Date: 21-06-1978
Stage: second round
Place: MENDOZA
Running time: 103 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 (9)
Commentary: english
My rating: ***
Notes: Leao,Cerezo,Zico,Dirceu, Deyna,Lato,Szarmach,Boniek
MATCH SUMMARY
Wednesday, 21 June 1978, 16:45
Park General San Martin
Attendance: 39,586
Meteo: Clear, cool, 14°C
BRAZIL
Leão (c)
Amaral
Nelinho
Oscar
Toninho
Batista
Dirceu
Toninho Cerezo
Zico
Gil
Roberto Dinamite
Coach: Claudio Coutinho (BRA)
Jorge Pinto Mendonca
Toninho
7′ ↓Zico ↑Jorge Pinto Mendonca
77′ ↓Toninho Cerezo ↑Rivellino
POLAND
Zygmunt Kukla
Jerzy Gorgon
Henryk Maculewicz
Antoni Szymanowski
Wladyslaw Zmuda
Zbigniew Boniek
Henryk Kasperczak
Adam Nawalka
Kazimierz Deyna (c)
Grzegorz Lato
Andrzej Szarmach
Coach: Jacek Gmoch (POL)
64′ ↓Henryk Kasperczak ↑Wlodzimierz Lubanski
Referee: Juan Ambrosio Silvagno (CHI)
Goals:
13′ Nelinho BRA
45′ Grzegorz Lato POL
57′ Roberto Dinamite BRA
62′ Roberto Dinamite BRA
Match overview
Brazil dominated Poland 3-1 in a crucial second-round match to keep their World Cup hopes alive. Nelinho opened the scoring with a spectacular free-kick, but Lato equalized just before half-time. Roberto Dinamite then struck twice in the second half to secure Brazil’s victory and eliminate Poland from the tournament despite their impressive campaign.
Trivia
Roberto Dinamite’s double marked him as one of Brazil’s key players in the 1978 World Cup, while Nelinho’s opening goal was remembered as one of the tournament’s finest free-kicks. Poland’s elimination ended their remarkable run that had seen them finish third in the previous World Cup in Germany four years earlier.
