Fifty years ago, Brazil taught the world to play, in colourItalian defender Tarcisio Burgnich found out in the final that Pele was not like everyone elsePARIS - Fifty years ago this month, modern football was born at the World Cup in Mexico, kicking and yelling, and live in vibrant colour for a global audience. In the semi-finals, in Guadalajara, Brazil gave Uruguay a one-goal start but won 3-1. Yet Brazil's attacking display in the first colour World Cup final set a benchmark against which every one of the tens of thousands of matches broadcast since is measured. Pele gave Brazil the lead with his fourth goal of the competition. It was a fitting exclamation mark at the end of what might have been the best World Cup.

Source: Bangkok Post June 13, 2020 01:30 UTC