La'Remontada (CF Adolfosburg)

Not to be confused with La'Remontada (CF San Salvador) or La'Remontada (Creeperopolis football national team).

La'Remontada

CF Adolfosburg 13–1 CF Salvador
The Campo de Adolfo el Grande during the match.
Event	1918 Imperial Coronation Cup
CF Adolfosburg CF Salvador 13 1
Date	8 September 1918 (1918-09-08)
Venue	Campo de Adolfo el Grande, Adolfosburg
Man of the Match	Francisco Madrid Lasca (Adolfosburg)
Referee	León Alvarado Valdéz (Creeperopolis)
Attendance	28,000
Weather	Clear and sunny 77°F (25°C) 22% humidity

La'Remontada (Creeperian: Լա'Րեմոնտադա; Creeperian for "The Comeback") is the name given to a semifinal football match of the 1918 Imperial Coronation Cup, during which CF Adolfosburg scored 13 goals to overcome an 9-goal aggregate deficit against CF Salvador on 8 September 1918. One week prior, Salvador defeated Adolfosburg during the first leg of the semifinal by a score of 8–0, and then 8 minutes into the second leg, Salvador scored an additional goal to make the aggregate score 9–0. Adolfosburg then proceeded to score 13 unanswered goals, defeating Salvador 13–1 to win the two-legged tie by an aggregate score of 13–9.

After making the comeback against Salvador, Adolfosburg proceeded to defeat CF La'Victoria by a score of 1–0 in the 1918 Imperial Coronation Cup Final, attaining the club's third title in the tournament. Meanwhile, Salvador proceeded to be shut out 0–3 by CF San Salvador in the third place match of the tournament. The 9-goal aggregate comeback by Adolfosburg is the largest comeback in the history of the Imperial Coronation Cup and in the history of CF Adolfosburg, as well as being the largest blown aggregate lead in the history of CF Salvador. Additionally, the match is the most lopsided result of the Imperial Coronation Cup and the Rivalidad Nuevo ("New Rivalry"), the rivalry held between the two clubs.

Background

Quarterfinals

In 1918, the National Football Association (ANF) organized the 1918 Imperial Coronation Cup to be held in celebration of the coronation of Creeperian Emperor Adolfo IV, who assumed the Creeperian throne on 3 June 1918 upon the death of Alfonso V, his predecessor and older brother. Despite the short window of only a little over three months, the National Football Association successfully organized the tournament and Adolfo IV officially opened the tournament on 18 August 1918 at the match between CF La'Unión and CF San Salvador.

CF Adolfosburg and CF Salvador were both competing in the tournament; Adolfosburg was invited by the Emperor and Salvador automatically qualified as the champions of the 1918 Copa Creeperiano earlier in the year. Adolfosburg was first drawn in the quarterfinals against CF La'Libertad, while Salvador was drawn against FC Chalatenango, a club from Castilliano. Both Adolfosburg and Salvador easily defeated their respective opponents over the two-legged ties the clubs played; Adolfosburg defeated La'Libertad 7–1 and 2–1 (9–2 on aggregate) and Salvador defeated Chalatenango 6–3 and 3–1 (9–4 on aggregate).

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CF Adolfosburg	9–2	CF La'Libertad	7–1	2–1
CF Salvador	9–4	FC Chalatenango	6–3	3–1

First leg

As both Adolfosburg and Salvador were in the same path, the two clubs faced each other in the semifinals with Adolfosburg being drawn as having the home advantage during the second leg of the two-legged tie. The first leg in Salvador began at 3:00 p.m. at the Campo de Felipe in front of a crowd of approximately 20,000 spectators. The match's referee was José Trujillo Obregón.

1 September 1918

15:00

Salvador	8–0	Adolfosburg
Madrid Lasca  6' Infantes Morelo  18', 71' (pen.), 79' Gaitán Castro  30' Pérez Alvarado  42', 82' Juárez Yagüe  73'	Report

Campo de Felipe, Salvador, Creeperopolis

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: José Trujillo Obregón (Creeperopolis)

Match

Summary

The second leg in Adolfosburg at the Campo de Adolfo el Grande began at 3:00 p.m. and was refereed by León Alvarado Valdéz.

Details

8 September 1918

15:00

Adolfosburg	13–1	Salvador
Ramírez León  19', 65' (pen.), 79' Quiñónez Ibáñez  34', 44', 77', 90+1' Galván Quito  51', 90+5' Villalonga Juárez  72' (pen.) Múgica Álvarez  82' Sansinenea Muñoz  87' Lemus Andrade  89' (o.g.)	Report	Madrid Lasca  8'

Campo de Adolfo el Grande, Adolfosburg, Creeperopolis

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: León Alvarado Valdéz (Creeperopolis)

CF Adolfosburg

CF Salvador

GK 1 Juan Alonzo Dávalos (c) RB 2 Nicolás Escobar Flores CB 3 Rafael Campos Castro LB 4 Manuel Torres Piñón  75' RM 5 Miguel Muñoz Pérez  86' LM 6 Antonio Ruíz Cervilla RW 7 José Videla Videla RS 8 Héctor Ramírez León  84' CF 14 José Quiñónez Ibáñez LS 10 Alfredo Galván Quito LW 11 José Villalonga Juárez Substitutes: MF 9 Fidel Bermúdez Infantes  86' DF 12 Alfonso Múgica Álvarez  75' DF 13 Jorge Aranguren Peña MF 15 Romero Suñer Alvarenga FW 16 Miguel Fuentes Herrera FW 17 José Sansinenea Muñoz  84' Manager: Gustavo Marroquín Herrera

GK 1 José Batrés Nariño RB 2 Ángel Duarte Molina  86' CB 3 Francisco Serra Montes  75' CB 4 Alberto Sánchez Hidalgo  88' LB 5 Xacob Lemus Andrade RM 6 Miguel Juárez Yagüe CM 7 Víctor Pérez Alvarado (c) LM 8 Francisco Calado Murillo RW 9 Francisco Madrid Lasca CF 10 Eduardo Infantes Morelo LW 11 Alberto Gaitán Castro Substitutes: DF 12 Carlos Sánchez Ureña  86' DF 13 Domènec Miró Borguña  75' MF 14 Dimanche Sanjóc e Silvia  88' MF 15 Enrique Quijada Galdámez FW 16 Alfonso Zaldívar Méndez FW 17 Sergio Suárez Alcácer Manager: Óscar Melléndez Serrano

Statistics

First half

Statistic	Adolfosburg	Salvador
Goals scored	3	1
Total shots	9	4
Shots on target	5	2
Saves	2	2
Ball possession	59%	41%
Corner kicks	3	0
Fouls committed	4	7
Offsides	2	0

Second half

Statistic	Adolfosburg	Salvador
Goals scored	10	0
Total shots	23	5
Shots on target	15	2
Saves	1	7
Ball possession	75%	25%
Corner kicks	6	2
Fouls committed	10	23
Offsides	4	3

Overall

Statistic	Adolfosburg	Salvador
Goals scored	13	1
Total shots	32	9
Shots on target	20	4
Saves	3	9
Ball possession	67%	33%
Corner kicks	9	2
Fouls committed	14	30
Offsides	6	3

Post-match

Alleged suicide rumors

Enrique Quijada Galdámez with CF Salvador in 1921.

On 9 September 1918, the day after the match, the Tribuno de Adolfosburg newspaper issued an article covering the results of the match, and towards the end of the article, a claim is made that one of the Salvador players committed suicide after the match in shame of allowing such a result. The article read: "[...], and then there was the event in which a Salvador substitute jumped off the great bridge in shame of losing a 9-goal lead to Adolfosburg." Although the substitute was not named, the public believed that midfielder Enrique Quijada Galdámez, who did not play in the match, was the one who allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the Grande Adolfo III Bridge. Some people also came forward claiming that they saw Quijada Galdámez jump off the bridge and into the Zapatista River; some stated that he hesitated before jumping, while others claimed that he jumped without any hesitation.

The supposed witnesses and the newspaper were both strongly criticized by Salvador's management, which condemned the newspaper for spreading "objectively false and slanderous information" and rebuked the witnesses for falsely claiming to witness a suicide. Quijada Galdámez himself came out denying the allegations, telling the Gaceta de Adolfosburg, "How can I be dead if I am here telling you that I am not?" Despite the claim being proved to be false, many people in Adolfosburg continued to believe that Quijada Galdámez actually committed suicide, to the point where some even began to claim that the club covered up his death and replaced him with a look-alike to make it appear he was still alive.

As a result of the scandal, the reputation of the Tribuno de Adolfosburg was severely damaged, and Julio Velázquez Macías, the journalist who wrote the article, was fired by the newspaper and was later imprisoned for attempting to steal money from the newspaper. The newspaper eventually was forced to cease operations as a result of the scandal in 1920. It was later revived in 1931, but it was again forced to cease publication in 1933 with the start of the Creeperian Civil War and the arrest of the newspaper's management. Quijada Galdámez continued to play for Salvador until 1928, when he left the club to play for CF Nuevo Xichútepa. He continued to play there until the outbreak of the civil war, where he retired from professional football. His ultimate fate is unknown, and he was last known to be alive during the late-1930s during the middle years of the civil war.

Final tournament results

R	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	CF Adolfosburg	5	4	0	1	23	10	+13
2	CF La'Victoria	5	3	0	2	8	6	+2
3	CF San Salvador	5	4	0	1	15	5	+10
4	CF Salvador	5	2	1	2	18	20	–2
Eliminated in the quarterfinals
5	FC Chalatenango	2	0	1	1	4	9	–5
6	CF Nuevo Xichútepa	2	0	0	2	1	3	–2
7	CF La'Libertad	2	0	0	2	2	9	–7
8	CF La'Unión	2	0	0	2	0	8	–8

See also

• CF Nuevo Xichútepa 5–3 CF Chalatenango
• CF Santa Ana 6–1 CF San Luís
• La'Remontada (Creeperopolis football national team)

External links

• Adolfosburg 13–1 Salvador – match results (National Football Association)