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|- bgcolor=#B0D3FB !colspan=2|1970 Football World Cup - Mexico ''Mexico 70'' |- |colspan=2| ''Official 1970 Football World Cup poster'' |- !width=45%| !!width=55%| |- !bgcolor=#efefef|Participant teams |71 (final tournament: 16) |- !bgcolor=#efefef|Host | Mexico |- !bgcolor=#efefef|Champions | Brazil (3rd title) |- !bgcolor=#efefef|Matches played |32 |- !bgcolor=#efefef|Goals scored |95 (2.97 per match) |- !bgcolor=#efefef|Attendance |1,673,975 (52,666 per match) |- !bgcolor=#efefef|Top scorer | Gerd Müller (FRG) 10 goals |} The 1970 Football World Cup was held in Mexico , from May 31 to June 21. The decision was taken by FIFA in October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan beating to Argentina intentions to organize the event. Two years later was choose to celebrate the 1978 FIFA World Cup . It was won by Brazil , who beat Italy 4-1 in the final. 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. Not a single red card was issued in the competition. The Brazilian team, led by Pelé (who won his third and final World Cup), Jairzinho , Rivelino and Tostão , is often regarded as the greatest team ever. Qualification See Football World Cup 1970 (qualification) . The main surprises were the absences in the final 16 of perennial South American contender Argentina , 1968 European Championship runners-up Yugoslavia , and World Cup 1966 third-place finisher Portugal . Holland was still to become a major football power--this would happen four years later--and France , mired in a decade-long slump, had been eliminated. The qualification tournament for this World Cup was the cause of the brief Football War between Honduras and El Salvador . Summary 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 format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals. In Group 1, host Mexico lived up to the expectations of an entire nation by advancing along with the Soviet Union , though the home side's 1-0 victory over Belgium on the last day resulted from a questionable penalty. Group 2 saw Uruguay and defending 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 World Cup winner Brazil was pooled with World Champion England and solid European sides Czechoslovakia and Romania . In Brazil 's opening match against Czechoslovakia , Pelé audaciously attempted to lob a shot over Czechoslovak goalkeeper Ivo Viktor from the halfway line, missing the goal by a whisker. The "Clash of the Champions" between Brazil and England lived up to all expectations, Brazil winning 1-0 after a high-quality game in which England goalkeeper Gordon Banks made arguably the greatest save ever from a Pelé header on the six-yard line. In Group 4, first-time qualifier Peru and its attacking style created a sensation by beating established side Bulgaria 3-2 after trailing 0-2 at halftime. Peru eventually advanced along with 1966 runners-up West Germany . The quarter-finals saw a transformed Italy prevail 4-1 over host Mexico after trailing 0-1. Brazil beat Peru 4-2 after an entertaining match between two equally attacking teams. Uruguay defeated a superior Soviet Union side after extra time and a refereeing error, as the linesman did not see that the ball was out of play for the cross that led to the winning goal. The last quarter-final, a rematch of the 1966 final between England and West Germany , was one of the great moments of World Cup history. After fifty minutes, England had a 2-0 lead and seemed to have West Germany firmly in its grasp. England coach Sir Alf Ramsey , sensing that victory was in hand, decided then to substitute playmaker Bobby Charlton 'to spare him for the rest of the tournament.' Without Charlton, England lost its ability to set its own pace on the game and could not contain the relentless German attacks. After Beckenbauer made it 2-1 with a fine shot, West Germany equalized eight minutes from time with an Uwe Seeler header and a fateful hesitation by second-choice goalkeeper Peter Bonetti , who stood in for the food-poisoned Gordon Banks . 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. The semi-final between stayed on with his arm in a sling. This match is known as the 'Game of the Century' ('' Jahrhundertspiel '') in Germany, and a marker at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City commemorates it. (According to http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com, West Germany had no substitutions remaining when Franz Beckenbauer received a dislocated shoulder.) The other semi-final paled by comparison (in all fairness, most matches would have) and saw Brazil defeat Uruguay 3-1. In the final, Italy contained Brazil during the first half, Boninsegna answering Pelé 's 18th-minute goal. In the second half, Brazil's firepower was simply too much for a tired Italian side, and three goals by Gerson, Jairzinho, and Carlos Alberto consecrated the first ''tri-campeão'' (three-time champions) in football history. With this third win (after 1958 and 1962 ), Brazil earned the right to retain the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently. Brazilian coach Mario Zagallo was the first footballer to become World champion as a player (1958, 1962) and a coach. Brazilian right winger Jairzinho scored at least one goal in each of the six games that Brazil played in the World Cup (in the first game, against Czechoslovakia , he scored two), a feat which has never been repeated. However, the striker of the tournament was West Germany's Gerd Müller , with an impressive 10 goals in the competition. Müller incredibly scored Hat-trick s in two consecutive games, against Bulgaria and Peru in the Group Stage. He did not score in Germany's last game (the 3rd place match) against Uruguay (1-0), however. Squads For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1970 FIFA World Cup (squads) First round Group 1 May 31 , Estadio Azteca , Mexico City - 0 - 0 June 3 , Estadio Azteca , Mexico City - 3 - 0 ( Van Moer 8' and 54', Lambert 79') June 6 , Estadio Azteca , Mexico City - 4 - 1 (Bisgaard 14' and 63', Artojan 57', Khmelnitski 75'; Lambert 86') June 7 , Estadio Azteca , Mexico City - 4 - 0 June 10 , Estadio Azteca , Mexico City - 2 - 0 June 11 , Estadio Azteca , Mexico City - 1 - 0 (Pena 15') Group 2 June 2 , Estadio Cuauhtémoc , Puebla - 2 - 0 June 3 , Estadio Luis Dosal , Toluca - 1 - 0 June 6 , Estadio Cuauhtémoc , Puebla - 0 - 0 June 7 , Estadio Luis Dosal , Toluca - 1 - 1 June 10 , Estadio Cuauhtémoc , Puebla - 1 - 0 June 11 , Estadio Luis Dosal , Toluca - 0 - 0 Group 3 June 2 , Estadio Jalisco , Guadalajara - 1 - 0 June 3 , Estadio Jalisco , Guadalajara - 4 - 1 June 6 , Estadio Jalisco , Guadalajara - 2 - 1 June 7 , Estadio Jalisco , Guadalajara - 1 - 0 June 10 , Estadio Jalisco , Guadalajara - 3 - 2 June 11 , Estadio Jalisco , Guadalajara - 1 - 0 Group 4 June 2 , Estadio Nou Camp , León - 3 - 2 June 3 , Estadio Nou Camp , León - 2 - 1 June 6 , Estadio Nou Camp , León - 3 - 0 June 7 , Estadio Nou Camp , León - 5 - 2 June 10 , Estadio Nou Camp , León - 3 - 1 June 11 , Estadio Nou Camp , León - 1 - 1 Quarter-finals June 14 , Estadio Nou Camp , León - 3 - 2 (AET) Referee: Norberto Angel Coerezza (ARG) Attendance: 23357 Goals: Mullery 31 (ENG) Peters 49 (ENG) Beckenbauer 68 (FRG) Seeler (FRG) 76 Muller 108 (FRG) June 14 , Estadio Jalisco , Guadalajara - 4 - 2 Referee: Vital Loraux (BEL) Attendance: 54233 Goals: Rivelino (BRA) 11 Tostao (BRA) 15 Gallardo (PER) 28 Tostao (BRA) 58 Cubillas (PER) 70 Jairzinho (BRA) 75 June 14 , Estadio Luis Dosal , Toluca - 4 - 1 Referee: Ruedi Schüerrer (SUI) Attendance: 26851 Goals: Gonzalez (MEX) 13 Peña (ITA) own goal 25 Riva (ITA) 63 Rivera (ITA) 70 Riva (ITA) 76 June 14 , Estadio Azteca , Mexico City - 1 - 0 (AET) Semi-finals June 17 , Estadio Jalisco , Guadalajara - 3 - 1 June 17 , Estadio Azteca , Mexico City - 4 - 3 (AET) Third place match June 20 , Estadio Azteca , Mexico City - 1 - 0 Final June 21 , Estadio Azteca , Mexico City - 4 - 1 Attendance: 107,412 Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany) Goals: Pelé (BRA) 18', Boninsegna (ITA) 37', Gerson (BRA) 66', Jairzinho (BRA) 71', Carlos Alberto (BRA) 86'.
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