Help - Search - Members - Calendar
Full Version: Brasilian World Cup Teams.
SoccerPulse Community > Around The World > Brazilian Soccer
     
StrokingMonkeys
The Jules Rimet Cup (the full record is as follows)

1930 - 6th place

Manager: Píndaro de Carvalho;
Matches:
1st vs Yugoslavia - lost 1 x 2 Scorer: Preguinho.
2nd vs Bolivia - won 4 x 0 Scorers: Preguinho (2) and Moderato (2);
Principal Team: Velloso (Fluminense), Zé Luís (São Cristóvão), Itália (Vasco da Gama), Hermógenes (América), Fausto (Vasco da Gama), Fernando (Fluminense), Benedito (Botafogo), Russinho (Vasco da Gama), Carvalho Leite (Botafogo), Preguinho (Fluminense), Moderato (Flamengo);
Reserves: Joel (América), Brilhante (Vasco da Gama), Benevenuto (Flamengo), Oscarino (Ipiranga de Niterói), Fortes (Fluminense), Pamplona (Botafogo), Poly (Americano de Campos), Nilo (Botafogo), Araken (Santos), Doca (Flamengo), Manoelzinho (Goytacaz de Campos).


1934 - 14th place

Manager: Luiz Vinhais;
Match:
1st match vs Spain - lost 1 x 3 Scorer: Leônidas;
Principal Team: Pedrosa (Botafogo), Sílvio (CBD), Luiz Luz (CBD), Tinoco (Vasco da Gama), Martim (Botafogo), Canalli (Botafogo), Luisinho (CBD), Valdemar de Brito (CBD), Armandinho (CBD), Leônidas (Vasco da Gama), Patesco (CBD);
Reserves: Germano (Botafogo), Otacílio (Botafogo), Ariel (Botafogo), Luís Mesquita (CBD), Carvalho Leite (Botafogo), Átila (Botafogo), Valdir Guimarães (CBD).


1938 - 3rd place

Manager: Ademar Pimenta;
Matches:
1st vs Poland - won 6 x 5 Scorers: Leônidas (4), Romeu e Perácio.
2nd vs Czechoslovakia - draw 1 x 1 Scorer: Leônidas.
3rd vs Czechoslovakia - won 2 x 1 Scorers: Leônidas e Roberto.
4th vs Italy - lost 1 x 2 Scorer: Romeu. (IDIOT COACH "RESTED" LEONIDAS FOR THAT GAME!!! UGH!!!! Italy was already a WC winner! HOW DARE the coach disrespect them this way!! IMBECILE!! Brasil booted from the WC and plays for 3rd place against Sweden)
5th vs Sweden - won 4 x 2 Scorers: Leônidas (2), Romeu and Perácio.
(Leônidas highest scorer of the tournament with 8 goals.);
Principal Team: Batatais (Fluminense), Domingos da Guia (Flamengo), Machado (Fluminense), Zezé Procópio (Botafogo), Brandão (Corinthians), Afonsinho (São Cristóvão), Roberto (São Cristóvão), Romeu (Fluminense), Leônidas (Flamengo), Perácio (Botafogo), Patesco (Botafogo);
Reserves: Walter (Flamengo), Jaú (Corinthians), Nariz (Botafogo), Britto (América), Martim (Botafogo), Argemiro (Portuguesa Santista), Luisinho (Palestra), Lopes (Corinthians), Niginho (Vasco da Gama), Tim (Fluminense), Hércules (Fluminense).


1950 - 2nd place - Vice-Champions

Manager: Flávio Costa;
Matches:
1st vs Mexico - won 4 x 0 Scorers: Ademir (2), Jair and Baltazar.
2nd vs Switzerland - draw 2 x 2 Scorers: Alfredo and Baltazar.
3rd vs Yugoslavia - won 2 x 0 Scorers: Ademir, Zizinho.
4th vs Sweden - won 7 x 1 Scorers: Ademir (4), Chico (2), Maneca.
5th vs Spain - won 6 x 1 Scorers: Chico (2), Ademir (2), Jair, Zizinho.
6th (final) vs Uruguay - lost 1 x 2 Scorer: Friaça.
(My grandfather was at this game... can you spell "depression", he regretted being there to his death in 84. He'd bitch and whine on and on and on about this game! I promised myself NEVER to get "this" attached to a team since then)
(Ademir highest scorer of the tournament with 9 goals.);
Principal Team: Barbosa (Vasco da Gama), Augusto (Vasco da Gama), Juvenal (Flamengo), Bauer (São Paulo), Danilo (Vasco da Gama), Bigode (Flamengo), Friaça (São Paulo), Zizinho (Bangu), Ademir (Vasco da Gama), Jair (Palmeiras), Chico (Vasco da Gama);
Reverves: Castilho (Fluminense), Nílton Santos (Botafogo), Nena (Internacional), Noronha (São Paulo), Alfredo (Vasco da Gama), Eli (Vasco da Gama), Rui (São Paulo), Maneca (Vasco da Gama), Baltazar (Corinthians), Adãozinho (Internacional), Rodrigues (Palmeiras).


1954 - 5th place

Manager: Zezé Moreira;
Matches:
1st vs Mexico - won 5 x 0 Scorers: Pinga (2), Didi, Baltazar e Julinho.
2nd vs Yugoslavia - draw 1 x 1 Scorer: Didi.
3rd vs Hungary - lost 2 x 4 Scorers: Djalma Santos and Julinho;
Principal Team: Castilho (Fluminense), Djalma Santos (Portuguesa de Desportos), Pinheiro (Fluminense), Bauer (São Paulo), Brandãozinho (Portuguesa de Desportos), Nílton Santos (Botafogo), Julinho (Portuguesa de Desportos), Didi (Fluminense), Índio (Flamengo), Pinga (Vasco da Gama), Maurinho (SãoPaulo);
Reserves: Veludo (Fluminense), Paulinho (Vasco da Gama), Mauro (São Paulo), Alfredo (Vasco da Gama), Eli (Vasco da Gama), Dequinha (Flamengo), Rodrigues (Palmeiras), Rubens (Flamengo), Baltazar (Corinthians), Humberto (Palmeiras), Cabeção (Corinthians - 3rd goalkeeper).


1958 - 1st place - World Champions (unbeaten)

Manager: Vicente Feola;
Matches:
1st vs Austria - won 3 x 0 Scorers: Mazzola (2), Nílton Santos.
2nd vs England - draw 0 x 0.
3rd vs U.R.S.S. - won 2 x 0 Scorer: Vavá (2).
4th vs Wales - won 1 x 0 Scorer: Pelé.
5th vs France - won 5 x 2 Scorers: Pelé (3), Vavá, Didi.
6th (final) vs Sweden - won 5 x 2 Scorers: Vavá (2), Pelé (2) and Zagallo;
Principal Team: Gilmar (Corinthians), Djalma Santos (Portuguesa de Desportos), Bellini (Vasco da Gama), Zito (Santos), Orlando (Vasco da Gama), Nílton Santos (Botafogo), Garrincha (Botafogo), Didi (Botafogo), Vavá (Vasco da Gama), Pelé (Santos), Zagallo (Flamengo);
Reserves: Castilho (Fluminense), De Sordi (São Paulo), Mauro (São Paulo), Dino (São Paulo), Zózimo (Bangu), Oreco (Corinthians), Joel (Flamengo), Moacir (Flamengo), Mazzola (Palmeiras), Dida (Flamengo), Pepe (Santos).


1962 - 1st place - World Champions (unbeaten)

Manager: Aymoré Moreira;
Matches:
1st vs Mexico - won 2 x 0 Scorers: Pelé and Zagallo.
2nd vs Czechoslovakia - draw 0 x 0.
3rd vs Spain - won 2 x 1 Scorer: Amarildo (2).
4th vs England - won 3 x 1 Scorers: Garrincha (2) and Vavá.
5th vs Chile - won 4 x 2 Scorers: Garrincha (2) and Vavá (2).
6th (final) vs Czechoslovakia won 3 x 1 Scorers: Amarildo, Zito and Vavá.
(Garrincha and Vavá both highest scorers of the tournament with 4 goals each.);
Principal Team: Gilmar (Santos), Djalma Santos (Palmeiras), Mauro (Santos), Zito (Santos), Zózimo (Bangu), Nílton Santos (Botafogo), Garrincha (Botafogo), Didi (Botafogo), Vavá (Palmeiras), Amarildo (Botafogo), Zagallo (Botafogo);
Reserves: Castilho (Fluminense), Jair Marinho (Fluminense), Bellini (São Paulo), Zequinha (Palmeiras), Jurandir (São Paulo), Altair (Fluminense), Jair da Costa (Portuguesa de Desportos), Mengálvio (Santos), Coutinho (Santos), Pelé (Santos), Pepe (Santos).


1966 - 11th place

Manager: Vicente Feola;
Matches:
1st vs Bulgaria -won 2 x 0 Scorers: Pelé and Garrincha.
2nd vs Hungary - lost 1 x 3 Scorer: Tostão.
3rd vs Portugal - lost 1 x 3 Scorer: Rildo;
Principal Team: Gilmar (Santos), Djalma Santos (Palmeiras), Bellini (São Paulo), Altair (Fluminense), Paulo Henrique (Flamengo), Denílson (Fluminense), Lima (Santos), Garrincha (Corinthians), Alcindo (Grêmio), Pelé (Santos), Jairzinho (Botafogo);
Reserves: Manga (Botafogo), Fidélis (Bangu), Brito (Vasco da Gama), Orlando (Santos), Rildo (Botafogo), Zito (Santos), Gérson (Botafogo), Silva (Flamengo), Tostão (Cruzeiro), Paraná (São Paulo), Edu (Santos).


1970 - 1st place - World Champions (unbeaten)
BEING THE FIRST NATION TO WIN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE THIRD TIME, BRAZIL RETAINED FOR ALWAYS THE JULES RIMET CUP

Manager: Mário Zagallo;
Matches:
1st vs Czechoslovakia - won 4 x 1 Scorers: Jairzinho (2), Pelé, Rivellino.
2nd vs England - won 1 x 0 Scorer: Jairzinho.
3rd vs Romania - won 3 x 2 Scorers: Pelé (2) and Jairzinho.
4th vs Peru - won 4 x 2 Scorers: Tostão (2), Rivellino and Jairzinho.
5th vs Uruguay - won 3 x 1 Scorers: Clodoaldo, Jairzinho and Rivellino.
6th (final) Italy - won 4 x 1 Scorers: Pelé, Gérson, Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto;
Principal Team: Félix (Fluminense), Carlos Alberto (Santos), Brito (Flamengo), Piazza (Cruzeiro), Everaldo (Grêmio), Clodoaldo (Santos), Gérson (São Paulo), Jairzinho (Botafogo), Tostão (Cruzeiro), Pelé (Santos), Rivellino (Corinthians);
Reserves: Ado (Corinthians), Zé Maria (Portuguesa de Desportos), Baldochi (Palmeiras), Fontana (Cruzeiro), Joel (Santos), Marco Antônio (Fluminense), Paulo César Lima (Botafogo), Roberto (Botafogo), Dario (Atlético Mineiro), Edu (Santos), Leão (Palmeiras - 3rd goalkeeper).

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FIFA World Cup

1974 - 4th place

Manager: Mário Zagallo;
Matches:
1st vs Yugoslavia - draw 0 x 0.
2nd vs Scotland - draw 0 x 0.
3rd vs Zaire - won 3 x 0 Scorers: Jairzinho, Rivellino and Valdomiro.
4th vs East Germany - won 1 x 0 Scorer: Rivellino.
5th vs Argentina - won 2 x 1 Scorers: Jairzinho and Rivellino.
6th vs Holland - lost 0 x 2.
7th vs Poland - lost 0 x 1;
Principal Team: Leão (Palmeiras), Zé Maria (Corinthians), Luís Pereira (Palmeiras), Marinho Peres(Santos), Marinho Chagas (Botafogo), Paulo César Carpegiani (Internacional), Rivellino (Corinthians), Valdomiro (Internacional), Jairzinho (Botafogo), Paulo César Lima (Flamengo), Dirceu (Botafogo);
Reserves: Renato (Flamengo), Nelinho (Cruzeiro), Alfredo (Palmeiras), Piazza (Cruzeiro), Marco Antônio (Fluminense), Ademir da Guia (Palmeiras), Leivinha (Palmeiras), César (Palmeiras), Mirandinha (São Paulo), Edu (Santos), Valdir Peres (São Paulo - 3rd goalkeeper).


1978 - 3rd place (unbeaten)

Manager: Cláudio Coutinho;
Matches:
1st vs Sweden - draw 1 x 1 Scorer: Reinaldo.
2nd vs Spain - draw 0 x 0.
3rd vs Austria - won 1 x 0 Scorer: Roberto.
4th vs Peru - won 3 x 0 Scorers: Dirceu (2) and Zico.
5th vs Argentina - draw 0 x 0.
6th vs Poland - won 3 x 1 Scorers: Roberto (2) and Nelinho.
7th vs Italy - Won 2 x 1 Scorers: Nelinho and Dirceu;
Principal Team: Leão (Palmeiras), Nelinho (Cruzeiro), Oscar (Ponte Preta), Amaral (Corinthians), Rodrigues Neto (Botafogo), Cerezo (Atlético Mineiro), Batista (Internacional), Dirceu (Vasco da Gama), Gil (Botafogo), Roberto (Vasco da Gama), Jorge Mendonça (Palmeiras);
Reserves: Carlos (Ponte Preta), Toninho (Flamengo), Abel (Vasco da Gama), Polozzi (Ponte Preta), Edinho (Fluminense), Chicão (São Paulo), Rivellino (Fluminense), Zico (Flamengo), Reinaldo (Atlético Mineiro), Zé Sérgio (São Paulo), Valdir Peres (São Paulo - 3rd goalkeeper).


1982 - 5th place

Manager: Telê Santana;
Matches:
1st vs USSR - won 2 x 1 Scorers: Sócrates and Éder.
2nd vs Scotland - won 4 x 1 Scorers: Zico, Oscar, Éder and Falcão.
3rd vs New Zeland - won 4 X 0 Scorers: Zico (2), Serginho and Falcão.
4th vs Argentina - won 3 x 1 Scorers: Zico, Serginho and Júnior.
5th vs Italy - lost 2 x 3 Scorers: Sócrates and Falcão;
Principal Team: Valdir Peres (São Paulo), Leandro (Flamengo), Oscar (São Paulo), Luisinho (Atlético Mineiro), Júnior (Flamengo), Cerezo (Atlético Mineiro), Falcão (Roma), Sócrates (Corinthians), Zico (Flamengo), Serginho (São Paulo), Éder (Atlético Mineiro);
Reserves: Paulo Sérgio (Botafogo), Edevaldo (Internacional), Juninho (Ponte Preta), Edinho (Fluminense), Pedrinho (Vasco da Gama), Batista (Grêmio), Renato (São Paulo), Paulo Isidoro (Grêmio), Roberto (Vasco da Gama), Dirceu (Atlético de Madrid), Carlos (Ponte Preta - 3rd goalkeeper).


1986 - 5th place (unbeaten)

Manager: Telê Santana;
Matches:
1st vs Spain - won 1 x 0 Scorer: Sócrates.
2nd vs Algeria - won 1 x 0 Scorer: Careca.
3rd vs Northern Ireland - won 3 x 0 Scorers: Careca (2), and Josimar.
4th vs Poland - won 4 x 0 Scorers: Sócrates, Josimar, Edinho and Careca.
5th vs France - draw 1 x 1 (lost 5 x 4 on penalties). Scorer: Careca;
Principal Team: Carlos (Corinthians), Josimar (Botafogo), Julio César (Guarani), Edinho (Udinese), Branco (Fluminense), Alemão (Botafogo), Elzo (Atlético Mineiro), Júnior (Torino), Sócrates (Flamengo), Müller (São Paulo), Careca (São Paulo);
Reserves: Paulo Vítor (Fluminense), Édson (Corinthians), Oscar (São Paulo), Mauro Galvão (Internacional), Falcão (São Paulo), Silas (São Paulo), Valdo (Grêmio), Casagrande (Corinthians), Edivaldo (Atlético Mineiro), Zico (Flamengo), Leão (Palmeiras - 3rd goalkeeper).


1990 - 9th place

Manager: Sebastião Lazaroni;
Matches:
1st vs Sweden - won 2 x 1 Scorer: Careca (2).
2nd vs Costa Rica - won 1 x 0 Scorer: Müller.
3rd vs Scotland - won 1 x 0 Scorer: Müller.
4th vs Argentina - lost 0 x 1; (DAMN YOU MARADONA!!! DAMN YOUUUUUU!!!!! wink.gif )
Principal Team: Taffarel (Internacional), Jorginho (Bayern Munich), Mauro Galvão (Botafogo), Ricardo Gomes (Benfica), Ricardo Rocha (São Paulo), Branco (Porto), Alemão (Napoli), Dunga (Fiorentina), Valdo (Benfica), Müller (Torino), Careca (Napoli);
Reserves: Acácio (Vasco da Gama), Mazinho (Vasco da Gama), Mozer (Olympique Marseille), Aldair (Benfica), Bebeto (Vasco da Gama), Silas (Sporting), Tita (Vasco da Gama), Renato Gaúcho (Flamengo), Romário (PSV Eindhoven), Zé Carlos (Flamengo - 3rd goalkeeper).


1994 - 1st place - World Champions (unbeaten)

Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira;
Matches:
1st vs. Russia - won 2 x 0 Scorers: Romário and Raí.
2nd vs. Cameroon - won 3 x 0 Scorers: Romário, Márcio Santos and Bebeto.
3rd vs. Sweden - draw 1 x 1 Scorer: Romário.
4th vs. USA - won 1 x 0 Scorer: Bebeto.
5th vs. Holland - won 3 x 2 Scorers: Romário, Bebeto and Branco.
6th vs. Sweden - won 1 x 0 Scorer: Romário.
7th (final) vs. Italy - draw 0 x 0 (won 3 x 2 on penalties. Scorers: Romário, Branco and Dunga);
(Romario was SO OFF that game, he almost missed his penalty when it "hit" the inside of the post before going in. During the game he missed 2-3 goals he would have scored in his sleep!! WTF HAPPENED?!?! Bad enough I didn't like this Brasilian team and specifically this bore me to tears match, he added insult to injury by not finishing off this Italian team during regulation and/or extra time! mad.gif )
Principal Team: Taffarel (Reggiana), Jorginho (Bayern Munich), Aldair (Roma), Márcio Santos (Bordeaux), Branco (Fluminense), Mauro Silva (La Coruña), Mazinho (Palmeiras), Dunga (Stuttgart), Zinho (Palmeiras), Romário (Barcelona), Bebeto (La Coruña);
Reserves: Zetti (São Paulo), Cafu (São Paulo), Ricardo Rocha (Vasco da Gama), Ronaldão (Shinizu S-Pulse), Leonardo (São Paulo), Raí (Paris St. Germain), Paulo Sérgio (Bayer Leverkusen), Ronaldo (Cruzeiro), Viola (Corinthians), Müller (São Paulo), Gilmar (Flamengo - 3rd goalkeeper).


1998 - 2nd place - Vice-Champions

Manager: Mário Zagallo;
Matches:
1st vs. Scotland - won 2 x 1 Scorers: César Sampaio and own goal (Boyd).
2nd vs. Morocco - won 3 x 0 Scorers: Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Bebeto.
3rd vs. Norway - lost 1 x 2 Scorer: Bebeto.
4th vs. Chile - won 4 x 1 Scorer: César Sampaio (2) and Ronaldo (2).
5th vs. Denmark - won 3 x 2 Scorers: Rivaldo (2) and Bebeto.
6th vs. Holland - draw 1 x 1 Scorer: Ronaldo (won 4 x 2 on penalties). Scorers: Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Emerson and Dunga).
7th (final) vs. France - lost 0 x 3; blink.gif (no doubt about it, healthy Ronaldo or not Brasil sucked donkey in that game! Zidane slapped us in the face and Edmundo was as unsportsman-like as ever and Bebeto looked SO loss without his compadre Romario. Rivaldo played well though.)
Principal Team: Taffarel (Atlético Mineiro), Cafu (Roma), Júnior Baiano (Flamengo), Aldair (Roma), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Dunga (Jubilo Iwata), César Sampaio (Ana Sato Kogyo), Leonardo (Milan), Rivaldo (Barcelona), Bebeto (Botafogo), Ronaldo (Internazionale);
Reserves: Carlos Germano (Vasco da Gama), Zé Carlos (São Paulo), Gonçalves (Botafogo), André Cruz (Milan), Zé Roberto (Flamengo), Doriva (Porto), Emerson (Bayer Leverkusen), Giovanni (Barcelona), Denílson (São Paulo), Edmundo (Fiorentina), Dida (Cruzeiro - 3rd goalkeeper).


2002 - 1st place - World Champions (unbeaten)

Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari;
Matches:
1st vs. Turkey - won 2 x 1 Scorers: Ronaldo and Rivaldo.
2nd vs. China - won 4 x 0 Scorers: Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho Gaúcho and Ronaldo.
3rd vs. Costa Rica - won 5 x 2 Scorers: Ronaldo (2), Edmílson, Rivaldo and Júnior.
4th vs. Belgium - won 2 x 0 Scorers: Rivaldo and Ronaldo.
5th vs. England - won 2 x 1 Scorers: Rivaldo and Ronaldinho Gaúcho.
6th vs. Turkey - won 1 x 0 Scorer: Ronaldo.
7th (final) vs. Germany - won 2 x 0 Scorer: Ronaldo (2);
Principal Team: Marcos (Palmeiras), Cafu (Roma), Lúcio (Bayer Leverkusen), Roque Júnior (Milan), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Edmílson (Lyon), Gilberto Silva (Atlético Mineiro), Kléberson (Atlético Paranaense), Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Paris Saint Germain), Ronaldo (Internazionale), Rivaldo (Barcelona);
Reserves: Dida (Corinthians), Belletti (São Paulo), Ânderson Polga (Grêmio), Vampeta (Corinthians), Júnior (Parma), Ricardinho (Corinthians), Juninho Paulista (Flamengo), Kaká (São Paulo), Edílson (Cruzeiro), Luizão (Grêmio), Denílson (Betis), Rogério Ceni (São Paulo - 3rd goalkeeper).


2006 - 5th place - Quarter Finals

Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira;
Matches:
1st vs. Croatia - won 1 x 0 Scorers: Kaka.
2nd vs. Australia - won 2 x 0 Scorers: Adriano and Fred.
3rd vs. Japan - won 4 x 0 Scorers: Ronaldo (2), Juninho Pernambucano, Gilberto.
4th vs. Ghana - won 3 x 0 Scorers: Ronaldo, Adriano and Ze Roberto.
5th vs. France - lost 0 x 1;
Principal Team: Dida (AC Milan), Cafu (AC Milan), Lúcio (Bayern Munich), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Emerson (Juventus), Ze Roberto (Bayern Munich), Kaka (AC Milan), Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Barcelona), Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Adriano (Internazionale Milan);
Reserves: Rogerio Ceni (São Paulo), Cicinho (Real Madrid), Luisao (Benfica), Cris (Lyon), Gilberto (Hertha Berlin), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Ricardinho (Corinthians), Juninho Pernambucano (Lyon), Mineiro (São Paulo), Robinho (Real Madrid), Fred (Lyon), Julio Cesar (Internazionale Milan - 3rd goalkeeper).
melburn
holy moly!, that must have taken u ages, it so long!!!!!!!!!
StrokingMonkeys
Getting the info was easy. It's arranging the info that was painful.

biggrin.gif

However, after posting this one, I took a break from posting for a day or 2 wink.gif
madcow
QUOTE(StrokingMonkeys @ May 22 2004, 10:21 AM)
The Jules Rimet Cup (the full record is as follows)


1938 - 3rd place

Manager: Ademar Pimenta;
Matches:
1st vs Poland - won 6 x 5 Scorers: Leônidas (4), Romeu e Perácio.
2nd vs Czechoslovakia - draw 1 x 1 Scorer: Leônidas.
3rd vs Czechoslovakia - won 2 x 1 Scorers: Leônidas e Roberto.
4th vs Italy - lost 1 x 2 Scorer: Romeu. (IDIOT COACH "RESTED" LEONIDAS FOR THAT GAME!!! UGH!!!! Italy was already a WC winner! HOW DARE the coach disrespect them this way!! IMBECILE!! Brasil booted from the WC and plays for 3rd place against Sweden)
5th vs Sweden - won 4 x 2 Scorers: Leônidas (2), Romeu and Perácio.
(Leônidas highest scorer of the tournament with 8 goals.);
Principal Team: Batatais (Fluminense), Domingos da Guia (Flamengo), Machado (Fluminense), Zezé Procópio (Botafogo), Brandão (Corinthians), Afonsinho (São Cristóvão), Roberto (São Cristóvão), Romeu (Fluminense), Leônidas (Flamengo), Perácio (Botafogo), Patesco (Botafogo);
Reserves: Walter (Flamengo), Jaú (Corinthians), Nariz (Botafogo), Britto (América), Martim (Botafogo), Argemiro (Portuguesa Santista), Luisinho (Palestra), Lopes (Corinthians), Niginho (Vasco da Gama), Tim (Fluminense), Hércules (Fluminense).
*




Don't know if it is true or not but there was a rumor the Brazilian coaching staff of 1938 was bribed to not play Leonidas vs Italy.
StrokingMonkeys
I read/heard a bunch of different reasons/stories. None were the absolute truth it seems.

To this day we still don't know if it was a bribe or threats or true incompetence by the coach or blind pride or just plain stupidity or something else we still don't know about.

Everyone who were around at the time has/had their own version of the story.

Personally, I'm leaning toward bribes and/or threats. It's just completely way too inept that you would keep the tournament's BEST player from playing against a returning champion. Makes no sense at all.

There was a war about to begin after all. ALOT of propaganda and underhanded machinations from both sides of the fence was going on in those days, just check out the stuff going on in the Olympics during those years.

So for now, FIFA and football historians, are satisfied with the coach's statement: "I want to rest my best player for the final instead of this match" dry.gif
rodario
thank u for this wonderful topic
6best
Good work !
     
This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.
Invision Power Board © 2001-2009 Invision Power Services, Inc.