On this day, June 16, in the year 1934, the five starting forwards of Real Oviedo, known as the Electric Frontline, played with the Asturian team in a match against the Mexican national team.
In addition to the Electric Frontline, whose members were Casuco, Gallart, Lángara, Herrerita, and Emilín, two other Real Oviedo players, Sirio and Chus, were also part of the starting eleven in that match.
Real Oviedo, one of the strongest teams in Spain at the time, was the backbone of the Asturian team. Of the fourteen players called up for the friendly match against Mexico, nine belonged to Real Oviedo.
The match was played at the El Molinón stadium. Asturias won with a score of 5-2, and all five goals for the Asturian team were scored by Casuco, Gallart, Lángara, Herrerita, and Emilín; in other words, by the Electric Frontline.
The Mexican national team had traveled to Europe to play a single match against the United States in Rome for a spot in the final phase of the 1934 World Cup. That match took place on May 24, and it was the Americans who secured qualification for the final phase of the World Cup. As a result, the Mexican team decided to schedule several friendly matches in Europe before returning to America.
Carlos Laviada, a defender for the Mexican national team who faced the Asturian team in that June 1934 match, caught the attention of Real Oviedo's management. The Mexican defender joined the Carbayón team almost immediately, becoming the first non-Spanish footballer to play for Real Oviedo.