Everywhere has its irremediable national catastrophe, for example Hiroshima in Japan. It was Brazilian journalist, Nelson Rodrigues who wrote that "Our Hiroshima was the defeat by Uruguay in 1950". Nelson recorded possibly the biggest upset in international football history, a match that still scars Brazilians! Despite Uruguayan, player Julio Perez, wetting himself during the National Anthem, his team pulled off a stunning victory 2-1 on Brazilian "soil". Goalkeeper, Moacyr Barbosa, was blamed for the defeat. Before he died, penniless in 2000, he hemarked "Under Brazilian Law, the maximum sentence is 30 years, but my imprisonment has been fifty!"
The two South American rivals met again on this day in 1989 in the Final of the Copa America. Brazil was going through a 19 year Trophy drought but Romario scored the winner in this grudge match to end Brazil's barren run and exact a slice of revenge over Uruguay in the process.
Brazil won their fourth Copa America and the first since 1949, by beating Uruguay in the final match at the Estadio do Maracana. This achievement ended a 19-year streak without official titles for the Brazilian team. The last one had been in the 1970 World Cup. So, Brazil was victorious in the Copa América after a 40-year hiatus, and this achievement ended Brazil's 19-year streak without an official championship since the 1970 World Cup.
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