Olympiakos’ Anthem
Since its foundation, Santos FC has collected impressive achievements. And on the 4th of July of 1961, the Santos team performed a feat despite suffering a setback in the match. Playing in Athens, the capital and largest city of Greece, at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Peixe was beaten by 2-1 by the main Greek team, Olympiakos. Knowing the strength of Santos and the athletes who were part of its squad, the Greek team celebrated at the end of the match, and celebrated the triumph as if it were a title. The win over the Santos squad took on such a large proportion that the Greek leaders decided to immortalize that moment, and added Santos FC to the official anthem of Olympiacos. In other words, the Santos team is the only Club in the world to have a tribute in an official anthem of another team. The triumph over Santos FC is considered to this day as one of the greatest achievements in Olympiacos’ history. Feats of this dimension, emphasize the greatness of Santos’ in the world of soccer. Match Stats04/07/1961 – Olympiakos-GRE 2 x 1 SantosGoals: Stefanakos (against); Possidon and Surunes.Place: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, in Athens, Greece.Competition: Friendly MatchAudience: around 26.000Referee: John Ionnidis (GRE)Olympiakos: Theodoridis; Kabolis, Stenefakos e Simandiris; Polychroniu e Kotridis (Papazoglu); Gavetsos, K. Papazoglu, Bebis (Surunes), Sideris and Possidon.Santos: Laércio; Getúlio e Mauro; Dalmo, Zito (Pagão) and Lima; Dorval (Sormani), Mengálvio (Formiga), Coutinho, Pelé (Bé) and Pepe. Coach: Lula • Check out the full anthem, translated into English: Legend of stadiums, Olympiacos laurel-crowned, glorious and great, your power is your fiery fans who never yield, who never surrender. Olympi- Olympi- Olympiacos my best and biggest team of all, my greatest love above everything, my great Olympiacos Glory to your children, Olympiacos a thousand songs have been sung for you, you’re famous all over the world everyone trembles at the very sound of your name Pelé and Santos still remember your name. Olympi- Olympi- Olympiacos my best and biggest team of all, my greatest love above everything, my great Olympiacos.
1959
1959 – Teresa Herrera Trophy (Spain) In 1959, Peixe faced the Botafogo of Garrincha and conquered the trophy Teresa Herrera, traditional tournament created in 1946 disputed in the city of La Coruña, in Spain. In its first editions the tournament was disputed only by two teams. Santos participated twice, in 1959 and in 1986. 06/21/1959 – Santos 4 x 1 Botafogo Goals: Pepe to 39min of the first half; Pelé at 16 minutos, Coutinho at 22min, Zagallo at 24min and Pepe at 34min of the second half. Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Riazor, La Coruña; Espanha Public: 40.000 buyers Referee: Blanco Perez; Espanhol Santos: Lalá; Pavão (Formiga) and Mourão; Getúlio, Ramiro e Zito; Dorval (Alfredinho), Jair Rosa Pinto (Álvaro), Afonsinho (Coutinho), Pelé and Pepe. Botafogo: Ernani; Tomé and Aírton (Pampolini); Chicão, Borges and Nilton Santos; Garrincha, Didi, Paulo Valentim, Waldir and Zagallo. 1959 – Valencia Tournament (Spain) The tournament disputed in Valencia occurred during the grand tour of Santos through Europe in 1959. The competition was also known as the Naranja trophy and Santos got the title in a historical rout at Internazionale of Milao. 06/26/1959 – Santos 7 x 1 Internazionale de Milão-ITA Goals: Coutinho at 17min and Pepe (p) at 30min of the first half; Pelé at 3min, to 8min, at 23min and at 24min, Angelillo to 26min and Pepe at 31min of the second half. Place: Valência (Spain) Public: 60.000 approximately Referee: Ortiz de Mendevil (Spain) Santos: Lalá; Getúlio, Pavão and Mourão; Ramiro and Zito (Formiga); Dorval, Jair (Álvaro), Coutinho, Pelé (Afonsinho) and Pepe. Internazionale: Mateucci; Guarniere, Fadalé and Polchi; Cardetilli and Galdiach; Robatti, Castiavilatti, Mascabriato, Angelillo and Sagionni.
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