The Brazil team against Uruguay 1950

The Brazil team faced an anticipating home public and Uruguay in the Maracana stadium, 1950.

The crowd was expecting Brazil's first world championship as the Brazilian team only needed a tie to win.

However, the brazil lost 2-1 to Uruguay.

Here is the Brazil team facing against Uruguay 1950:

THE SQUAD
(notice the use of nick names for players)

Moacir Barbosa Nascimento
Augusto da Costa
Juvenal Amarijo
José Carlos Bauer
Danilo Alvim
Ely do Amparo
Albino Friaça Cardoso
Thomaz Soares da Silva “Zizinho”
Jair da Rosa Pinto
Ademir Marques de Menezes
Francisco Aramburu “Chico”
João Ferreira Bigode
Rui Campos
Nilton dos Santos
Alfredo Eduardo Noronha
Carlos José Castilho
Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa “Nena”
Alfredo dos Santos
Manuel Marinho Alves “Maneca”
Oswaldo da Silva “Baltazar”
Adão Nunes Dornelles “Adãozinho”
Francisco Rodrigues

Coach: Flávio Rodrigues da Costa

The matches played by Brazil in the 1950 world championship games which led to the final against Uruguay:

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. (Ademir highest scorer
of the tournament with 9 goals.)

Brazil finaly got their title eight years later, with the young talent of Pele joining their forces.

Today, Brazil has won the world championships in soccer five times and is the global leading football nation.

Brazil won the world championships in:

1958 sweden
1962 chile
1970 mexico
1994 usa
2002 Japan / Korea

Brazil is the only country that has won, with the same team, two times the World Championship (1958 and 1962).

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