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Mario Zagallo during Mexico 1970

Zagallo: They said it would be impossible to field all those No10s

21 Jun 2020

Garrincha celebrates

Brazilian alien submits Chile

13 Jun 2020

Brazilian player Zito celebrates

Vava leaps into the history books

10 May 2018

Brazil's 1958 FIFA World Cup side

Garrincha and Pele’s Brazil in numbers

02 Feb 2018

Huge crowds gather around the Chilean training headquarters prior to their semi-final match

Chileans improvise for glimpse of heroes

16 Mar 2017

Brazil star Garrincha is carried shoulder high as he receives a hero's welcome after the 1962 World Cup.

Hero’s welcome for ‘The Joy of the People’

24 Nov 2016

England goalkeeper Ron Springett moves to eject a stray dog that had wandered on to the pitch in the 1962 World Cup quarter-final..

The pitch invader who upstaged Garrincha

21 Jul 2016

1962 World Cup Finals. Santiago, Chile. Semi-Final. 13th June 1962. Brazil 4 v Chile 2. Vava (grounded) scores for Brazil.

Vava's head breaks hosts’ hearts

17 Mar 2016

Garrincha runs to congratulate team-mate Amarildo after his goal for Brazil in their 3-1 win over Czechoslovakia in the Chile 1962 Final

Brazil conquer, Chile wow the world

16 Jun 2012