Golden Age - Forwards/Strikers

Erico - In 1970, a friendly match between Argentina and Paraguay took place at the Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asuncion. Before the game, as a beautiful tribute to the 55-year-old Arsenio Erico, who was greeted with applause from the crowd, was invited to run a lap of honor. But just seven years later, due to poor blood circulation, his left leg was unsuccessfully amputated , and soon after, due to complications, his heart stopped on July 23, and fate lifted the player to the heavens, which he practically touched, scoring goals with his head. The next day, River Plate and Independiente (Arsenio's team) faced each other, and the crowd excitedly sang in chorus: "Se siente (we feel), se siente, Erico is here with us!"

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Peyroteo - Every orchestra has its own Stradivarius and in the Cinco Violinos that role has always been played by Fernando Peyroteo, one of the greatest goalscorers of all time, with an average of 1.6 goals per game. He was predestined for sports, he was as quick to score in street football as he was to win titles in tennis or ping-pong. Tall, broad but with an unusual ability to move, he benefited from the attention of a teacher when he was a child, who made him spend two years without touching a ball, just doing Swedish gymnastics, to improve his physical abilities.

"I was a soldier in the ranks of national sports and a soldier does not shy away from fulfilling his duty, whatever it may be and in whatever circumstances! But from now on, I recognize that I am an old soldier... I cannot meet the demands of a football player who wants to stay in shape and be useful to his club and the sport he plays. When I step onto the field, I am full of desire to play, but after half a dozen kicks of the ball, an inexplicable boredom takes hold of me", he said on the day of his farewell match, aged 31. 

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Scarone - "We were young, we were winners, we were united, we believed we were indestructible." This phrase from 'Marshal' Jose Nasazzi pronounced in front of the coffin of Hector Scarone sums up the Uruguayan feeling at the beginning of professional football.
In that golden era, Hector Scarone, the Uruguayan 'magician', was the greatest exponent of the Uruguayan team.
The 'magician' became the first great international signing in Barçelona history. He endured a season in which, despite not shining, he won a Copa del Rey and scored nine goals in 18 matches. Barca offered him a professional contract but Scarone rejected the offer to be able to play in the 1928 Olympic Games.