Brazil at the 1970 FIFA World Cup

At the 1970 FIFA World Cup, Brazil participated for the 9th time in the event. The country remained as the only national team to have participated in every installment of the FIFA World Cup.

Brazil team, before the match against Peru in the quarter-final

The Brazilian front five of Jairzinho, Pelé, Gérson, Tostão and Rivelino were all Number 10s in their own right and together they created an irresistible attacking momentum, with Pelé having central role in Brazil's way to the final, playing a part in 14 of Brazil's 19 goals in the tournament.[1] In the first match, against Czechoslovakia, Pelé gave Brazil a 2–1 lead, by controlling Gerson's long pass with his chest and then scoring. In this match Pelé audaciously attempted to lob goalkeeper Ivo Viktor from the half-way line, only narrowly missing the Czechoslovak goal.[2] Brazil went on to win the match, 4–1. In the first half of the match against England, Pelé nearly scored with a header that was spectacularly saved by Gordon Banks.[3][4] In the second half, he assisted Jairzinho for the only goal of the match. Against Romania, Pelé opened the score on a direct free kick goal, a strong strike with the outside of his right foot. Later on in the match he scored again to take the score to 3–1. Brazil won by a final score of 3–2. In the quarterfinals against Peru, Brazil won 4–2, with Pelé assisting Tostão for Brazil's third goal. In the semi-finals, Brazil faced Uruguay for the first time since the 1950 World Cup final round match. Jairzinho put Brazil ahead 2–1, and Pelé assisted Rivelino for the 3–1. During that match, Pelé made one of his most famous plays.[2] Tostão gave Pelé a through ball, and Uruguay's goalkeeper Ladislao Mazurkiewicz took notice of it. The keeper ran off of his line to get the ball before Pelé, but Pelé got there first and fooled the keeper by not touching the ball, causing it to roll to the keeper's left, while Pelé went right. Pelé went around the goalkeeper and took a shot while turning towards the goal, but he turned in excess as he shot, and the ball drifted just wide of the far post.

Brazil played Italy in the final, with Pelé scoring the opener, with a header over Italian defender Tarcisio Burgnich.[5] He then made assists on Jairzinho's and Carlos Alberto's goals, the latter one coming after an impressive collective play.[6][7] Brazil won the match 4–1, keeping the Jules Rimet Trophy indefinitely, and Pelé was named player of the tournament.[8] Burgnich, who marked Pelé during the final, was quoted saying "I told myself before the game, he's made of skin and bones just like everyone else — but I was wrong".[9]

Brazil were given the Jules Rimet Trophy for keeps after winning in 1970. Housed in the Brazilian Football Association's Rio de Janeiro headquarters, the cup was stolen in 1983. It is thought the thieves melted it down for its more-than 3 kg of solid gold.

Squad

Head coach: Mário Zagallo

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Félix (1937-12-24)24 December 1937 (aged 32) 23 Fluminense
2 2DF Brito (1939-08-09)9 August 1939 (aged 30) 28 Flamengo
3 2DF Piazza (1944-02-25)25 February 1944 (aged 26) 16 Cruzeiro
4 2DF Carlos Alberto (c) (1944-07-17)17 July 1944 (aged 25) 40 Santos
5 3MF Clodoaldo (1949-09-26)26 September 1949 (aged 20) 7 Santos
6 2DF Marco Antônio (1951-02-06)6 February 1951 (aged 19) 7 Fluminense
7 4FW Jairzinho (1944-12-25)25 December 1944 (aged 25) 45 Botafogo
8 3MF Gérson (1941-01-11)11 January 1941 (aged 29) 54 São Paulo
9 4FW Tostão (1947-01-25)25 January 1947 (aged 23) 36 Cruzeiro
10 4FW Pelé (1940-10-23)23 October 1940 (aged 29) 81 Santos
11 3MF Rivelino (1946-01-01)1 January 1946 (aged 24) 21 Corinthians
12 1GK Ado (1946-07-04)4 July 1946 (aged 23) 2 Corinthians
13 4FW Roberto (1944-07-31)31 July 1944 (aged 25) 9 Botafogo
14 2DF Baldocchi (1946-03-14)14 March 1946 (aged 24) 1 Palmeiras
15 2DF Fontana (1940-12-31)31 December 1940 (aged 29) 6 Cruzeiro
16 2DF Everaldo (1944-09-11)11 September 1944 (aged 25) 8 Grêmio
17 2DF Joel (1946-09-18)18 September 1946 (aged 23) 26 Santos
18 3MF Paulo César (1949-06-16)16 June 1949 (aged 20) 14 Botafogo
19 4FW Edu (1949-08-06)6 August 1949 (aged 20) 29 Santos
20 4FW Dario (1946-03-04)4 March 1946 (aged 24) 3 Atlético Mineiro
21 2DF Zé Maria (1949-05-18)18 May 1949 (aged 21) 1 Portuguesa
22 1GK Leão (1949-07-11)11 July 1949 (aged 20) 2 Palmeiras

Brazil competed in Group 3 of the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Guadalajara's Estadio Jalisco between 2 and 11 June 1970. Brazil won the group, and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with World Cup holders England. Romania and Czechoslovakia failed to advance.

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 330083+56
 England 320121+14
 Romania 31024512
 Czechoslovakia 30032750

Czechoslovakia vs Brazil

Czechoslovakia 1–4 Brazil
Petráš  11' Report Rivelino  24'
Pelé  59'
Jairzinho  61', 83'
Attendance: 52,897

CZECHOSLOVAKIA:
GK1Ivo Viktor
DF2Karol Dobiaš
DF5Alexander Horváth (c)
DF3Václav Migas
DF4Vladimír Hagara
MF16Ivan Hrdlička 46'
MF9Ladislav Kuna
MF18František Veselý 75'
MF8Ladislav Petráš
FW10Jozef Adamec
FW11Karol Jokl
Substitutions:
MF6Andrej Kvašňák 46'
MF7Bohumil Veselý 75'
Manager:
Jozef Marko

BRAZIL:
GK1Félix
DF4Carlos Alberto (c)
DF3Piazza
DF2Brito
DF16Everaldo
MF5Clodoaldo
MF8Gérson 62'
MF7Jairzinho
FW9Tostão
FW10Pelé
FW11Rivelino
Substitutions:
MF18Caju 62'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


Assistant referees:
Abraham Klein (Israel)
Arturo Yamasaki (Mexico)

England vs Brazil

Brazil were putting defending champions England under enormous pressure and an attack was begun by captain Carlos Alberto who sent a low ball down the right flank for the speedy Jairzinho to latch on to.[10] The Brazilian winger sped past left-back Terry Cooper and crossed the ball into the six-yard box, where Pelé connected with a powerful header to send the ball low towards the right-hand corner of the goal.[10] In the knowledge that his header was placed to perfection, Pelé immediately shouted "Gol!" (Portuguese for goal).[11][12]

The split-second incident only allowed England goalkeeper Gordon Banks time for one conscious thought – that the shot was impossible to catch, and the only way to prevent Pelé from following up on the rebound would be to parry the ball over the bar.[11] The ball bounced two yards in front of the goal-line, and Banks managed to make contact with the ball with the fingers of his right hand, and rolled his hand slightly to angle to ball over the crossbar.[11] He landed in the inner netting of the goal, and knew he had saved the ball after witnessing Pelé's reaction.[11] Banks then rose to his feet to defend the corner, and broke into laughter after the following exchange:[13]

The only goal of the game was scored by Jairzinho in the 59th minute, a powerful right footed shot from about seven yards out on the right of the penalty area after receiving a pass from Pele.

England 0–1 Brazil
Report Jairzinho  59'
Attendance: 66,843

ENGLAND:
GK1Gordon Banks
DF14Tommy Wright
DF5Brian Labone
DF6Bobby Moore (c)
DF3Terry Cooper
MF4Alan Mullery
MF8Alan Ball
MF9Bobby Charlton 63'
MF11Martin Peters
FW10Geoff Hurst
FW7Francis Lee 63'
Substitutions:
MF19Colin Bell 63'
FW22Jeff Astle 63'
Manager:
Alf Ramsey

BRAZIL:
GK1Félix
DF4Carlos Alberto (c)
DF3Piazza
DF2Brito
DF16Everaldo
MF5Clodoaldo
MF18Caju
MF7Jairzinho
FW9Tostão 68'
FW10Pelé
FW11Rivelino
Substitutions:
FW13Roberto 68'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


Assistant referees:
Arturo Yamasaki (Mexico)
Roger Machin (France)

Romania vs Brazil

Romania 2–3 Brazil
Dumitrache  34'
Dembrovschi  84'
Report Pelé  19', 67'
Jairzinho  22'

ROMANIA:
GK21Stere Adamache 27'
DF2Lajos Sătmăreanu
DF3Nicolae Lupescu
DF5Cornel Dinu
DF4Mihai Mocanu
MF15Ion Dumitru
MF10Radu Nunweiller
MF7Emerich Dembrovschi
MF16Alexandru Neagu
FW9Florea Dumitrache 72'
FW11Mircea Lucescu (c)
Substitutions:
GK1Necula Răducanu 27'
FW17Gheorghe Tătaru 72'
Manager:
Angelo Niculescu

BRAZIL:
GK1Félix
DF4Carlos Alberto (c)
DF3Piazza
DF2Brito
DF16Everaldo 60'
DF15Fontana
MF5Clodoaldo 74'
MF18Caju
FW7Jairzinho
FW9Tostão
FW10Pelé
Substitutions:
DF6Marco Antônio 60'
FW19Edu 74'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


Assistant referees:
Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Quarter-Final Brazil vs Peru

Brazil 4–2 Peru
Rivelino  11'
Tostão  15', 52'
Jairzinho  75'
Report Gallardo  28'
Cubillas  70'
Attendance: 54,233
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

BRAZIL:
GK1Félix
DF4Carlos Alberto (c)
DF3Piazza
DF2Brito
DF6Marco Antônio
MF5Clodoaldo
MF8Gérson
FW7Jairzinho 80'
FW9Tostão 67'
FW10Pelé
MF11Rivelino
Substitutions:
FW13Roberto 67'
MF18Caju 80'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo

PERU:
GK1Luis Rubiños
DF2Eloy Campos
DF14José Fernández
DF4Héctor Chumpitaz (c)
DF5Nicolás Fuentes
MF6Ramón Mifflin
MF7Roberto Challe
FW8Julio Baylón 54'
FW9Pedro Pablo León 61'
FW10Teófilo Cubillas
FW11Alberto Gallardo
Substitutions:
DF19Eladio Reyes 61'
FW20Hugo Sotil 54'
Manager:
Didi


Assistant referees:
Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Semi-Final Uruguay vs Brazil

Luis Cubilla opened the scoring for Uruguay in the 19th minute when he hit a right footed shot from the right of the six yard box that went past the goalkeeper and just inside the back post. Clodoaldo equalised for Brazil just before half time when he received the ball on the left side of the penalty area from a cross from the right and shot right footed past to the right of the net. Pelé made one of his most famous plays. Tostão then gave Pelé a through ball, and Uruguay's goalkeeper Ladislao Mazurkiewicz took notice of it. The keeper ran off of his line to get the ball before Pelé, but Pelé got there first and fooled the keeper by not touching the ball, causing it to roll to the keeper's left, while Pelé went right. Pelé went around the goalkeeper and took a shot while turning towards the goal, but he turned in excess as he shot, and the ball drifted just wide of the far post. Jairzinho got the second goal for Brazil in the 76th minute, after receiving the ball he made a run past the defender and into the penalty box before shooting a low right footed shot into the net. The third goal for Brazil was scored by Rivelino in the 89th minute, a powerful low left footed shot from the edge of the penalty area into the right corner of the net.

Uruguay 1–3 Brazil
Cubilla  19' Report Clodoaldo  44'
Jairzinho  76'
Rivelino  89'
Attendance: 51,261
Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)

URUGUAY:
GK1Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
DF4Luis Ubiña (c)
DF2Atilio Ancheta
DF3Roberto Matosas
DF6Juan Mujica
MF10Ildo Maneiro 77'
MF20Julio César Cortés
MF5Julio Montero Castillo
MF7Luis Cubilla
FW15Dagoberto Fontes
FW11Julio Morales
Substitutions:
FW9Víctor Espárrago 77'
Manager:
Juan Hohberg

BRAZIL:
GK1Félix
DF4Carlos Alberto (c)
DF3Piazza
DF2Brito
DF16Everaldo
MF5Clodoaldo
MF8Gérson
MF7Jairzinho
FW9Tostão
FW10Pelé
FW11Rivelino
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


Assistant referees:
Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
Tofiq Bahramov (Soviet Union)

Final

The 1970 FIFA World Cup Final was contested by Brazil and Italy on 21 June 1970 in the Estadio Azteca in Mexico, to determine the winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup. This final marked the first time that two former world champions met in a final; Italy had previously won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938, while Brazil won in 1958 and 1962.

Brazil struck first, with Pelé heading in a cross by Rivelino at the 18th minute.[14] Roberto Boninsegna equalized for Italy after a blunder in the Brazilian defence. In the second half, Brazil's firepower and creativity was too much for an Italian side that clung to their cautious defensive system. Gérson fired in a powerful shot for the second goal, and then helped provide the third, with a long free kick to Pelé who headed down into the path of the onrushing Jairzinho. Pelé capped his superb performance by drawing the Italian defence in the centre and feeding captain Carlos Alberto on the right flank for the final score. Carlos Alberto's goal, after a series of moves by the Brazilian team from the left to the centre, is considered one of the greatest goals ever scored in the history of the tournament.[15]

A total of 8 outfield players from Brazil passed the ball until Captain Carlos Alberto hammered the ball into the corner of the Italian goal following an inch perfect pass across the Italian 18 yard box from Pelé, prompted by the intelligent Tostão, who, with his back to the goal, told Pelé that Alberto was steaming in on the right flank. Tostão started the move 5 yards from the left of the Brazilian 18 yard box, then ran the length of the field to the Italian box without touching the ball again to tell Pelé to lay it off for Alberto. The players involved in the passes in order were Tostão, Brito, Clodoaldo, Pelé, Gérson, defender Clodoaldo beat 4 Italian players in his own half before passing to Rivelino who hit a perfect pass down the wing to Jairzinho. Jairzinho crossed from the wing to the centre of the box to Pelé who held the ball up to play a pass for Alberto to smash it home. The only outfield players not involved in the move were Everaldo and Piazza. The full team was Carlos Alberto, Felix, Piazza, Brito, Clodoaldo, Everaldo Antonio, Jairzinho, Gérson, Tostão, Pelé and Rivelino. Brazil won the World Cup with 19 goals scored by 7 players, all of whom featured in the Carlos Alberto goal. Before the finals in Mexico, Brazil had to play the qualifying rounds against Colombia, Venezuela and Paraguay. Brazil was far superior winning all 6 games, scoring 23 goals and conceding only 2. In the last match of the qualifying rounds Brazil beat Paraguay 1 – 0 and had the largest official audience ever recorded for a football match, with 183,341 spectators in Brazil's Maracanã Stadium. In total the Brazilian team won all 12 games, scoring 42 goals and conceding only 8.

With this third win after their 1958 and 1962 World Cup victories, Brazil became the world's most successful national football team at that time, surpassing both Italy and Uruguay, who each had two championships. Brazil also earned the right to retain the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently.[16] (However, it was stolen in 1983 while on display in Rio de Janeiro and never recovered.) Brazilian coach Mário Zagallo was the first footballer to become World Cup champion as a player (1958, 1962) and a coach, and Pelé ended his World Cup playing career as the first (and so far only) three-time winner.[17]

Brazil 4–1 Italy
Pelé  18'
Gérson  66'
Jairzinho  71'
Carlos Alberto  86'
Report Boninsegna  37'

BRAZIL:
GK1Félix
DF4Carlos Alberto (c)
DF2Brito
DF3Piazza
DF16Everaldo
MF5Clodoaldo
MF8Gérson
MF7Jairzinho
FW9Tostão
FW10Pelé
FW11Rivelino
Manager:
Mário Zagallo

ITALY:
GK1Enrico Albertosi
DF2Tarcisio Burgnich
DF3Giacinto Facchetti (c)
DF5Pierluigi Cera
DF8Roberto Rosato
MF10Mario Bertini 75'
MF13Angelo Domenghini
MF15Sandro Mazzola
MF16Giancarlo De Sisti
FW11Luigi Riva
FW20Roberto Boninsegna 84'
Substitutions:
MF18Antonio Juliano 75'
MF14Gianni Rivera 84'
Manager:
Ferruccio Valcareggi


Assistant referees:
Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Ángel Norberto Coerezza (Argentina)

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