Brazil 1950 | A History Of The World Cup
Aug 10, 2023
Brazil 1950 | A History Of The World Cup
Brazil is the country most synonymous with the World Cup, and 1950 was their first chance to host. They expected to win it, too, but a collective psyche-shattering defeat in the final would lead to wholesale changes in the national team set up. This video covers the history of that tournament.http://bit.ly/TifoSubscribe http://tifofootball.com https://twitter.com/TifoFootball _http://facebook.com/TifoFootball http://instagram.com/TifoFootball _http://umaxit.com http://twitter.com/UtdRantcast http://twitter.com/JM_Devine http://freemusicarchive.org/music/And …https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ …
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5.81 -> The 1950 World Cup was a landmark tournament.
9.42 -> After world war two had meant that no
competition could take place in 1942 or 1946,
16 -> the fourth ever World Cup had to wait for
the start of a new decade.
20.92 -> The shadow of war loomed over it with occupied,
partitioned Germany and occupied Japan ineligible
27.289 -> for consideration.
29.669 -> Many teams from behind the Iron Curtain also
chose not to attend—meaning the
34.11 -> powerhouse of European football that was Hungary
were missing.
38.73 -> England though, deigned to join in
with global football's main event for the first time ever.
46 -> Brazil is, of course, the country most synonymous with the World Cup, and 1950 was their first chance to host.
53.98 -> They expected to win it, too, but a collective
psyche-shattering defeat in the final
58.61 -> would lead to wholesale changes in the national
team set up.
62.83 -> Argentina would have been in with a decent
shot at upsetting their biggest rivals on
67.14 -> their own soil,
but they never made it to the tournament.
69.73 -> They had fallen out with the Brazillian football
federation
72.799 -> over their decision not to defend their Copa
America title in Brazil a year earlier.
77.53 -> A pay dispute had
decimated their ranks.
81.409 -> In 2014, former Argentina goalkeeper Amadeo
Carrizo told Reuters "“Di
87.299 -> Stefano, Pipo Rossi, (Adolfo) Pedernera left.
90.679 -> It showed a lot that they were missing, Rossi was the midfield general and Di Stefano was in his moment of glory."
98.359 -> It would not be until 1958 that Argentina
joined a World Cup again.
104.53 -> The structure of the tournament was markedly
different to the current affair.
109.2 -> One team qualified
from each of four groups of four, and those
113.109 -> teams played off in a final group round.
116.649 -> England failed to make it out of the group stages.
119.2 -> Though they won their opening game, over
confidence cost them dearly in the second
123.689 -> and their World Cup bid was derailed by virtue of a 1-0
126.909 -> loss to a United States of America side filled
with amateurs, or semi-pros at best.
133.39 -> According to
Geoffrey Douglas' book "The Game of Their
136.02 -> Lives: The Untold Story of the World Cup's
Biggest
138.909 -> Upset" Frank Borghi, the U.S 'keeper "had
been a minor-league catcher for a St. Louis
143.799 -> farm team who
now drove a hearse for his uncle's funeral home."
148.54 -> The goalscorer, Haitan born Joe Gaetjens,
"washed dishes in New York."
151.68 -> It was a blow to the national psyche for England,
but nothing compared to what happened to the hosts.
157.349 -> The Maracanazo, or "Maracana blow" which saw
Brazil lose 2-1 to Uruguay in their national
164.5 -> stadium was the last game of the campaign but was
167.69 -> only decisive by dint of fate, rather than
being an actual final.
172.81 -> It so happened that the points Uruguay earned
in the game took them above Brazil in the
177.43 -> table, seeing them win the tournament for the second and final time (so far).
181.97 -> In their first two final-group fixtures, Brazil
had beaten Sweden 7-1, and Spain 6-1, brushing
188.319 -> aside the best Europe had served up in the tournament with ease.
192.829 -> Uruguay had drawn 2-2 with Spain and
scraped a 3-2 win over Sweden.
198.45 -> Star striker Ademir topped the tournament
goalscoring tables with
201.829 -> eight and with a draw good enough for Brazil,
the locals thought the tournament was as good as won.
207.86 -> This was even more obviously the case once
Brazil had taken the lead in the final game
211.849 -> through right winger Friaça, but Uruguay hit back with two second-half goals.
216.64 -> That shot them to the top of the
table and earned them the title.
219.739 -> It was such a shock, such an upset that there
were suicides in Rio.
224.84 -> Almost everything changed in
Brazillian football after that.
228 -> The team switched from blue shirts with white
shorts to the now
231.159 -> famous yellow and green and ensemble.
Eight years later, the rebuilding job would
236.17 -> pay dividends in large part thanks to a 17
year old who
239.879 -> went by the name Pele, but the scars of 1950
took a very long time to heal.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HI1nM_9lUw
