Matt Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Considering that there's the Masters to look forward to in July, there's not a lot happening in-between - so we're going back in time to have a look at a World Cup Tournament we can relive day-by-day.... The 1970 World Cup is now remembered as a classic - but, as usual, the tournament was preceded by disputes over the organisation of the event. This World Cup was the first one to be televised in colour. However, to fit into the European viewing schedules, some matches kicked off at noon. This was an unpopular decision with many players and managers because of the intense heat in Mexico at that time of day.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 tournament format. There were no seeds, instead the organizers formed geographical ‘sections’ from which the four groups were drawn in Mexico City, on 10 January 1970.The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals. However, for the first time in the World Cup finals, teams level on points at the end of the group stage were separated by goal difference (replacing play-offs and goal average) and where two or more teams had equal goal difference, by the drawing of lots. If a quarter-final or semi-final match resulted in a draw after extra time the referee would have drawn the name of the team to progress to the next round out of a hat. Controversy surrounded the world cup before a ball was even kicked. For England, the build-up to the tournament took a bizarre turn when their captain was accused of theft. While England were in Colombia for a pre-tournament friendly, Bobby Moore was arrested for allegedly stealing a bracelet from a jeweller's shop. He was released on bail to allow him to appear in the World Cup finals, and the charges were later quietly dropped. Teams: Group 1: Belgium, El Salvador, Mexico, USSR Group 2: Israel, Italy, Uruguay, Sweden Group 3: Brazil, Czecholsovakia, England, Romania Group 4: Bulgaria, Morocco, Peru, West Germany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 31 May 1970 12:00. Mexico 0 – 0 USSR Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 107,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 2 June 1970 16:00 Uruguay 2 – 0 Israel URU: Maneiro 23' URU: Mujica 50' Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Bob Davidson (Scotland) 16:00 England 1 – 0 Romania ENG: Hurst 65' Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 50,560 Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium) 16:00 Peru 3 – 2 Bulgaria BUL: Dermendzhiev 13' BUL: Bonev Scored 49' PER: Gallardo 50' PER: Chumpitaz 55' PER: Cubillas 73' Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance: 13,765 Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 3 June 1970 16:00 Belgium 3 – 0 El Salvador Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 92,000 Referee: Andrei Rădulescu (Romania) BEL: Van Moer(2) 12' 54' BEL: Lambert 76' (pen.) 16:00 Italy 1 – 0 Sweden Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Jack Taylor (England) ITA: Domenghini 10' 16:00 Brazil 4 – 1 Czechoslovakia Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 52,897 Referee: Ramon Barreto (Uruguay) CZE: Petráš 11' BRA: Rivelino 24' BRA: Pelé 59' BRA: Jairzinho(2) 61' 81' 16:00 West Germany 2 – 1 Morocco Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance: 12,942 Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands) MOR: Houmane 21' GER: Seeler 56' GER: Müller 78' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killens_physio Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Considering that there's the Masters to look forward to in July, there's not a lot happening in-between - so we're going back in time to have a look at a World Cup Tournament we can relive day-by-day.... The 1970 World Cup is now remembered as a classic - but, as usual, the tournament was preceded by disputes over the organisation of the event. This World Cup was the first one to be televised in colour. However, to fit into the European viewing schedules, some matches kicked off at noon. This was an unpopular decision with many players and managers because of the intense heat in Mexico at that time of day.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 tournament format. There were no seeds, instead the organizers formed geographical ‘sections’ from which the four groups were drawn in Mexico City, on 10 January 1970.The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals. However, for the first time in the World Cup finals, teams level on points at the end of the group stage were separated by goal difference (replacing play-offs and goal average) and where two or more teams had equal goal difference, by the drawing of lots. If a quarter-final or semi-final match resulted in a draw after extra time the referee would have drawn the name of the team to progress to the next round out of a hat. Controversy surrounded the world cup before a ball was even kicked. For England, the build-up to the tournament took a bizarre turn when their captain was accused of theft. While England were in Colombia for a pre-tournament friendly, Bobby Moore was arrested for allegedly stealing a bracelet from a jeweller's shop. He was released on bail to allow him to appear in the World Cup finals, and the charges were later quietly dropped. Teams: Group 1: Belgium, El Salvador, Mexico, USSR Group 2: Israel, Italy, Uruguay, Sweden Group 3: Brazil, Czecholsovakia, England, Romania Group 4: Bulgaria, Morocco, Peru, West Germany I dont think any team will ever be as good for individual skill, flair and entertainment as Brazil in this era. 1970 was pretty much the end of their golden generation of players with the likes of Pele, Carlos Alberto, Jairzinho, Tostao, Gerson and Rivelino and a bit earlier Garrincha. It makes me embarrased nowadays when the media refer to our current crop of players ie the Beckham's, Rooney's, Gerrard's etc as the golden generation. Professional footballers now arent even fit to lace the boots of some of the players of that era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creepy Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 he scored in every round didnt he Jairzinho? or was that 74? greatest save of all time gordon banks IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 6 June 1970 16:00 USSR 4 – 1 Belgium USR: Byshovets 14'63' USR: Asatiani 57' USR: Byshovets 63' USR: Khmelnitsky 76' BEL: Lambert 86' Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) 16:00 Uruguay 0 – 0 Italy Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany) 16:00 Romania 2 – 1 Czechoslovakia CZE: Petráš 5' ROM: Neagu 52' ROM: Dumitrache 75' (pen.) Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 56,818 Referee: Diego De Leo (Mexico) 16:00 Peru 3 – 0 Morocco PER: Cubillas 65'75' PER: Challe 67' PER: Cubillas 75' Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance: 13,537 Referee: Tofik Bakhramov (USSR) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 7, 2009 Author Share Posted June 7, 2009 7 June 1970 12:00 Mexico 4 – 0 El Salvador MEX: Valdivia(2) 45' 46' MEX: Fragoso 58' MEX: Basaguren 83' Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 103,000 Referee: Ali Kandil (Egypt) 12:00 Brazil 1 – 0 England BRA: Jairzinho 59' Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 66,834 Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel) 12:00 Israel 1 – 1 Sweden SWE: Turesson 53' ISR: Spiegler 56' Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia) 12:00 West Germany 5 – 2 Bulgaria Estadio Nou Camp, León BUL: Nikodimov 12' FRG: Libuda 20' FRG: Müller 52' FRG: Seeler 67' FRG: Müller 88' BUL: Kolev 89' Attendance: 12,710 Referee: Ortíz de Mendibil (Spain) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 10 June 1970 USSR 2 – 0 El Salvador Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 89,000 Referee: Rafael Hormazábal Díaz (Chile) USR: Byshovets(2) 51' 74' Sweden 1 – 0 Uruguay SWE: Grahn 90' Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Henry Landauer (United States) Brazil 3 – 2 Romania Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 50,804 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) BRA: Pelé 19' 67' BRA: Jairzinho 22' ROM: Dumitrache 34' BRA: Pelé 67' ROM: Dembrovschi 84' West Germany 3 – 1 Peru Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance: 17,875 Referee: Abel Aguilar Elizalde (Mexico) FRG: Müller(3) 19' 26' 39' PER: CubillaS 44' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 11 June 1970 Morocco 1 – 1 Bulgaria BUL: Zhechev 40' MOR: Ghazouani 61' Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance: 12,299 Referee: Antonio Ribeiro Saldanha (Portugal) England 1 – 0 Czechoslovakia ENG: Clarke 50' (pen.) Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 49,262 Referee: Roger Machin (France) Italy 0 – 0 Israel Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Antonio De Moraes (Brazil) Mexico 1 – 0 Belgium MEX: Peña 14' (pen.) Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 105,000 Referee: Angel Norberto Coerezza (Argentina) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matt Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Quarter-finals 14 June 1970 West Germany 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) England Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance: 23,357 Referee: Angel Norberto Coerezza (Argentina) Mullery 31' Peters 49' Beckenbauer 68' Seeler 76' Müller 108' Brazil 4 – 2 Peru Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 54,270 Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium) BRA: Rivelino 11' BRA: Tostão 15' PER: Gallardo 28' BRA: Tostão 52' BRA: Jairzinho 75' PER: Cubillas 70' Italy 4 – 1 Mexico Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca Attendance: 26,851 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) MEX: González 13' ITA: Peña 25' (o.g.) ITA: Riva 63' ITA: Rivera 70' ITA: Riva 76' Uruguay 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) USSR Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 24,550 Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands) URU: Espárrago 116' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 he scored in every round didnt he Jairzinho? or was that 74? greatest save of all time gordon banks IMO Thats correct the first player to score in every round of the world cup and I think still the only player to achieve that feat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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