Di Stéfano akaita mutambo wake wekutanga wepasi rose musi wa 4 Zvita 1947, mumutambo wakanangana neBolivia kuEstadio George Capwell muEcuador, panguva ye1947 South American Championship. Akarova chibodzwa chake chekutanga chenyika yose mumutambo mumwe chetewo, achibatsira Argentina kukunda 7-0. Di Stéfano akarova zvimwe zvibodzwa zvishanu mumakwikwi aya - kusanganisira hat-trick yake yekutanga kuColombia - sezvo Argentina yakabudirira kudzivirira zita ravakanga vakunda gore rakapfuura
munharaunda yokumusha.