Bit of Geography here, as I tell you about some World Cup History. Uruguay footballers won their second World Cup Final victory, on this day in 1950, hosted by "friends" Brazil. A post war party!
This fourth World Cup Finals, included a Pool One of Brazil, Yugoslavia, Switzerland and Mexico. Pool Two included England who were runners up and top Spain, Chile and the USA. Pool Three involved only three nations, Sweden (top), Italy and Paraguay.
On July 2nd, Pool Four had ONE match, in which Uruguay beat Bolivia 8-0. Uruguay did not need to play any qualifying matches, when Peru and Ecuador withdrew from Group 8. This was their only group qualifier as Scotland and Turkey had pulled out of the Final competition. It was post war and not entirely reliable or suitable for northern hemisphere nations......apparently.
England went and started well beating Chile 2-0, but then lost to the USA in their group and then Spain! 1-0 in front of over 74,000 in the Maracana, Rio de Janeiro.
Oscar Miguez, below, scored a Hat Trick in the match and proves to be Uruguay's World Cup record scorer with eight goals. He played in all four ties While Uruguay ultimately won the tournament, the match against Brazil, often referred to as the "Maracanazo," is the most famous game from that World Cup. MÃguez did not score in the final game against Brazil, but his goals in the final group stage were crucial in Uruguay reaching that match.
The Final was played as a Pool, Brazil beat Sweden 7-1 on July 3rd. The England referee, Arthur Ellis took charge, his biggest achievement, apart from "adjudicating" BBC TV's, It's a Knockout! Spain and Uruguay drew 2-2. Brazil thumped Spain 6-1 at the Maracana in front of over 152,000. Uruguay then beat Sweden 3-2 (7,987 watched this!) Sweden beat Spain 3-1 and Uruguay beat Brazil 2-1 (att:199,854) at the Maracana. So: Uruguay 5pts 1st, Brazil 4pts 2nd, Sweden 2pts 3rd, Spain 1pt 4th.
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