Mondiali 1950 · Maschile

Campionato del Mondo
World Cup
BRASIL 1950

Rimet Cup

Vincitore / Winner:
URUGUAY

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Il mondiale riprende dopo la pausa bellica forzata e la sede prescelta è il Brasile dato che l'Europa è ancora sconvolta dalle ferite del lungo conflitto. Per l'occasione due ingegneri italiani, Pierluigi Nervi e Cesare Valle, ideano e realizzano lo stadio più grande del mondo: il mitico Maracana. Anche qui, come alle Olimpiadi, l'ostracismo che colpisce i paesi sconfitti risparmia l'Italia. Per la prima volta invece partecipa l'Inghilterra che sarà poi mestamente eliminata dalla Spagna perdendo anche con gli USA!

Prima di partire un unico collaudo ufficioso contro una selezione svizzera vinto per 5-1 e disputato su tre tempi (!). L'Italia è ancora sconvolta per la sciagura di Superga di un anno prima e a lungo si dibatte su come debba avvenire il lungo viaggio per il Sudamerica. Alla fine a metà maggio si opta per la motonave SISES che impiegherà 15 giorni per attraversare l'Atlantico. Sulla nave non si riesce, ovviamente, a effettuare una preparazione degna di questo nome, i palloni finiscono in mare e con essi le nostre speranze di rivincere il titolo.

L'8 giugno, quando si approda a Las Palmas nelle Canarie, si svolge il primo allenamento a terra che porta agli infortuni di Lorenzi e Boniperti. Inoltre sulla motonave la vita si svolge in mezzo a cene, ricevimenti e feste varie e a questo si aggiunge il problema del mal di mare che affligge alcuni giocatori. Per il ritiro qualche furbo rifiuta l'offerta di un facoltoso "fazendeiro" italiano e si sceglie un albergo in centro a San Paolo che ospita anche un corpo di ballo argentino, costringendo i dirigenti italiani a sorvegliare i corridoi.

Inoltre il 24 giugno, vigilia di Italia-Svezia, a San Paolo si festeggia San Giovanni e per buona parte della notte i rumori impediscono di prendere sonno.

Originally, the tournament format would be that the 16 teams be divided into four first round groups (or "pools" as they were then called) of four teams, with the group winners advancing to a final group stage, playing in round-robin format to determine the winner. However, because only 13 teams competed, this left two first round groups with four teams, another with three teams, and the last group with only two teams.

The draw took place in Rio de Janeiro, on 22-05-1950.[2] In fact, the entire tournament was arranged in such a way that the four first round groups had no geographical basis. Hence, several teams were obliged to cover large distances to complete their program, although Brazil was allowed to play two of its three group matches in Rio de Janeiro while its other game was in (comparatively) nearby São Paulo.

A combined Great Britain team had recently beaten the rest of Europe 6-1 in an exhibition match and England went into the competition as one of the favourites. However, it was not to be, as they went crashing out in a shocking 1-0 defeat by the United States (when the score appeared in English newspapers, many thought it was a misprint) which, combined with their 1-0 defeat by Spain, led to England being eliminated.

The final group stage involved the teams who won their groups: Brazil, Spain, Sweden, and 1930 FIFA World Cup champions Uruguay, who were making their first World Cup appearance since winning the inaugural tournament. The World Cup winner would be the team that managed to finish on top of this group. The final group's six matches were shared between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Brazil played all its final group matches at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio while the games that didn't involve the host nation were played in São Paulo.

Brazil won their first two matches with a 7-1 thrashing of Sweden and 6-1 rout of Spain. Before the decisive match, Brazil was sitting on top of the final group and had one game left to play against Uruguay, in second and only a point behind. On July 16, before a huge home crowd of 199,954 (some estimated as 205,000) in the Estádio do Maracanã, the host nation only had to draw against Uruguay and the trophy would be theirs.

After such crushing victories over Spain and Sweden, it looked certain they would take the title, especially as the home nation went ahead in the second minute of the second half, thanks to a goal from Friaça. However, Uruguay equalised and then with just over 11 minutes left to play, went ahead 2-1 when Alcides Ghiggia squeaked a goal past Moacyr Barbosa, and Uruguay was crowned World Cup winners for a second time. This stunning defeat of Brazil is referred to as the Maracanazo.

The average attendance of nearly 61,000 per game, aided greatly by eight matches (including five featuring hosts Brazil) held in the newly-built Maracanã, set a record that would not be broken until 1994. Not counting the Maracanã matches, the average attendance was a still-impressive 37,500. However, the only venues that saw crowds comparable to or greater than those in recent World Cups were the Maracanã and São Paulo. Other venues saw considerably smaller crowds.

ITALIA 1950
C.T.: Novo, Bardelli, Copernico e Biancone

• Portieri / Goalkeepers: Lucidio Sentimenti (Lazio), Giuseppe Moro (Torino), Giuseppe Casari (Atalanta)
• Difensori / Defenders: Ivano Blason (Triestina), Attilio Giovannini (Inter), Zeffiro Furiassi (Lazio), Carlo Parola (Juventus), Leandro Remondini (Lazio), Omero Tognon (Milan)
• Centrocampisti / Midfielders: Carlo Annovazzi (Milan), Osvaldo Fattori (Inter), Auguso Magli (Fiorentina), Giacomo Mari (Juventus), Giampiero Boniperti (Juventus), Aldo Campatelli (Inter), Egisto Pandolfini (Fiorentina)
• Attaccanti / Forwards: Amedeo Amadei (Inter), Gino Cappello (Bologna), Emilio Caprile (Atalanta), Riccardo Carapellese (Torino) , Benito Lorenzi (Inter), Ermes Muccinelli (Juventus)

1° Turno / 1st Round GRUPPO/GROUP 1 24-06-1950, Rio de Janeiro
Brasile-Messico 4-0
32’ Ademir, 66’ Jair, 72’ Baltazar, 81’ Ademir
25-06-1950, Belo Horizonte
Jugoslavia-Svizzera 3-0
58’ Mitic, 64’ Tomasevic, 82’ Ognjanov
28-06-1950, San Paolo
Brasile-Svizzera 2-2
2’ Alfredo (B), 16’ Fatton (S), 31’ Baltazar (B), 88’ Fatton (S)
29-06-1950, Porto Alegre
Jugoslavia-Messico 4-1
19’ Bobek (J), 22’ e 62’ Ciaikovski II (J), 81’ Tomasevic (J), 88’ Velazquez (M) rig.
01-07-1950, Rio de Janeiro
Brasile-Jugoslavia 2-0
3’ Ademir, 69’ Zizinho
02-07-1950, Porto Alegre
Svizzera-Messico 2-1
12’ Bader (S), 45’ Tamini (S), 88’ Casarin (M) GRUPPO/GROUP 2 25-06-1950, Porto Alegre
Inghilterra-Cile 2-0
37’ Mortensen, 52’ Finney
25-06-1950, Curitiba
Spagna-USA 3-1
18’ J. Souza (St), 80’ Basora (S), 85’ Zarra (S)
29-06-1950, Rio de Janeiro
Spagna-Cile 2-0
19’ e 35’ Zarra
29-06-1950, Belo Horizonte
USA-Inghilterra 1-0
39’ Gaetjens
02-07-1950, Rio de Janeiro
Spagna-Inghilterra 1-0
49’ Zarra
02-07-1950, Recife
Cile-USA 5-2
20’ Robledo (C), 32’ Riera (C), 46’ Wallace (S), 49’ E. Souza (S) rig, 54’ Cremaschi (C), 60’ Prieto (C), 82’ Cremaschi (C) GRUPPO/GROUP 3 25-06-1950, San Paolo
Svezia- Italia 3-2
7’ Carapellese (I), 25’ Jeppson (S), 33’ Andersson (S), 68’ Jeppson (S), 75’ Muccinelli (I)
29-06-1950, Curitiba
Svezia-Paraguay 2-2
23’ Sundqvist (S), 25’ Palmer (S), 35’ e 80’ Lopez (P)
02-07-1950, San Paolo
Italia-Paraguay 2-0
12’ Carapellese, 62’ Pandolfini GRUPPO/GROUP 4 02-07-1950, Belo Horizonte
Uruguay-Bolivia 8-0
14’ Schiaffino, 18’ Vidal, 23’, 45’, 56’ e 59’ Schiaffino, 73’ Perez, 83’ Ghiggia

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Girone Finale / Final Round 09-07-1950, Rio de Janeiro
Brasile-Svezia 7-1
17’, 36’ Ademir (B), 39’ Chico (B), 52’ e 54’ Ademir (B), 67’ Andersson (S) rig, 85’ Maneca, 88’ Chico
09-07-1950, San Paolo
Spagna-Uruguay 2-2
29’ Ghiggia (U), 32’ e 39’ Basora (S), 73’ Varela (U)
13-07-1950, Rio de Janeiro
Brasile-Spagna 6-1
15’ Ademir (B), 21’ Jair (B), 31’ e 55’ Chico (B), 57’ Ademir (B), 67’ Zizinho (B), 71’ Igoa (S)
13-07-1950, San Paolo
Uruguay-Svezia 3-2
5’ Palmer (S), 39’ Ghiggia (U), 40’ Sundqvist (S), 77’ e 85’ Miguez (U)
16-07-1950, San Paolo
Svezia-Spagna 3-1
15’ Sundqvist (Sv), 33’ Mellberg (Sv), 80’ Palmer (Sv), 82’ Zarra (Sp)
16-07-1950, Rio de Janeiro
Uruguay-Brasile 2-1
47’ Friaça (B), 66’ Schiaffino (U), 79’ Ghiggia (U)

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Finale / Final 16-07-1950, Rio de Janeiro
(Maracanã)
Uruguay-Brasile 2-1
goal: 47’ Friaça, 66’ Schiaffino, 79’ Ghiggia
Uruguay: Maspoli, M. Gonzales, Tejera, Gambetta, Varela, Rodriguez Andrade, Ghiggia, Perez, Miguez, Schiaffino, Moran
Brasile: Barbosa, Augusto, Juvenal, Bauer, Danilo, Bigode, Friaça, Zizinho, Ademir, Jair, Chico
Arbitro: Reader (Inghilterra)

MARCATORI / TOP SCORER

9 goal: Ademir (Brasile); 6 goal: Schiaffino (Uruguay); 5 goal: Zarra (Spagna); 4 goal: Chico (Brasile), Basora (Spagna), Ghiggia (Uruguay); 3 goal: Palmer e Sundqvist (Svezia); 2 goal: Baltazar, Jair e Zizinho (Brasile), Cremaschi (Cile), Carapellese (Italia), Ciaikovski II e Tomasevic (Jugoslavia), Lopez (Paraguay), Andersson e Jeppson (Svezia), Fatton (Svizzera), Miguez (Uruguay); 1 goal: Alfredo, Friaça e Maneca (Brasile), Prieto, Riera e Robledo (Cile), Finney e Mortensen (Inghilterra), Muccinelli e Pandolfini (Italia), Bobek, Mitic e Ognjanov (Jugoslavia), Casarin e Velazquez (Messico, Igoa (Spagna), Mellberg (Svezia), Bader e Tamini (Svizzera), Varela, Perez e Vidal (Uruguay), Gaetjens, E.

Souza, J. Souza e Wallace (USA)