
Brazil Exorcises ‘El Fantasma del 50′
Brazilians are still haunted by the 1950 World Cup final defeat to neighbours Uruguay – a game that became known as the Maracanazo – the Maracana blow. Last November Puma, kit suppliers to ‘Los Charrúas,’ sent the Ghost of 1950 to Rio de Janeiro to remind the natives. Now Brazil has responded.