Washington Abad was a Uruguayan soccer player who was part of the great squad that Lota Schwager built in the late 1970s.
With a great campaign in 1978, the Lamparita team achieved its most bulky result in that championship after facing Rangers de Talca, the club that was the last in the tournament and that due to internal problems had to present a youth squad.
“Rangers had numerous financial problems and their players decided not to show up to play,” said Luis Torres, historian and statistician from the Biobío region who is part of the 22 researchers from ASIFUCH (Association of Chilean Soccer Researchers).
The Central Football Association decided to authorize the meeting, which was played before 1,747 people and ended 14-1 in favor of the locals.
The scorer of the match? Uruguayan Washington Abad, who marked a milestone in Chilean soccer by being the first soccer player to score seven goals in one game.
However, the Association retracted and by not counting a minimum of professional footballers on the Rangers squad, it left the score 1-0 in favor of Lamparita.
Thus, Abad was left without a record despite the fact that in all the newspaper, magazine and TV notes he appeared as the great figure of the win.
“There are several things that support Abad’s record. If the Association authorized it, it should validate what happened in that match, which also could not be annulled because the PollaGol existed, “said the researcher, adding that” 15 years ago we have been fighting for this record to be recognized. I do not detract from Luka Tudor at all, but I believe that Washington Abbot has the same merits. ”
What does Abad think?
A couple of days ago, Radio DNA paired Washington Abbot with Luka Tudor. “I never had the intention of legalizing the goals. I even feel totally uncomfortable talking about this. It doesn’t even cross my head. It was 42 years ago. It was a game that was played and won ”recalled Abad.
What did the other say? “He seems like a gentleman, not because he agrees with the goals or not. It seems to me very well, I congratulate him for the shape it has. In Chile we are not like that, ”returned the former UC forward.
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