filbertway Posted 6 July 2006 Posted 6 July 2006 Who is this person, I was thinking pele but I don't know.
davieG Posted 6 July 2006 Posted 6 July 2006 Who is this person, I was thinking pele but I don't know. Pele 58, 62, 70
Ultra Posted 6 July 2006 Posted 6 July 2006 Cafu (1994, 1998, 2002) Pele was injured and missed the 1962 final.
davieG Posted 6 July 2006 Posted 6 July 2006 Cafu (1994, 1998, 2002)Pele was injured and missed the 1962 final. You are correct of course, I'd forgotten that being so focussed on his being literally kicked out of the 66 finals Edited to say by Portugal coincidently, I think. Although now I've messed up the 62 final perhaps I've got this wrong as well Edit 2, to say I've just found this on google The year of England's greatest football triumph saw Brazil lose their first World Cup match for 12 years and then they crashed out of the tournament in the first round as Pele was literally kicked off the park by the butchers of Portugal. Brazil played just three games in the 1966 World Cup, all of them at Everton's Goodison Park. They got off to a reasonable start beating Bulgaria 2-0, Pele scoring from a free kick. But in the second game, with Pele missing through injury, they were given a football lesson by the mighty Magyars of Hungary, going down 3-1. Pele was back for the crucial tie with Portugal, but it was soon obvious he was far from full fitness. Brazil had made seven changes after that shock defeat by Hungary, but it made no difference as Portugal quickly let it be known they were taking no prisoners. Morais cynically chopped down Pele in brutal fashion and was amazingly allowed to stay on the pitch by English referee George McCabe. Pele was forced off and, though Brazil were merely a shadow of the sides that had ruled the world, football won few friends by the manner of Portugal's 3-1 victory.
Ultra Posted 6 July 2006 Posted 6 July 2006 The year of England's greatest football triumph saw Brazil lose their first World Cup match for 12 years and then they crashed out of the tournament in the first round as Pele was literally kicked off the park by the butchers of Portugal. Pele was back for the crucial tie with Portugal, but it was soon obvious he was far from full fitness. Brazil had made seven changes after that shock defeat by Hungary, but it made no difference as Portugal quickly let it be known they were taking no prisoners. Morais cynically chopped down Pele in brutal fashion and was amazingly allowed to stay on the pitch by English referee George McCabe. Pele was forced off and, though Brazil were merely a shadow of the sides that had ruled the world, football won few friends by the manner of Portugal's 3-1 victory. Not a lot's changed, then.. Although that Portugal side, unlike the current one, did try and play football in the later rounds.
escape2victory Posted 7 July 2006 Posted 7 July 2006 Who is this person, I was thinking pele but I don't know. David Beckham is another (1998, 2002, 2006) and he is the only player to have scored in 3 consecutive world cup finals 1998 - Columbia 2002 - Argentina 2006 - Ecuador Knowledge is the bomb
Fez of Mahrez Posted 7 July 2006 Posted 7 July 2006 David Beckham is another (1998, 2002, 2006) and he is the only player to have scored in 3 consecutive world cup finals 1998 - Columbia 2002 - Argentina 2006 - Ecuador Knowledge is the bomb World Cup final, not World Cup finals.
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