcovecchio (2) ; Mosso]
    03/09/1914 Racing Club 1-0 Torino
		[Alberto Ohaco]
    06/09/1914 Argentinian League XI 0-2 Torino
		[Mosso, Tirone]

[a] line-up of Torino: Morando, Capra, Backmann - Valombra, Peterli, Lovati - Di Bernardi,
Mosso III, Mosso I, Tirone, Arione, Mosso II.

[b] the Foreign Players XI was formed basically by players from SC Germânia.

[c] line-ups: Corinthians: Casemiro do Amaral (Sebastião), Fúlvio, Casemiro González -
Police, Bianco, César Nunes - Américo, Peres, Amílcar, Apparício e Neco.
      	Torino: Morando, Capra, Backmann - Valombra, Peterli, Lovati - Di Bernardi,
Mosso III, Tomaselli, Arione III, Arione I.

[d] line-ups: Corinthians: Sebastião, Fúlvio, Casemiro González - Police, Bianco,
César Nunes - Américo, Peres, Amílcar, Apparício e Neco.
	Torino: Morando, Capra, Backmann - Valombra, Peterli, Lovati - Di Bernardi,
Mosso II, Tirone, Arione III, Arione II.

coach of Torino: Vittorio Pozzo

Match Details - Torino

Matches played by Pro Vercelli

    02/08/1914 CA Paulistano 1-0 Pro Vercelli					[e]
		[Hopkins]
    03/08/1914 Combinado CA Paulistano/Scottish Wanderers FC 5-1 Pro Vercelli
    06/08/1914 Combinado AA Palmeiras/AA Mackenzie College 1-1 Pro Vercelli
    09/08/1914 Combinado AA São Bento/CA Ypiranga 2-2 Pro Vercelli
		[Friedenreich (2) ; ?]
    13/08/1914 APEA League XI 2-1 Pro Vercelli					[f]
		[Friedenreich, Millon ; Rampini I]

After these matches, Pro Vercelli travelled to Rio de Janeiro.

    20/08/1914 Combinado Botafogo FC/CR Flamengo 1-1 Pro Vercelli               [g]
                [Luiz Menezes]
    22/08/1914 Combinado Fluminense FC/América FC 1-4 Pro Vercelli              [h]
                [Welfare ; Parodi, Rampini (2), Ferraro]
    23/08/1914 AMEA League XI 1-1 Pro Vercelli					[i]
                [Innocenti (og) ; Milano (p)]
    27/08/1914 AMEA League XI 4-1 Pro Vercelli
                [Welfare, Ojeda, Welfare, Ojeda ; Ferraro]

[e] line-up of Pro Vercelli: Innocenti, Binaschi, Valle - Dalmazzo, Milano I, Parodi;
Ferrano, Carcano, Grillo, Rampini I, Corna.

[f] line-ups: APEA League XI: Rachou, O'May, Chico Neto - Gullo, Lagreca, Octávio Egydio -
Formiga, Millon, Rubens Salles, Friedenreich, Hopkins.
	      Pro Vercelli: Innocenti, Binaschi, Valle - Dalmazzo, Milano I, Parodi -
Ferrano, Carcano, Grilo, Rampini I, Corna.

[g] line-up of Combinado Botafogo/Flamengo: Baena [Flamengo], Píndaro [Flamengo],
Nery [Flamengo] - Villaça [Botafogo], Lulú Rocha [Botafogo], Gallo [Flamengo] -
Arnaldo [Flamengo], Joca [Flamengo], Mário Fontenelle [Botafogo], Riemer [Flamengo],
Luiz Menezes [Botafogo].

[h] line-up of Combinado Fluminense/América: Marcos [Fluminense], Luiz [Fluminense],
Parras [América] - Mayes [Fluminense], Pernambuco [Fluminense], Badu [América] -
Witte [América], Ojeda [América], Welfare [Fluminense], Oswaldo [Fluminense], Osman [América].

[i] according to some sources, the AMEA League XI was formed by players from CR Flamengo
and América FC.

Match Details - Pro Vercelli


Sources

"Fried versus Pelé" - book written by Orlando Duarte and Severino Filho
"O Caminho da Bola" - book written by Rubens Ribeiro
RSSSF file about European Clubs in Argentina and Uruguay
"A Tribuna" (newspaper from Rio de Janeiro)
"O Imparcial" (newspaper from Rio de Janeiro)


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