Eusebio died today. He was one of the legends of the sport. His biggest moment of glory for me? When he almost single-handedly eliminated North Korea in the 1966 World Cup quarter final although Portugal was loosing 3-0 before Eusebio scored 4 goals to lead his team in a memorable 5-3 win! Respect Mr. Eusebio!
Maracanazos are sad today.
Here is my personal list of 3 biggest upsets in football history:
What are your choices?
Maracanazos like to make lists!
Image Credit: VBC17
Will Belgium be to the World Cup 2014 what Denmark was to the Euro 1992? Will the Red Devils do better than 4th in the 1986 World Cup?
Maracanazos like to dream once in a while.
Football has its Persuaders.
Lord Brett Sinclair Cavani and Danny Wilde Suarez.
35 goals so far in the season and a threat to any team in the World Cup…
Maracanazos enjoy good series.
Brazil first to qualify as host country and….Uruguay last team to qualify….will the shadows of 1950 repeat themselves……Puma thinks so!!
Maracanazos like to think that history repeats itself!
True to this blog, it would be a fantastic feat if Iceland could qualify for their first World Cup. If it achieves that, Iceland would be the smallest country – in terms of population – to ever qualify for the final round of a World Cup. Iceland needs to beat Croatia though, not an easy task despite recent weaker performances by the team who finished 3rd in the 1998 World Cup.
Maracanazos will be rooting for Iceland!
If you compare to the minimum monthly wage of 678 reais (about US $300), then the lowest non-discounted fare of 330 reais (about US $150) to attend the final is IMO vastly too expensive. That’s almost 50% of the monthly minimum wage to attend the final. With the low rate of savings of Brazilian households, the cost is a burden for many of the poorer Brazilians that would like to attend the game of a lifetime. I wonder what the ratio was back in 1950 for the Maracanazo?
Maracanazos keep an eye on budget.
The game was more important to Brazil than for la Celeste. Also being in Belo Horizonte didn’t help…A Maracanazo can only happen well in the Maracana..
Main points I took from yesterday’s game:
Maracanazos don’t like waste of energies!
No Maracanazo can equal the first one, certainly not this Confederations Cup. Still a shame though that Brazil – Uruguay today is not staged at Maracana…do the Brazilians still have ghostly memories? The only Maracanazo that could come close to the first one would be a remake on July 13 2014 but we’re still far from that!
Maracanazos know their classics.
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