The buzz in Montevideo and throughout Uruguay and in neighboring Argentina was palpable in the days leading up to the July 30 final at the Centenario. The creation of the World Cup was meant to undercut the Olympics, and this game would go a long way in doing just that. The first World Cup final, as it turned out, was a rematch of the gold medal game at the Olympics just two years earlier. In the three days between Uruguay’s semi-final demolition of Yugoslavia and the final, interest throughout the country indeed reached a fever pitch. While Argentina was confident of a victory, Uruguay saw th…