1970 FIFA World Cup final

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1970 FIFA World Cup Final
Event 1970 FIFA World Cup
Date 21 June 1970
Venue Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
Attendance 107,412
1966
1974

The 1970 FIFA World Cup Final was held on Sunday, 21 June, in the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, to determine the winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup. This final, between Brazil and Italy, 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.[1] 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.[2]

A total of eight 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 five 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 four 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 seven players, all of whom featured in the Carlos Alberto goal. In 2002, the UK public voted the goal as number 36 in the list of the 100 Greatest Sporting Moments.[3]

Before the finals in Mexico, Brazil had to play qualifying matches against Colombia, Venezuela and Paraguay. Brazil was far superior, winning all six games, scoring 23 goals and conceding only two. In the last match of the qualifying round, 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 eight.[4]

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. The third title earned Brazil the right to retain the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently.[5][6] (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.[7]

Match details

21 June 1970
12:00 UTC−6
Brazil 23x15px 4–1  Italy
Pelé Goal 18'
Gérson Goal 66'
Jairzinho Goal 71'
Carlos Alberto Goal 86'
Report Boninsegna Goal 37'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 107,412
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
Brazil
Italy
GK 1 Félix
DF 4 Carlos Alberto (c)
DF 2 Brito
DF 3 Piazza
DF 16 Everaldo
MF 5 Clodoaldo
MF 8 Gérson
FW 7 Jairzinho
FW 9 Tostão
FW 10 Pelé
FW 11 Rivelino Booked
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
BRA-ITA 1970-06-21.svg
GK 1 Enrico Albertosi
DF 2 Tarcisio Burgnich Booked
DF 5 Pierluigi Cera
DF 8 Roberto Rosato
DF 3 Giacinto Facchetti (c)
MF 10 Mario Bertini Substituted off 75'
MF 13 Angelo Domenghini
MF 16 Giancarlo De Sisti
FW 15 Sandro Mazzola
FW 11 Luigi Riva
FW 20 Roberto Boninsegna Substituted off 84'
Substitutions:
MF 18 Antonio Juliano Substituted in 75'
MF 14 Gianni Rivera Substituted in 84'
Manager:
Ferruccio Valcareggi

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

Match rules:

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Replay on 23 June if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

See also

References

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