Brazil's National Team Disappointed For Failing At The 1950 World Cup

The momentum of Brazil's goalkeeper, Moacir Barbosa, who failed to anticipate Alcides Ghiggia's goal in the 1950 World Cup final. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - Brazil was once the host of the 1950 World Cup. The Samba soccer national team did not want to waste the opportunity. They try to prove that the world trophy is not going anywhere. Alias lives in Brazil.

That optimism spread everywhere. The elements of the big celebration have been prepared. Far from being burned. Brazil was humiliated by Uruguay in the final and became a disgrace. The Brazilian side also criticized all the national team players. They were considered embarrassing, especially the goalkeeper, Moacir Barbosa.

No one has been able to stem the happiness of Brazilians because their country is hosting the 1950 World Cup. The Brazilian side seemed to forget while the poverty was rampant. They consider the World Cup to be the people's side and not the time to love themselves.

The happiness of the Brazilian people is increasingly complete with the presence of a new stadium that is the pride of the Land of Samba. Maracana Stadium, his name. Brazilians believe their country will win world-class football celebrations.

The concoction of coach Flavio Silva is considered a guarantee for the Brazilian national team to lift the trophy. The 1950 World Cup started. The journey of the national team was smooth. Brazil was only held to a draw by Switzerland in the group stage. Brazil also advanced confidently as group one champion.

The final format is known as theround-robin. A tournament format when each football national team competes with all participants. Brazil will also face each other group winners: Spain, Sweden, and Uruguay.

Sweden and Spain were able to be crushed by a big score. Brazil won Sweden 7-1, Brazil won also from Spain 6-1. The two wins brought Brazil to the top of the standings. While his opponent Uruguay was in second place with one win, one draw.

Brazil is confident that they will win the decisive match against Uruguay. Local media have actually reported Brazil as the winner. Moreover, the striker of Brazil's mainstay Ademir Marques de Menezes became the top scorer with eight goals.

The Brazilian side began preparing the invitation for the party. The Maracana Stadium was even more crowded. The day we had been waiting for arrived on July 16, 1950. The Brazilian national team is confident that they will win. They dominated the game with a goal from Friaca in the second half of 47 minutes. Brazil won 0-1.

However, Uruguay with his mainstay players Alberto Schiafino, Alcides Ghiggia, and Obdulio Varela played hard. They didn't want to go home with a gloomy face down. The result was brilliant. Uruguay was able to score two goals against Brazil.

Juan Schiaffino scored each in the 66th minute, and Alcides Ghiggia in the 79th minute. The final score is 2-1. Uruguay was chosen as the winner of the 1950 World Cup. The security brought floods of tears and heart attacks in Brazil. The defeat tragedy is known as Maracanazo (Marcana Show).

The 1950 World Cup is over. For Brazil, it's all over. Uruguay players took turns hugging referee Reader. FIFA president Jules Rimet was escorted to the pitch by hysterical crying police. Jules let the Uruguay captain and the best player in the game, Varela lifted the trophy, although he was advised not to lift it.

Varela was satisfied with going on drinking in Rio that night. he felt like the king of Uruguay, the king of Brazil, the king of the world. No samba dance was done in Brazil. Elsewhere in Rio, there was a suicide case. This country, almost like one unit, surrendered to the fact that they would not win a world trophy in their hometown, "explained Scott Murray in his writing on the page of The Guardian entitled World Cup Stuck Moments: Uruguay's 1950 Triumph in Brazil (2018).

The defeat was very painful for the whole of Brazil. Moreover, the defeat was experienced in the final and in the country itself as well. Laughter happy as if it were a rare thing in Brazil. The Brazilian people cannot forget the embarrassing defeat they experienced in their national team pride.

Feeling proud to finally turn into hate. Defeat is indeed the most legitimate reason to condemn those who are considered guilty. The entire national team squad was criticized by the whole of Brazil. They are seen as a disgrace to the country.

However, the harshest condemnation was directed at Brazil's goalkeeper, Moacir Barbosa. Barbosa is considered a person responsible for Brazil's failure to win the World Cup. Barbosa, who failed to anticipate Alcides Ghiggia's goal, was constantly blamed for being ostracized.

Barbosa's life wasrated. His career was not brilliant. His life fell to its lowest point. He suspected that the heartache of the brasil people in him lasted decades. If a prisoner in Brazil is sentenced to a maximum of 30 years in prison, then he feels punished by Brazilians for 50 years.

His life began to be haunted by guilt. He was unable to move freely. The smell of hatred is present throughout Brazil. The criticism of the Brazil squad, especially Barbosa, is proof that football for Brazilians is not just a game, football is life itself.

Barbosa is not too much about his 50-year sentence. In fact, it is quite appropriate to say that he, even though he has never been jailed, has suffered more than any inmate in the world. Even though he only really retired from football at the age of 42, Barbosa's career has never returned to its original level.

"He then went through the next 20 years working as an administrative officer at the Maracana Stadium. Since the defeat in Maracana, Barbosa had to fill the day before his death - until his death - was forgotten, underestimated, hated, and exiled by almost the whole country," said Owen A. McBall in the book Football Villains (2010).