Santiago, 1936. The air in the backroom of the Club de la Unión smelled of cigar smoke and desperation. Miguel "Micky" Díaz, the newly appointed secretary of the hastily formed Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol, stared at the telegram in his trembling hands.

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Micky had done what any president in trouble would do: he called a closed-door assembly at midnight.