Date: 10-06-1970
Stage: first round
Place: GUADALAJARA
Running time: 98 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: english/spanish/romanian/portuguese
My rating: ***
Notes: Jairzinho,Tostao,Pelè, Lucescu,Dumitrache
MATCH SUMMARY
Wednesday, 10 June 1970, 16:00
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 50,804
Meteo: Warm, partly cloudy, 28°C
BRAZIL
Félix
Carlos Alberto (c)
Brito
Piazza
Everaldo
Clodoaldo
Fontana
Jairzinho
Tostão
Pelé
Caju
Coach: Mário Zagallo (BRA)
60′ ↓Everaldo ↑Marco Antonio
74′ ↓Clodoaldo ↑Edu
ROMANIA
Stere Adamache
Lajos Sătmăreanu
Nicolae Lupescu
Cornel Dinu
Mihai Mocanu
Ion Dumitru
Radu Nunweiller
Emeric Dembrovschi
Alexandru Neagu
Florea Dumitrache
Mircea Lucescu (c)
Coach: Angelo Niculescu (ROU)
44′ Ion Dumitru
78′ Mihai Mocanu
27′ ↓Stere Adamache ↑Necula Raducanu
72′ (out) Florea Dumitrache (in) Gheorghe Tataru
Referee: Ramón Barreto Ruiz (URU)
Goals:
19′ Pelé, BRA
22′ Jairzinho, BRA
34′ Florea Dumitrache, ROU
67′ Pelé, BRA
84′ Emeric Dembrovschi, ROU
Match overview
Brazil defeated Romania 3-2 in a thrilling encounter at the Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara to secure their place in the quarter-finals. Pelé opened the scoring in the 19th minute before Jairzinho doubled Brazil’s lead three minutes later. Romania pulled one back through Florea Dumitrache in the 34th minute to make it 2-1 at halftime. Pelé restored Brazil’s two-goal advantage with his second goal in the 67th minute, but Romania never gave up and Emeric Dembrovschi scored a late goal in the 84th minute to set up a tense finish.
Trivia
This match featured some of the finest attacking football of the 1970 World Cup, with Pelé scoring twice to demonstrate why he was considered the world’s greatest player. Brazil’s victory confirmed their place as group winners and tournament favourites. Romania’s spirited performance despite the defeat showed their quality and determination throughout the group stage.
