Date: 24-06-1978
Stage: 3rd place final
Place: BUENOS AIRES
Running time: 98 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : english/portuguese/italian
My rating: ***
Notes: extra
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 24 June 1978, 16:00
Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 76,000
Meteo: Clear, mild, 17°C
BRAZIL
Leão
Toninho
Oscar
Amaral
Rodrigues Neto
Gil
Cerezo
Dirceu
Zico
Roberto Dinamite
Jorge Mendonça
Coach: Cláudio Coutinho (BRA)
ITALY
Dino Zoff (c)
Antonio Cabrini
Antonello Cuccureddu
Claudio Gentile
Gaetano Scirea
Romeo Benetti
Marco Tardelli
Renato Zaccarelli
Franco Causio
Roberto Bettega
Paolo Rossi
Coach: Enzo Bearzot (ITA)
Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (BRA)
Goals:
38′ Franco Causio, ITA
64′ Nelinho, BRA
71′ Dirceu, BRA
Match overview
Brazil came from behind to defeat Italy 2-1 in the third-place play-off. Causio gave Italy the lead, but second-half goals from Nelinho and Dirceu secured the win for Brazil.
Trivia
This was Brazil’s best finish since their 1970 World Cup triumph. Italy finished fourth for the second time in their history.
