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The [[FIFA World Cup mascots|official mascot]] of this World Cup was ''Juanito'', a boy wearing Mexico's uniform and a [[sombrero]].
The [[FIFA World Cup mascots|official mascot]] of this World Cup was ''Juanito'', a boy wearing Mexico's uniform and a [[sombrero]].
lizzzy platt is cool !
lizzzy platt is cool !
sian simpson smells! :P


==Venues==
==Venues==

Revision as of 09:14, 18 March 2010

1970 FIFA World Cup
Mexico 70
File:WorldCup1970logo.jpg
1970 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates31 May – 21 June
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place West Germany
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored95 (2.97 per match)
Attendance1,603,975 (50,124 per match)
Top scorer(s)West Germany Gerd Müller (10 goals)
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The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. Mexico was chosen as hosts by FIFA in October 1964. The 1970 tournament was the first World Cup hosted in North America, and the first held outside South America and Europe. In a match-up of two-time World Cup champions, the final was won by Brazil, who beat Italy 4–1. With their third World Cup triumph, Brazil were allowed to keep the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently.

The Brazilian team, featuring the likes of Pelé (who was in his fourth and final World Cup), Carlos Alberto, Clodoaldo, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivelino, and Tostão, is usually regarded as the greatest attacking World Cup team ever. They won all of their 6 games on the way to the title, and had also won all of their 6 qualifying games on their way to Mexico. This tournament saw the return of free-flowing, attacking play after the physical battles of 1962 and 1966, and is still considered by many fans to be the finest World Cup in history.

Qualification

Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
Qualifying countries

A total of 75 teams entered the qualifying tournament. Those who failed to qualify included France, Portugal, Hungary, Argentina and Spain. Meanwhile, Morocco became the first African nation to reach the World Cup finals since the Second World War.

Summary

First round

The 1970 World Cup is now remembered as a classic – but, as usual, the tournament was preceded by disputes over the organisation of the event. This World Cup was the first one to be televised in colour. However, to fit into the European viewing schedules, some matches kicked off at noon. This was an unpopular decision with many players and managers because of the intense heat in Mexico at that time of day.

File:1970Telstar.jpg
Telstar, the official 1970 FIFA World Cup ball.

The format of the competition stayed the same as 1966: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four playing each other once in a round-robin tournament format. There were no seeds, instead the organizers formed geographical ‘sections’ from which the four groups were drawn in Mexico City, on 10 January 1970.[1] The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals. However, for the first time in the World Cup finals, teams level on points at the end of the group stage were separated by goal difference (replacing play-offs and goal average) and where two or more teams had equal goal difference, by the drawing of lots. If a quarter-final or semi-final match resulted in a draw after extra time the referee would have drawn the name of the team to progress to the next round out of a hat.

Controversy surrounded the World Cup before a ball was even kicked. For England, the build-up to the tournament took a bizarre turn when their captain was accused of theft. While England were in Colombia for a pre-tournament friendly, Bobby Moore was arrested for allegedly stealing a bracelet from a jeweller's shop. He was released on bail to allow him to appear in the World Cup finals, and the charges were later quietly dropped.

In Group 1, hosts Mexico lived up to the expectations of an entire nation by advancing along with the Soviet Union. Group 2 of the opening round produced just six goals in six games as Uruguay, reigning South America champions, and the reigning European champions, Italy, prevail over Sweden and surprise qualifier Israel after a series of dull, uninspired games. Italy would, however, show the true measure of its talent in the knock-out phase.

The first great moments of this memorable World Cup happened in Group 3, where two-time former World champion Brazil were pooled with the current world champions England and solid European sides Czechoslovakia and Romania. In the rematch of the 1962 World Cup final, they fell behind early in their opening game against Czechoslovakia, but fought back strongly and eventually won 4–1. Pelé scored one of their goals, but a goal attempt that in which Pelé audaciously attempted to lob a shot over Czechoslovak goalkeeper Ivo Viktor from the halfway line, missed the goal by a whisker. The "Clash of the Champions" between Brazil and England lived up to all expectations. The match is best remembered for a Pelé near-miss. His powerful close-range downward header was kept out by an amazing save from Gordon Banks, who somehow managed to get down to the ball and flick it upwards and over the bar. In the end, a single Jairzinho goal was enough to win the game for Brazil. Romania ran Brazil close in their third game, but were finally beaten 3–2. England joined Brazil with two 1–0 victories over Romania and Czechoslovakia.

The official 1970 FIFA World Cup poster.

In Group 4, Peru and its attacking style created a sensation by beating established side Bulgaria 3–2 after trailing 0–2 at halftime. Morocco also got off to a bright start, taking the lead against West Germany in their first match, but the Germans came back to win 2–1. West Germany also went behind against Bulgaria in their second match, but a Gerd Muller hat-trick helped them fight back to win 5–2. Muller hit another hat-trick in the Germans' last group game, scoring all their goals in a 3–1 win over Peru. In the end, Peru eventually advanced along with West Germany after scoring three times in 11 second-half minutes to beat Morocco 3–0.

Quarterfinals, semifinals, and third-place match

The quarter-finals saw a transformed Italy prevail 4–1 over Mexico after trailing 0–1. The host took the lead against Italy with a Jose Gonzales goal, but his team-mate Gustavo Pena equalised with an own goal before half-time. Italy then took over, and dominated the second half. Two goals from Luigi Riva and one from Gianni Rivera saw them go through 4–1. In Guadalajara, Peru's World Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals, where they lost 4–2 to Brazil after an entertaining and dramatic match between two equally attacking teams.

The game between Uruguay and the Soviet Union was goalless until five minutes from the end of extra time, when Victor Esparrago struck to send the South Americans through. The last quarter-final, a rematch of the 1966 World Cup final between England and West Germany, produced one of the great matches of World Cup history. England suffered a serious blow before the game, when their great goalkeeper Gordon Banks was taken ill with food poisoning. His deputy Peter Bonetti stepped into the breach, and early in the second half England had a 2–0 lead and seemed to have West Germany firmly in its grasp. However, West Germany pulled one back with a goal from Beckenbauer in the 68th minute. In a panic, England coach Alf Ramsey decided then to substitute the tiring Bobby Charlton. Without Charlton, England lost its ability to set its own pace on the game and could not contain the relentless German attacks which eventually resulted in West Germany equalizing eight minutes from time with an Uwe Seeler header. Momentum had irrevocably shifted and West Germany avenged the 1966 final loss with Gerd Müller's winning goal in extra time after another Bonetti error, thus, ending England's reign as world champions.

The semi-finals featured an exciting final four, all four having won the World Cup in the past: Brazil vs Uruguay, in a rematch of the 1950 World Cup final, and Italy vs West Germany. In the all-South American match, Brazil managed to defeat Uruguay 3–1 despite falling behind 20 minutes into the match. The game was evenly matched for 70 minutes but the Uruguayans found Brazil's attack too much to overcome. This match also featured another bright moment by Pelé: upon holding possession near the box, he managed to rush all alone up to Uruguayan goalkeeper Ladislao Mazurkiewicz and, tipping the ball through his left side, the Brazilian ran through the right side, catching the ball on the run and then taking a shot to the empty goal. Unfortunately, Pelé missed by a sliver again. The other, all-European semi-final was regarded by many as the greatest World Cup game ever. Italy took a 1–0 lead through Roberto Boninsegna on 8 minutes after an excellent "one-two" combination with Luigi Riva. West Germany pressed to equalize for the rest of the game, until the very end when sweeper Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, then with Italy's AC Milan, scored in injury time. In extra time, Gerd Müller brought Germany the lead on 94 minutes before Italy defender Tarcisio Burgnich leveled the score with a rare international goal. On 103 minutes, Riva made it 3–2 past goalkeeper Sepp Maier, only for Müller to equalize six minutes later. As television cameras were still replaying Müller's goal, Italy midfielder Gianni Rivera, left unmarked near the penalty spot, volleyed a fine Boninsegna cross past Maier for the winning goal in the 111th minute. Franz Beckenbauer sustained a broken clavicle during extra time. As Helmut Schön, the West German manager, had already used the two permitted substitutes, Beckenbauer stayed on with his arm in a sling. This match is regarded as the "Game of the Century", also known as the Partita del Secolo in Italy and Jahrhundertspiel in Germany. A monument at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City commemorates it. West Germany went on to win the 3rd place match against Uruguay (1–0).

Final

In the final, Brazil struck first, with Pelé heading in a cross by Rivelino at the 18th minute. Roberto Boninsegna equalized for Italy after a series of blunders in the Brazilian defence. In the second half, Brazil's firepower and creativity was too much for a tired Italian side. 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. Brazil's fourth goal, with five minutes to go, is considered one of the greatest goals ever scored in the history of the tournament. A total of 8 outfield players from Brazil were involved, encapsulating 'the beautiful game' in one glorious sweeping move. Tostão started the move just outside the Brazilian 18 yard box, then ran the length of the field to the Italian box without touching the ball again (although he signalled for Pelé to lay it off for Carlos Alberto). Clodoaldo beat 4 Italian players in his own half before passing to Rivelino, who hit a perfect pass down the left wing to Jairzinho. Jairzinho drove inside and passed to Pelé, who showed superb composure, in his last moments of World Cup play, to hold the ball up before rolling a perfectly weighted pass into the path of Carlos Alberto arriving from right back. Carlos Alberto's shot hammered into the bottom corner of the Italian goal.

So Brazil had won the World Cup for the third time after 1958 and 1962, earning the right to retain the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently. In Pelé, Brazil had a player who had won World Cups 12 years apart, yet still remained at the heart of everything Brazil did, providing the game's most sublime moments ranging from his hanging leap for Brazil's opener and his chess-player's pass for the final goal. Even Pelé's misses will go down in history: the 'own-half' attempt against Czechoslovakia, the 'unstoppable' header against England and most memorably of all the dummy against Uruguay in the semi-final. 7 players (all of whom featured in the Carlos Alberto goal) scored a total of 19 goals (more than any team since). Jairzinho scored in every match in the finals while Tostão proved a quick-witted and skilful strike partner. Clodoaldo and particularly Gerson provided superb passes to the front three, as well as goals at critical moments (what would have happened if Uruguay had gone in at half-time 1-0 up?), and Rivelino's left-footed crosses and long-distance shooting were a constant danger. Coach Mário Zagallo was the first footballer to become World Cup champion as a player (1958, 1962) and a coach - sadly his other attempts (1974, 1998) would not be successful.

But it was the style of play that will be remembered. Italy's goal in the final involved four separate errors by the Brazilian defence, but it was of no matter; in 1970 defence was not Brazil's primary interest, with their 7 goals conceded being more than any other champion since. They gambled on outscoring the opposition, and won, every time. Since 1970 winning the World Cup has not been possible without an iron-cast defence, as evidenced by the failure of another great attacking side, Brazil's 1982 team. It would be 24 years before Brazil could put their hands on the new FIFA trophy, once again beating Italy in the final of the 1994, although only on penalties and needing a much more defensive style to that seen in 1970.

Before the finals in Mexico, Brazil had to play the qualifying rounds against Colombia, Venezuela and Paraguay. Brazil was far superior winning all 6 games, scoring 23 goals and conceding only 2. In the last match of the qualifying rounds 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 8.

The top scorer of the tournament was West Germany's Gerd Müller, with an impressive 10 goals in the competition. Müller incredibly scored hat-tricks in two consecutive games, against Bulgaria and Peru in the group stage. HELLO ... :)

Mascot

The official mascot of this World Cup was Juanito, a boy wearing Mexico's uniform and a sombrero. lizzzy platt is cool ! sian simpson smells! :P

Venues

Five cities hosted the tournament:

Guadalajara León Mexico City Puebla Toluca
Estadio Jalisco Estadio Nou Camp Estadio Azteca Estadio Cuauhtémoc Estadio Luis Dosal
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Match officials

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1970 FIFA World Cup squads.

Seeding

Pot 1: Americas Pot 2: European I Pot 3: European II Pot 4: Rest of the World

Results

First round

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 5
 Mexico 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 5
 Belgium 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
 El Salvador 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Mexico 0 – 0 Soviet Union
(Report)
Attendance: 107,000
Belgium 3 – 0 El Salvador
Van Moer 12', 54'
Lambert 76' (pen.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 92,000
Soviet Union 4 – 1 Belgium
Byshovets 14', 63'
Asatiani 57'
Khmelnitsky 76'		 (Report) Lambert 86'
Attendance: 59,000
Mexico 4 – 0 El Salvador
Valdivia 45', 46'
Fragoso 58'
Basaguren 83'		 (Report)
Attendance: 103,000
Soviet Union 2 – 0 El Salvador
Byshovets 51', 74' (Report)
Attendance: 89,000
Mexico 1 – 0 Belgium
Peña 14' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 105,000

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 4
 Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 3
 Sweden 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
 Israel 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Uruguay 2 – 0 Israel
Maneiro 23'
Mujica 50'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Italy 1 – 0 Sweden
Domenghini 10' (Report)
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
Uruguay 0 – 0 Italy
(Report)
Attendance: 30,000
Israel 1 – 1 Sweden
Spiegler 56' (Report) Turesson 53'
Attendance: 10,000
Sweden 1 – 0 Uruguay
Grahn 90' (Report)
Attendance: 18,000
Italy 0 – 0 Israel
(Report)
Attendance: 10,000

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 6
 England 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 4
 Romania 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
 Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
England 1 – 0 Romania
Hurst 65' (Report)
Attendance: 50,560
Brazil 4 – 1 Czechoslovakia
Rivelino 24'
Pelé 59'
Jairzinho 61', 81'		 (Report) Petráš 11'
Attendance: 52,897
Romania 2 – 1 Czechoslovakia
Neagu 52'
Dumitrache 75' (pen.)		 (Report) Petráš 5'
Attendance: 56,818
Referee: Diego De Leo (Mexico)
Brazil 1 – 0 England
Jairzinho 59' (Report)
Attendance: 66,834
Brazil 3 – 2 Romania
Pelé 19', 67'
Jairzinho 22'		 (Report) Dumitrache 34'
Dembrovschi 84'
Attendance: 50,804
England 1 – 0 Czechoslovakia
Clarke 50' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 49,262
Referee: Roger Machin (France)

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 West Germany 3 3 0 0 10 4 +6 6
 Peru 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 4
 Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 5 9 −4 1
 Morocco 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Peru 3 – 2 Bulgaria
Gallardo 50'
Chumpitaz 55'
Cubillas 73'		 (Report) Dermendzhiev 13'
Bonev 49'
Attendance: 13,765
West Germany 2 – 1 Morocco
Seeler 56'
Müller 78'		 (Report) Houmane 21'
Attendance: 12,942
Peru 3 – 0 Morocco
Cubillas 65', 75'
Challe 67'		 (Report)
Attendance: 13,537
West Germany 5 – 2 Bulgaria
Libuda 20'
Müller 27', 52' (pen.), 88'
Seeler 67'		 (Report) Nikodimov 12'
Kolev 89'
Attendance: 12,710
West Germany 3 – 1 Peru
Müller 19', 26', 39' (Report) Cubillas 44'
Attendance: 17,875
Morocco 1 – 1 Bulgaria
Ghazouani 61' (Report) Zhechev 40'
Attendance: 12,299

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 June – Mexico City
 
 
 Soviet Union0
 
17 June – Guadalajara
 
 Uruguay (a.e.t.)1
 
 Uruguay1
 
14 June – Guadalajara
 
 Brazil3
 
 Brazil4
 
21 June – Mexico City
 
 Peru2
 
 Brazil4
 
14 June – Toluca
 
 Italy1
 
 Italy4
 
17 June – Mexico City
 
 Mexico1
 
 Italy (a.e.t.)4
 
14 June – León
 
 West Germany3 Third place
 
 West Germany (a.e.t.)3
 
20 June – Mexico City
 
 England2
 
 Uruguay0
 
 
 West Germany1
 

Quarter-finals

West Germany 3 – 2
(a.e.t.)		 England
Beckenbauer 68'
Seeler 76'
Müller 108'		 (Report) Mullery 31'
Peters 49'
Attendance: 23,357
Brazil 4 – 2 Peru
Rivelino 11'
Tostão 15', 52'
Jairzinho 75'		 (Report) Gallardo 28'
Cubillas 70'
Attendance: 54,270
Italy 4 – 1 Mexico
Peña 25' (o.g.)
Riva 63', 76'
Rivera 70'		 (Report) González 13'
Attendance: 26,851
Uruguay 1 – 0
(a.e.t.)		 Soviet Union
Espárrago 116' (Report)
Attendance: 24,550

Semi-finals

Brazil 3 – 1 Uruguay
Clodoaldo 44'
Jairzinho 76'
Rivelino 89'		 (Report) Cubilla 19'
Attendance: 51,261
Main article: Italy 4–3 West Germany (1970)
Italy 4 – 3
(a.e.t.)		 West Germany
Boninsegna 8'
Burgnich 98'
Riva 104'
Rivera 111'		 (Report) Schnellinger 90'
Müller 94', 110'
Attendance: 102,444

Third place match

West Germany 1 – 0 Uruguay
Overath 26' (Report)
Attendance: 104,403

Final

Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup Final
Brazil 4 – 1 Italy
Pelé 18'
Gérson 66'
Jairzinho 71'
Carlos Alberto 86'		 (Report) Boninsegna 37'
Attendance: 107,412


 1970 FIFA World Cup Winners 

Brazil
Third title

Awards

FIFA Fair Play Trophy[2]
 Peru

Scorers

Notable innovations

For the first time, substitutions were allowed in World Cup play. Each team were allowed to make two substitutions during a match. The Soviet Union were the first team to make a substitution in World Cup history against Mexico in the opening match. Viktor Serebryanikov was the first player to be replaced, by Anatoliy Puzach after 45 minutes.

This World Cup also featured the first ever use of yellow and red cards for cautions and expulsions respectively. (Note that cautions and expulsions already existed prior to 1970.) Five yellow cards were shown in the opening Mexico vs USSR match, while no red cards were given in the tournament. These were thought of when the coach attempted to warn off an offending player in the previous World Cup.

References

  1. ^ History of the World Cup Final Draw
  2. ^ http://www.arkivperu.com/ "La Lista" #5 has the information
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