The great Brazil team that beat Italy 4-1 in the final of World Cup 1970 |
“With the World Cup being played right now in Brazil, a spectacle which, like the Olympic Games, is held every four years, the whole world is focused on following the games being played in various stadiums all over Brazil. Surprises obviously were not uncommon, as three of the major countries, which between them won six Word Cup Championships in total, were all eliminated in the early stages. Italy won the cup four times, England once, and Spain once, precisely four years ago in 2010, but none of them made it through the second round, being eliminated and, in their fans’ estimation, humiliated.
Front page of one of Brazil's newspapers today |
The Brazil team that beat Sweden 5-2 in World Cup 1958 |
Yet another front page from Brazil's newspapers |
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