They saw to it that their charges reached perfect physical condition. Joy wrote: 'A doctor and a physical expert were as important elements of the staff as the coach himself. The Uruguayans had won the 1923 Sudamericano by maximum points in the December of the previous year to qualify for the tournament as their continent's sole participants defeating rivals Argentina 2РІР‚вЂњ0 in the final game in which Pedro Petrone scored halfway through the first half. In Paris, Uruguay, who had paid their third class passage to Paris and gone on a successful tour of Spain beforehand, would join as many as 18 European teams the United States, Turkey and Egypt. The Uruguay team had won the Sudamericano one year before the Games In 1923 the four British Associations sought an assurance that FIFA accept this definition the four FIFA representatives on the International Football Association Board refused and, consequently, both the United Kingdom and Denmark withdrew their footballers from representing their nations at the 1924 Olympic Games. necessary expenses actually paid, shall be considered to be a professional.' They had stated: 'Any player registered with this Association. The Football Association, perhaps, with foresight considered their statement of 1884 to be one which FIFA should hereafter follow. In 1921, the Belgium Football Association first allowed for payments to players for time lost from work in the months that followed four other Associations ( Switzerland and Italy amongst them) permitted similar subsidies.

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