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FIFA World Cup · Final round decisive match · 16 July 1950

Ghiggia, the Maracanã Falls Silent

Uruguay 2–1 Brazil · Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Eleven minutes left, and Ghiggia silenced 173,850.

Brazil needed only a draw and went ahead early in the second half. Varela slowed the game and Ghiggia ran the right wing, setting up Schiaffino's equaliser. Then, with 11 minutes left, Ghiggia beat Barbosa at his near post to win the Cup.

Alcides Ghiggia scoring Uruguay's second goal against Brazil at the Maracanã, 16 July 1950: the match itself
Photo: Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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