" Welcome back to the 1958 world cup thegreatestsportingevent on earth." "Weareliveingothenburg, only moments away from thestartof thefinalmatch of group 4" "Brazilversus the Soviet union." " It's so much more than just a game for Brazil." "Andwithalltheirlosses in the last decade thecountry'sspirit has been just crushed." "We've even seen some Brazilian fans committing suicide byjumpingfromthe upper tiers of the stadium." " But let's be honest, the Soviets are the reigning olympicchampions and Brazil, I mean" "Brazilshouldbe counting their blessings theyevenqualified for the world cup." " Brazilians are about to enter a stadium filledwithEuropeans all rooting against them." "Theydon'tstandachance." "They'reyoung, they're unorthodox theygotno discipline, and they're mixed race to boot." " It's just sad really and now with all their player injuries theyareforcedtoplay  a 17-year-old reserve." "Youalmosthave to feel sorry for Brazil." " Lack of confidence has been a real problem for the Brazilians andstartinga17-year-old is hardly the answer." "Infact,reports from the locker room say theteenagerwassick to his stomach uponlearning he would be starting." "Notexactlytheconfidence boost Brazil was hoping for." " The 1958 world cup in Sweden." "It'sBrazilversus the Soviet union, theworldcupdebutfor 17-year-old edson nascimento theyoungestplayertoever  play in the tournament." "Andullevistadium is absolutely booming 50,000screamingfans." "Millionsmoretuningin from around the world." "Inonlyafew moments, it will be up to this youngster andhissouthAmerican brothers to keep theirnation'shopes and dreams alive." " Today, July 16th, 1950 perhaps the most important day in our lifetimes for only in a few hours' time, 11 of Brazil's gracefulwarriors will play right here in Rio de Janeiro atthenewly-built maracana stadium." "Brazilistiedtowin and the whole city has been shutdownto prepare for celebrations ona scaleneverbeforeseen ." " Come on, dico, let's play!" " Yeah, come on, dico." " I'm done shining' shoes!" " We need a new ball!" " Today's world cup finals!" "Webringyouthe even bigger big event you'veallbeenwaitingfor!" "Welcome, senhoras e senhores to the famous rubens arruda street stadium!" " Today's very important game." " Keepy uppy." "No, bounce!" " Keepy uppy!" " Over the roof." " I got this." " I got it!" "Come on!" " Keep away!" " Come on, guys." " Get out of here." " Dico!" " Ah, zoca!" " It was a bad pass and dico tripped." "Andthesunwas inmyeyes." "Nofair!" " Hmm." " I finished shining shoes and was walking zoca home when he slipped and fell in the river." " But you were playing football!" " You should know better." "You both go change and get back to shining shoes." " But, mom, what about the world cup?" "!" " Don't even think about it." " The score is still tied 1-1!" "Thecrowdin hereisnow chanting, "Brazil must win!"" "AndherecomesBrazilnow givingiteverything they've got." " Go, go, just one, go." " " " Here with a header!" "80minutesin , the match is still tied 1-1." "Over 200,000 fans now on their feet, crammed into every seat." "Someeagerfansare even watching from their roof." "And Uruguay's Ruben moran now lines up for the quarter kick." "Hereitis ." "Uruguay shoots!" " Dico, dico, what's the score?" " Still 1-1." "Final minutes." " He said still tied 1-1." " The match is winding down." "Fofinho." " Hey, guys!" "What's the score?" " Shh!" " Get lost, zoca." " I'll tell ma you were here, listening to the world cup." " Okay, just stay quiet." " He shoots and it's goal!" "Uruguay moves ahead." " What happened, dico?" "What happened?" "Did we score?" " Score against Brazil. 2-1." " And now suddenly all the pressure is on Brazil." " Ugh!" " Come on, Brazil." " He's driving the ball forward as fast as he can!" "Oh, no!" "Thefinalwhistle." "We are defeated 2 1." "Brazilhaslost the 1950 world." "All200,000fans havefallen into a deafening silence." " Come on, guys, let's go." "I thought we were gonna win." " I'll win a world cup for Brazil, pai." "I promise." " If you're smart, dico." "You listen to your mother." "You focus on school and avoid the football like the plague." " Yes, I get it." "Football is romantic." "I should know." "I met your father at a game." "5goalshe scored with his head that day." "Hmm." "Then we got married and I told him if he was so good with his head, he wouldn't play football." "Theypaidhimnothing and dropped him assoonas he hurthis knee." "No insurance, no severance." "You think your father wanted to be a janitor?" "Spendtherestofhislife scrubbing toilets?" " Celeste!" " Coming!" "Now, dico, can I trust you to finish this so I can hang the wash?" " The bauru youth club?" "Man,thattournament's for street kids." "Why bother?" " 'Cause de brito's gonna be at the final." " Waldemar de brito, the scouts?" " Yeah, it says here he's looking for players fortheSantosfootballclub ." "Puxa!" "Once he sees me play like di Stefano!" "I'm going pro, baby." "Waittillhe seesme play like puskas." " And I'll be like mazzola!" " And I'll be like pele!" " Who the heck's "pele"?" " The goalkeeper for vasco." " Bile, imbecil!" "His name's bile!" " What idiot would think bile's name was pele?" " We can call this boy pele." " Hey, pele, stop this shot!" " Senhor Jose, I'm sorry for my son." " Me?" "But he just -- - shh, dico." "Shut your mouth." "I won't bring him again." " Hmm." " "Copa da juventude de bauru."" " A tournament?" "Are you crazy?" "You promised Mae you'd be shining shoes!" " Na!" "Zoca!" " Maybe he's right, dico." "What if your mom finds out?" " Hey, come on." "Let's show these snobby riquinhos how we play." " Fine, but I'm out." "Idon'twantMae tokill me." "I'm innocent!" " Come on, let's do this!" " Welcome to round 1 of the bauru youth club." " Sign up here." " To me." "I'm open!" " Why does it go so far?" " It's full of air!" " Vai, dico, vai!" " Goal!" "1-0." " Vai, dico, vai!" " That's the match." "Andonfieldnumber1, the kings also advanced tothesecondround." " Kings!" " Sorry, they don't match." "The only thing I had were my mom's bed sheets." " Wait." "You knit these?" " Well, sewed technically." " Hey, your sewing is pretty good, Yuri." " Yeah, I use a double hem." " A little more." " I guess I could take this out a bit." " Vai!" "Shirts make me feel all trapped inside!" " Goal!" " A goal on field number 2." " Everyone's over there watching the kings." " And final seconds now on field number 1." " Goal!" "And there's the final whistle!" "Thekingswin8-0 ." "Comebacktomorrow for the finals wherethekingswill take on team number 7." " Hey, they are called "the shoeless ones!"" " We need football boots." " Boots?" "How're we gonna pay for boots?" " I got an idea." " Go!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "Throw it, under the fence!" "Thiago!" " Go, thiago!" " Ladies and gentlemen!" "Toasted!" "Salted!" "Packed with vitamins!" "Today's special!" "Buy two get a free shine!" " Free shoe shines!" "Free shoe shines!" "Whowantsashine?" " Ladies and gentlemen, step right up!" "FreshfromtheAmazon!" "Step right up!" " Peanuts!" "Peanuts!" "Peanuts here." " Wow, he scrubs floors and shines shoes!" "Hey, pele, how much for a shine?" " Don't call me that." " Or what?" " Or you've got problems." " Who?" "Fatty and his sister?" " Hey, Yuri is not a girl." " Then why is he knitting, 4 eyes?" " Sewing technically." " Throw it away." " Now.." "How much for a shine, pele?" " Your teacher did this to you?" " Uh-huh." "Is this true, zoca?" "How dare she?" "You and me are gonna have a word with that woman tomorrow after school!" " Tomorrow?" "No, I can't!" "Uh, I mean, you have work." " Celeste " "let me talk to his teacher." "You go to work." "You know.." "...when I was your age, i used to get in fights." "Especially when the older boys called me names." "But with time, I learned, a good player knows that fighting comes from insecurity." "The point is, dico if you wanna play professionally you can't be ashamed of who you are." " I couldn't believe it." "Notonlydidhekeep  the fight a secret but he knew all about the tournament." "And he even said he hoped I'd become a pro football player." " Wow, that's great, dico ." " What happened to your glasses?" " I don't want them to call me names." " Bingo!" " What?" "They're used." "And gigantic, you kidding me?" " Any other complaints?" " Senhoras e senhores , welcome to the final of the bout juventude!" "Today'smatch,thekings, led by captain Jose altafini versustheshoelessones ledbycaptainpele!" " Acalme!" "Hey!" "Acalma!" "They're just trying to get you mad." " It's working." " And please, give a warm welcome to football legend waldemar de brito!" "Heisscoutingfor  the Santos football club!" " Wow." " Teams, take the field." " Kings!" " Okay, everyone know the plan?" " When in doubt?" " Do what they do!" " Alright, boys." "May the best team win!" " Block the angle!" "Block it!" " Goal!" "Jose altafini." "Andthekings, off to a quick lead." "Thekingsup ,2-0." " Watch where you're going, thiago!" " The shoeless ones, all tripped up!" " Goal!" "The kings in perfect form!" "Abeautifulgive-and-go!" "Goal!" "Altafini6-0." " Nice moves, pele." " Hey, hey, let it go." "It's not worth it." " Acalme, dico." " Dico, what are you doing?" " I hate these boots." " Hey, dico!" " Goal!" "Goal!" "Goal!" "Goal!" "Ladiesandgentlemen, the shoeless ones!" " Freedom!" "Yeah." " Okay." " Come on, come on, no time to waste." "Let's go, let's go." "Come on, let's go." " Senhoras e senhores, hold on to your hats." "Ten minutes still on the clock in the second half." "Let'ssamba!" "My,my!" "Goal,pele!" "5minutesstillontheclock ." "G-g-goal!" "Ohmy,whatamove !" " Yuri!" " I'm over here, I'm open." " Thiago!" " Yuri!" " Caramba!" "Goal!" "The shoeless ones!" "Goalitis ." "The shoeless ones again!" "Downtoonegoal!" " Come on!" "Come on!" "Let's go!" " And that's the final whistle." "Thekingswin,6-5 ." " We should have beat those guys." " Don't worry, dico." "It's okay." " Pele!" "Pele!" " Listen." " Wow." " I bet you don't mind being called pele now!" " Hey, boys, come here." " Say cheese." " Dico, dico, dico." " Guys, I think someone wants their peanuts back." " Uh-oh." " Come back here!" " I'm gonna get you!" " This way!" " Hurry!" " Come on, guys, jump it." "Thiago!" " Thiago, come on." "Come on!" "In here." "Down there, down there." " You okay?" " I think it's sprained." " You could get outta here, you know?" " We're both getting outta here." " Just give it a minute to rest." " No, not the cave." "I mean, you could get out of here here, dico." "Whatyoudidtoday" " come on!" "It's gonna collapse!" " Help, dico!" "Help!" " Come on!" "Come on!" " I can't!" "I'm stuck!" "Help!" "No,thiago." "No!" "Thiago!" "Please!" " So we stole the peanuts to buy football boots." "But if I hadn't said we needed the stupid boots thiago wouldn't have died." "It's all my fault, Mae." "I killed him." "I killed him." " It's okay, dico." "You didn't know." " I'm gonna be good now, Mae." "I'm gonna study and do good in school." "I promise." " Shh!" "Okay." ""Waldemardebrito, football scout."" "I think it's time he'll work with you in the clinic after school." " No!" "That thing." "Just do this." "Yes." " Bloopers!" "Yuck!" " You know, when I was a kid" "I had a mango tree just like that." "I taught myself how to practice with the fruit." "Green for shooting." "Ripe for finesse." " Yuri!" "Yuri!" "Yuri, here!" " Es culpa." "Es culpa." "Ugh!" " 12 is to 4 as.." " Nice and soft." "Okay?" "Whoa!" "Soft." "Let's do it again." "Again." "Whoa!" "Whoa." "That'sit." "Acalme." "It'sokay." "Breathe." "Don'ttryso hard." "Justenjoyyourself." "Everythingelsewillcome." "Hey!" "Yes!" "Yeah." "That'sit." "Try that one." "Good." "Now this one." " It's way too high." " Do what comes natural to you." "That's alright." "It'll come." " No one can kick that high except with the header." " No, not a header." "With your feet." " Tomorrow, I'll just head something." " Yeah." " Hey, dico!" " Dico." "This is Mr. waldemar de brito." " How would you like to try out for the Santos football group?" " Thank you, Mae." "Thank you." " You've had enough, Maria." "Go help your brother try on his new pants." " Okay." "All set." " What's wrong, dico?" " I don't think i can do this, Maria." "Maybe I should just say no." " How'd you get the cake?" " An advance from senhora altafina." "How'dyouacquirethe pants?" " I took an advance for the cleaning." " But Mae bought you a cake." " Yeah, they're giving up a lot for this, aren't they?" "You're right." "We have to be strong for them now." " He's only 15, dondinho." "He's never even left bauru." " Tchan tchan tchan tchan!" " Zoca." "I'll be back before you know it, okay?" " It's time to go." " I love you guys." "Be good." " Go on, meu filho." "You go make us proud." " Stay safe, meu filho!" " Welcome to Santos!" "Eachofyouwillbeevaluated basedonyourexecution of proper form and discipline!" "Number 1 and number 2." "There's no magic in football, boys!" "Whateverprimitivestyle you played at home, forget it!" "Here,you'lllearntomaster the techniques of the best teams in Europe!" "Oh, oh, oh, oh!" "That's exactly the kind of monkey business" "I'm talking about!" "Ball on the ground!" "Ballontheground,boys !" " Okay, okay!" "Wait a minute!" "Wait a minute!" "Okay,okay,okay, back off, boys!" "Back off." "Thisisthelist for the pro team now." "Fortheproteam." "Andhere'sthelist for the junior team, boys." "Juniorteam." " Yeah!" "Whoo!" " And the youth team." "Okay, congratulations, everyone." "Welcometotheclub." "Now, shower up." "Comeon,herewego!" " "Edson 'dico' arantes do nascimento."" " Now, the side-flip is for accuracy." "Butforpower,use the instep here, with the laces out." "Notthetoe." "Lacesout." "You see what happens when you play with that primitive style?" "Welose." "WatchhowHungarybeatsus in the '54 quarter final." "Noshowmanship, no beating their mark." "They just master the formations." " Let's go, dico!" "Let's go, dico!" "Let'sgo!" " Man, let's go." "Let's go." "Comeon,dico!" "Comeon,dico!" "Comeon,dico!" "Let 'sgo!" " Let's go!" "Let'sgo,team!" " Come on!" " Laces out." "Laces out." " Come on, man." " Boy." " He never scores." " Well, well." "Leaving so soon?" " Mr. de brito?" "What are you doing here?" " I was going to ask the same of you." " I'm no good, Mr. de brito." "I can't play like the other guys." "And if I don't go back to school now" "I'll end up cleaning toilets." " Mm-hmm." "And what's wrong with that?" " Cleaning toilets?" " No." "What's wrong with not playing the way the other guys do?" " Coach says the way i play is primitive." " It is primitive." "It has a long and rich history." " Then why does coach hate it?" " Well, uh.." "...it all started in the beginning of the 16th century." " Huh?" " Come on." " If you don't wanna know, I'll -  no, no, no, Mr. de brito." "I do wanna know." "Please." "Tell me." " Okay, like I was saying it was the beginning of the 16th century." "ThePortuguesearrived to Brazil with African slaves." "Buttheafricans'will was strong." "Andmanyescaped to the jungle." "Toprotectthemselves therunawayslaves calledupontheginga." "Thefoundationof Capoeira, themartialartofwar." "Whenslavery was finally abolished thecapoeiristas came out of the jungle onlytofindthatCapoeira wasoutlawed throughout the land." "Theysawfootball as a perfect way topracticetheginga withoutbeingarrested." "Itwastheultimate form of ginga." "Andbeforelong thegingaevolved,adapted untilitwas no longer just ours." "Buttherhythm within all Brazilians." "Butbythe1950worldcup mostbelieved our ginga style wastoblamefor the loss andturnedagainst anything associated withourAfricanheritage." "And just like your coach has been trying to remove ginga from your play.." "...we've been trying to remove it from our self as a people ever since." "But the ginga is very strong in you, dico." "So you can either show us what happens when you have the courage to embrace who you truly are." "Or you can get on that train.." "...and you will never know." " Keep it moving, boys!" "Let's go!" "Come on!" "Gogetahead!" "Isaidmoveup, joao!" " Hey, hey!" "Whoa!" " Francis!" "It's yours!" "Nascimentostayback!" "Open your eyes!" "Comeon!" "Get up!" "Let's go!" "Comeon!" "Getup!" "Let's go, boy!" "Wait for the formation!" " Goal!" " Hey, kid!" "Get over here!" "What the hell was that?" " I'm sorry." " Do it again." " "Santos, cubatao, edson nascimento, 4 goals."" " You the kid that scored 4 goals?" "Zito, midfielder." "Pro team." "So, uh.." "You know what the best part of scoring 4 goals is?" "You get to run out and bring me coffee." "Ancient Santos tradition." "And put some gas into it, huh?" " The youngster, edson arantes do nascimento nicknameddico movedup to the junior team after afewunbelievablematches attheyouthlevel." "Oh!" "Whatamove!" "He passes one!" "That's another!" "Nowthroughthemiddle!" "The shot!" " Goal!" " You're not there, kid." "That'sthewronglist,dico ." "Welcometothepros." " From a kid who, as word has it, was on the verge ofbeingcut from the youth team." "Andnow,suddenly, top scorer of the pro team halfwaythroughtheseason." "Fansnowstarting to come out in hordes." "AsSantosracksupthewins,  everyone eager to watch the15-year-oldphenom and his magical style of play." "Ohmy!" "Thiskid  is something else!" "A fake!" "Anotherfake!" "Now he's back the other way!" "Heditchesoffofzito !" "Backtonascimento." "He'sgot himself into a pickle now!" "Threedefenders." "He changes direction." "No,no!" "Waitaminute!" "He's still got the ball!" "Fromoutsidethebox !" "Goal!" " Yes?" " Delivery for dona Celeste." " For me?" "There must be a mistake." " It's a gift, Mae!" " Dico!" " Dico!" " Dico!" "Dico, dico!" " Maria." " Hey!" " Hey, buddy!" " It's going to be in the kitchen." " It's going in my room because there's more space." " Don't touch the stove, Maria." " Where's the fire?" " Hey, hey, it's not a toy." " You do realize there is no gas in bauru, right?" " Don't break their hearts." "We can just use it as a table." " For you, pai!" " Hey!" "Whoa!" "Wow!" " It's a radio." " Yeah." "I know what it is." " Now you can listen to my games." " Oh, no, no, not in my house." "Listen to your games?" "Are you trying to give your mother a heart attack?" " We can listen to team Brazil invitations tomorrow!" " Don't you listen, zoca." " Aah, Mae!" " Besides, you have school and your father works." " Oh, Mae!" " Does that mean nothing to you?" " Come on, Maria." "I'm 16." "There's no way I'm making the selection." " Mm-hmm." "He's right." "No point to listen.." "...just to be disappointed." " Radio bandeirantes announces the list of invitations tothenationalselection." "22ofourverybest  pro players torepresentBrazil in the 1958 world cup andheretheyare ." "Gilmar." "Bellini." "Djalma Santos." "Didi." "Zagallo." "Garrincha." "Nilton Santos." "Orlando." "Zito." "Vava." "Castilhoandmazzola, who at 19 years old wouldbe the youngest member selected." "Butalsomakingthe list, 16-year-old dico nascimento." " What's going on out there?" "Dico?" "You look sick." "Are you okay?" " Let me get this straight." "Topscorergetscoffee?" "Theyoungestplayer gets lunch?" "And the shortest cleans the showers." " Yep." "Always the Santos traditions." " Man." "You think maybe zito was making them up?" "But, man, that's incredible." "You're playing with zito and the pro team." " It's not the same as with you guys." "I miss thiago." " Me too." " Where's fofinho?" " We robbed a store." " What?" " I got away, but fofinho got one year in jail." " Yuri." " I know." "I know." "It'sjust-- youknow how things go around here." "Hey, but I've been listening to all your games." "I still can't believe you made the selection." " You heard?" "It's pretty much the greatest thing that ever happened to us." "We're all going to be pulling for you out there." " That was a critical time for our country, meu filho." "Ever since we lost the cup in '50 we've become ashamed." "The spirit of our people is dying." "Butnowyou can change all that." "I had Yuri stitch it on for you." " Pele?" " Yeah." " But that's what those rich kids called me to make fun of me." " No." "It's what the people called you when they saw you play with ginga." "And when I saw you had something I did not." "Years ago, dico whenI firstbecame a professional footballer.." "...iwantedto play with the ginga so beautiful" "Brazilianswould erupt with pride." "But when I finally got my shot" "Iwasfilledwithdoubt." "Anditendedmycareer." " But why?" " Because I stopped believing." "Doubt can turn a beautiful ginga move into a dangerous one." "Butyouhavetobestronger than I was, dico." "When people say mean things about you and how you play you must never feel -  ashamed, pai." "I got it." "Calma." " Tickets, please!" "Rio de Janeiro!" "Stay strong, meu filho." " Hey, hey, hey, hey." "Watch this." "Watch this." "So, you're that kid that thinks he can dribble like me, huh?" "Hmm, then you've got style." "Thename'sgarrincha." " Hi." "Dico." " This is castilho." " Castilho." "Hey." " That's mauro." " Hey, mauro." "Dico." " Vava." " Hey, vava." " Uh, zito you know, right?" " Yeah." " Hey, zito." " And didi." " See you on the bench, kid." " The bench?" "But coach hasn't picked the lineups yet." " Uh, you sure about that?" " There's your competition." "Mazzola." "Good luck convincing coach to start you over him." " Wow!" "He scrubs floors and shines shoes." "Pele." "AndI 'llbelikemazzola." " It's Jose altafini." " Yeah." "But he goes by mazzola." "'Cause he says he plays just like the legendary Italian striker." " Well, my family's Italian and I was trained in that style of play." "So I am confident I will bring some of the sophistication and class some others of the team may lack." " Garrincha, do you really think your ginga style willholdup against the Europeans?" " I.." " I don't see what's so bad about ginga." " Listen!" "Listen!" "It's okay." "Silencio!" "Silencio!" "Okay,okay,listen." "Noonehere wants to relive 1950." "I can assure you that this team will be civilized both on and off the field." "We will only show our best face in Sweden." "Alright." "Let's take the photo!" "Brazilisat acrossroads." "Weeithergo down in history as the savages orweenterthe ranks of the civilized." "The president spoke those words to me this morning." "And I promised him that this team, that my team unlike those of the past would not make fools of ourselves and Brazil." "And you -- you may be 16 years old but you are now a sportsman for this great nation." "Gingastylemighthaveworked for you back in Santos but it will never hold up at an international level." " But, coach " " I don't wanna hear it!" "It won't happen again." "Sayit." " It won't happen again." " What?" "!" " It won't happen again." " Get him a haircut and some proper clothes." " According to insider reports coachfeolais struggling with his new recruits duringtheir first month of practices." "Butsincefanscalled for replacing virtually theentireteam after the disaster of 1950 andthedisgraceof' 54  thecoachwasleft with few options outsideofinexperienced and unconventional players." "Thebulkymidfielder,zito bent-leggedstriker, mane garrincha." "Andtheyoungster, dico nascimento whomadeheadlines last month for his outburst at the inaugural banquet much to the chagrin of coach feola." "TeachingBrazilians to play the same disciplined formations oftheEuropeanteams seems challenging enough." "But the coaching staff appears to also be encouraging amorerefined presentation off the field." " Why all the fuss?" " It's about changing that image." "We don't want to arrive in Sweden and have the world say, "oh, there's Brazil."" " Yes." "But you are Brazilian, aren't you?" " No." "You're not listening." "I'm-I'm talking about the way others see us and how we play." " Then how do you account for the reports oftheteamplayinglousy in practices?" " Certain players still are not up to international standards." " And you think they can be by Sweden?" " Maybe we're lousy 'cause we're not playing the way we know how." " I really hope you're not saying what I think you're saying." " I mean, what if we just didn't get it right in '50?" " All I know is that coach picks the starting lineup today." "Show him you can play the way Jose plays and you might have a shot." "But if you play with ginga " " I know, it's just my dad.." " Your dad what?" " Nothing." "Forget it." " I want to see good, clean football, boys!" "Short,sharppasses!" "You'vegotvavaonthewing!" "Crosstothewing!" "Takeitfromhim !" "Take it!" "Alrightnow!" "Spreaditout,  move!" "Here we go!" "Zito!" "Yougottablock that out!" "Keeptheballmovinghere !" "Let's go!" "Nascimento!" "No!" "No!" "What are you thinking?" " Dico!" "Dico!" " Breathe." " Dico?" "Areyouokay?" " I had a small collision." " What?" "Whatdoyoumean?" "Dico?" " It's my knee." "It'smyknee,Mae ." "Theydon'tknowwhen I can play again." " What happened?" " I should have stayed in school." "I'msosorry." "I'msosorry,Mae ." " No, dico." "Dico?" "We made that choice together." "And it was the right choice." "Your father and i love you no matter what." " Te amo, Mae." " Okay." "Let's have a look." "Deepbreaths." "Hey!" "It's still too swollen to say." "Keep ice on it for a few days." " And then he can play?" " Maybe next season." "Iamso sorry." "We'lltakeanotherlook in Sweden." "Ifhe'sgoing." " It's too late to replace him now." "Starthimon rehabilitation." " Better bag some ice for the flight." " Shh!" "Everyone quiet!" "This is it!" " In our world cup will be, Brazil." "Brazil'sstruggledimmensely with their team's image eversincetheylostin1950." "Then in '54 shamefully stormed their opponent's locker room withbrokenbottlesafter losing in the quarter-finals." "The big question now was could they remake themselves?" "Well,theybroughtin coach Vicente feola forjustthatpurpose." "And the reports we've received havereally surprised the world." "ItappearsBrazil hasn't learned their lesson." "Earlierthisweek, we heard about playersinjuringthemselves using that same untrainedstreetstyle that failed them in 1950." "Clearlyfeolawasn't man enough for the task." "Expectgroup4togo to the Soviet union, followed by " " Stockholm, the Jewel of the baltic andhome to the 1958 world cup." "Ticketqueuestretching around city blocks fortheupcominggames." "Whereteamsfrom16countries will compete for the coveted" "Julesrimettrophy." "Lasttoarriveisteam Brazil whoonlyhad to play Peru to qualify afterVenezuelainexplicably withdrew after ceding." "Practicallygiving the Brazilians afreepasstothecup." "Andthere's the French national team oneofthefavorites to win the world cup." "Butnotas favored as the home nation, Sweden." "Theretheyare!" "StarsGunnargren, Kurt hamrin, sigge parling nils liedholm, agne simonsson." "Anditseems one lucky reporter has scored an interview witheveryone's favorite left-winger lennart" nacka"skoglund." " Nacka, how's your team feeling?" " Perfect." "It is our country, our fans and our time to shine." " How about Mexico?" " Well, no team from outside Europe's ever won the cup on the European soil." "Do you really think Mexico or these misfits there will ever change that?" " Let's see what team Brazil has to say for themselves." "Itisfortunate these young athletes playwiththeirfeet." "Becauseitwouldappear the cat's got thisone'stongue." "Andstaytuned for a special report onthewondersof Swedish culture and cuisine afterthesemessages from our sponsors." " Bunch of fascists, if you ask me." "Theyevengotaking ." "Gustaf vi Adolf." "I mean, who's got a number in the middle of their name?" "Hey, hey, hey, calma." "Drink, it'll help with the pain." "Iaddedsomeofmyspecial herbs to speed up the healing." "We'llteachthatwhitedoctor todoubttheancientarts ." "The referees here keep the ball after every game." "Do you believe that?" "I'll be damned if they keep the winning ball this time." "That ball's coming home with me whether they like it or not." " The referee signals and the first match ofgroup4isunderway!" "BrazilversusAustria." "That'shollaout to right wing Walter horak" "Austria,ofcourse, not as strong astheywere4yearsago when they took bronze inthe'54cup ." " Earlier today, Brazil pulled off a surprising upset againstAustriain group4." " Gentlemen!" "Let's go out to the field." " And here in group 3, Sweden trouncing Mexico, 3 to nil." " I have to admit, itlooksalot better than I expected." "But it's still extremely weak." " So you'll clear him?" " It'll be excruciatingly painful for him." " I'll take that as a yes." " We should talk about this." " Get him on his feet." " It's too dangerous." "Even the slightest attack -  at rasunda stadium, Sweden continues to dominate witha 2-0win over Hungary today securingtheirplace in the quarterfinals." "Andingroup4, Brazil, a heavy underdog comingintothetournament managed to edge out" "Austriaintheirfirstmatch thensurvivedengland in a scoreless tie." "Thefirstwe 'veseen in world cup history." "Thematchwas a proper bloodbath leavingthreeof Brazil's starting players injured." "Joel,dinosani,and striker" "Josealtafini, nicknamed "mazzola"" "who'sleginjury will prevent him fromplayingin today'smatch against the Soviet union." " Come on, joao." " The Soviets are big and aggressive." " Easy, zoca!" " Only started one black player before today." "Buttheseinjuries will force his hand." "Andwe'vejustreceivedword  that feola will give the nod to defensive midfield reserve, zito bent-leggedrightwinger, garrincha and17-year-old edson nascimento whocomesin  to replace mazzola." "Andwhoapparentlyishimself recoveringfrom a sprained knee." " Let's go." "Pull yourself together!" "You cannot go on camera like this." "Caralho!" "Cleanyourselfup ." "Come on." "You've got to stand up straight!" "Up straight!" "Try to look older than you are for once, for god's sake." "You watch didi and zagallo for the shifts." "You'veseenmazzolarun them." "And lace your goddamn boots up!" " Hey, dico, there you are." " Listen, you must protect that knee at all costs." "It's very weak." "And don't even think about ginga." "It'stoodangerous." "Lace up your boots." "Are you trying to get yourself killed?" "Let's go." " See, the way it works is they are here to see us." "Not the other way around." "Come on." "Field's this way." "You might wanna think about tying those." " This marks the first world cup appearance formanegarrincha." "There'sourtrusty midfielder, didi whotowersover the young dico nascimento." "Heisdwarfed by even his teammates." "Clearlytheyoungestplayer they've seen in a lineup." "Andthecrowdherehaving a grand time at his expense." " Don't listen to them, dico." " The Soviet union very physical out of the gates!" "It'salmostas if they're playing pinball withthesmallerBrazilians and enjoying it!" "Ourheroesnowsee ahole  in the Soviet defense." "Garrinchapopsone through the middle." "Theshot,goal!" "Goal!" "Braziltakesthelead, 1 to 0!" "Astrokeof luck for coach feola and team Brazil!" "Themiddlechanges in the Brazilian lineup seemtohaveconfused the Soviets." "Andnewcomersgarrincha and vava capitalize unliketheyoungnascimento." "TheSovietshavereally had their way with him." "He'llhaveto do abetterjob to stay out of their way ifheintendstowalk out of here on his own two feet." " Dico!" "Dico!" " And there's another missed pass for Brazil." "Butnonetheless, the Soviets have yettocapitalize on these turnovers." "Andwithonlyafewminutes remaining in the match itappearsBrazil may just edge away with this one whichwouldpitthem against France innextweek'ssemi-final." " Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" " And the crowd wanted a whistle on that push from nascimento whoshowshisfrustration after losing the ball." "Hehesitated on his dribble there." "Thekindof mistakethatcan easily lead to injury." "Andhere'sFrancenow , Raymond kopa laysoneout for just fontaine." "Fontainepassesit on ." "Goal!" "AgoalforFrance." "Weareon theboardsfirst with the goal from vava butnowFrancestrikesback  andthathasgot  to demoralize Brazil." "Astheteamshead to the locker rooms aftera veryphysical first half." " When I say 4-2-4, I mean 4-2-4." "No4-3-3,youunderstand?" "Ifyouunderstand what I'm saying, then you say" ""yes, coach, I'll do it." "Can you say it?" " Yes, coach, I'll do it." " Eso." "Look." "Youwaitfor the set , then you release." " Where's the center line?" "Where is it?" " Not tomorrow, today!" "Comeon!" "Up !" "Up !" " Let's go!" "We only get one shot here." "Let's make it count." " I can't play like you." "If your leg is better, you should go back in." " It's not my leg." "Myheadis notright." " Your head?" " My whole life all I ever wanted was to be European." "Sincewe'vegothere, I realize that" "I'm Brazilian and always will be." "That day back in bauru you showed everyone that they're part of us." "The ginga itwasbeautiful." "That's what we need now." " The world cup semi-final." "FranceandBrazil neck and neck atthestart of the second half." "Today'swinnerwilladvance to Sunday's final wheretheywill likely face Sweden." "France,ofcourse, favored over Brazil theonlyteamfromoutside Europe still in competition." " Hey, hey, hey!" " Watch the knee!" "The knee!" " Stay back!" "Stay back!" " Goal, Brazil!" "Whata drive and what a finish!" "The17-year-old with a humdinger of a shot givingBrazilaleg-up in this second half!" "Garrinchanowapproaching the area, knockedawayby jonquet." "Alooseballin,  Brazil comes away with it!" "Brazilturningthetides nowadvancingtheball back downfield." "That'sdidifeedingthe ball down the middle." "It'sa chip." "Nascimento shoots!" "Goal!" "Goal!" "Goal!" "Goal,Brazil!" "Theyoungnascimentocomesup withtwodazzlinggoals back to back!" "Andnowtheyoungster is back at it rightoverMarcel!" "Atouchandsomekind  of double fake." "Never seen that before." "Marcelgrabbing at the lad's shirt." "Andnowhe makespiantoni!" "Orlandolettingit  roll by to vava!" "Alittletouch to the give and go back to nascimento." "Hesteppedrightoverit!" "Kaelbeldidn'teven see it go by!" "Heshoots!" "It's a goal!" "Goal, Brazil!" "Goal,nascimento!" "Another-worldlydisplay by the 17-year-old phenom!" " And believe it or not, ladies and gentlemen" "Brazilison theirway  to the 1958 world cup final!" " He's fine." "And, uh, he scored three goals." " Listen up." "I got four days to get you in shape for the final." "Everyonetakenotes." "Sweden has been shifting from pyramid 5-3-2 to 3-2-2-3." "And sometimes to metodo 2-3-2-3." "We play straight 4-2-4." "But if we're gonna beat these guys we're gonna have to shift formation as they do." "Andthisis how we're gonna do it." "If they go to 5-3-2, then we go to 3-4-3!" "Let'sgo." "Next!" "Whatevertheyrun, with the method of 3-2-3 wematchwiththe 4-3-3." "There's nobody in the field over here." "Vada!" "Vada!" "Everybody is here and nobody is here!" " Never follow." "Not ever." " But, coach, isn't that their shift to 3-4-3?" " No." "Skoglund sweeps to start Sweden's counterattack." "Didi,sweeponly." "What is that?" "I said 4-5-1!" "Didi slide over!" "You'rerunningthe4-5-1!" "Garrincha, roll out!" "You gotta be ready for that on the wing!" " Coach?" " What?" " I don't understand how I'm supposed to be on the wing and covering skoglund at the same time." " Because you " " the swedes have the edge over Brazil in almost every regard." "Experience,sophistication, strategy and strength andevendirtyplay." "Lastweek,we saw west German captain" "FritzWalter'sillustrious career come to an end afterthisseverecollision withSwedishmidfielder sigge parling." "Well,comeSunday'sfinal expectparling'ssights to be set on theyoungedsonnascimento." " Nascimento scored an impressive hat-trick in20minutes in the semi-final against France." "Coachraynor,anyconcern he'll do the same againstSweden in Sunday's final?" " No, no." "That's not possible." "No." "Our boys will eliminate him from the equation." " Coach feola, coach raynor's offense outsmarted west Germany, Hungary." "Do you have any plans to contain them?" " Well -- - they can't." "We will come out strong, score early and Brazil will panic just like they did in 1950." "Theywereundisciplinedthen and they are undisciplined now." "But what do you expect?" "They're abnormal." " You're referring to their mixed race?" " No." "I mean they are literally abnormal." " Can you elaborate?" " Well, yes, in fact, I can." "Djalma Santos, full back." "Hemangledhishand in an accident whileworkingin afactory as a teenager." "Therightwinger,garrincha, born with a deformed spine andonelegshorter than the other." "Thereserve,castilho he'scolorblind and missing a finger." "Challenging for a goalkeeper, i imagine." " I heard about the press conference." "Everyonehere is really down about it." "But this is exactly what happened in '50." "You can't let the doubt get to you." "Iheardtheguys are calling you pele now." " Yeah." "Jose started it." "It's silly." " This is a sign." "Now is the time for pele." " But Sweden's gonna be all over me, pai." "And did you see what they did to Fritz Walter?" "They're brutal." "And smart." " Dico." "You believed in yourself against France." "Now you must inspire your team tobelievein themselves.." "...inBrazil.." "...intheginga." " Hey, garrincha!" " What the heck, pele?" " Hey!" "Lighthouse, no bounce!" " Come on, kid!" "Time to wake up." "Take a seat." "Have some breakfast." " You won't be able to do it alone." " Zito, come on." " Hey, where did that ball go?" " Come on, guys." " To the lighthouse." " Nice one." " Anyone see it fall?" " Not me!" " Keepy uppy!" " Alright!" "Game on!" "Comeon." "Go, go, go, go, go!" "Let'sgo!" " I'm sorry, sir." " Wake up, kid." "To the lighthouse!" " Yeah!" "Comeon,comeon, comeon!" " Outside!" " Calma." "You can do it." " Long ball!" " Didi!" "You got pele long!" " Run, pele!" "Get there!" "Jump!" " I can't swim!" " I got you, pele!" "I got you." " Grab my hand." "Here you go." " We were so close!" " Here he comes." " You see?" "That's how it's done." " Tomorrow you will play for the Jules rimet trophy." "And if you play the way you played this last week you will lose." "And it will be my fault." "The truth is that shifting formations may work miracles for Sweden but it is not us." "What I saw at the hotel today that's how we play." "They say that we don't all play the same." "It's true." "We certainly don't all look the same like they do." "But that's what makes us who we are." "We have one thing in common." "The ginga." "The joy and expression of Brazil." "So when you take the field tomorrow forget everything that i told you this last week." "I don't want the world to see a bunch of scared Brazilians trying to play like Sweden." "I want them to see Brazil, just as we are." "I don't know if we will win" "but I do know that we will show them a beautiful game." "What are you all sitting around for?" "I did not say that practice was canceled!" " Let's go, Brazil!" "Alright." " After a night of heavy rains, it's a brisk summer morning withclearskies here in Stockholm." "Fineweatherforfootball asSwedenpreparestohost  the 1958 world cup final." "ThenordictitansofEurope will take on theless-experienced but ever-flamboyant Brazil." "Twoteams with nothing in common otherthan,perhaps, their yellow jerseys." "Butofcourse, per the king's decree" "Brazilwillbe forced to wear blue today againsttheheavily-favored home nation." "Howmanygoals will Sweden win by?" "Noonecansay ." "Buteveryoneagrees" "Brazilwillneednothing short of a miracle totakehome the Jules rimet trophy." "Over50,000already in attendance andmillionsmoretuningin from around the world forthebiggest sporting event on earth." "NoteamfromoutsideEurope haseverwonthe cup  on European soil." "But that doesn't stop the rest of the world from watching andhopingthatone day  that may change." "There'sthekingofSweden, Gustav vi Adolf withqueenmountbatten arriving in their box." "Andnowtheentrance of our host, team Sweden." "British-bornmanager, George raynor, pulledplayers from not just Sweden butotherEuropeancountries." "Abitof aEuropean all-star team, really." "Andontheotherside  coach feola and team Brazil." "Andthere'souryoungstar  nascimento nowbeingcalled"pele" by his teammates." " Fofinho, it's pele!" " But make no mistake." "Brazilwillneed the rest of the team tostepup todayagainst the indomitable swedes." "Theentirenation has shut down for the day aseveryBrazilian from every walk of life comestogetherto watch the big game." " And there's the starting whistle." "It'szagalloto vava, vava to the young nascimento backtoniltonSantos, and parling lays into him." "Watchout!" "Oh my ." "No card there." "Soeitherthereferee missed that one orhe'sgoingtolet parling play rough." "Garrinchalooking for nascimento buthe'smarked by three yellow shirts." "Garrinchapassesto zito." "Stolenawayby skoglund!" "Sweden'firstpossession." "Andnowraynor calls for the shift!" "Herewego ,theswedes moving quickly down field." "Passingitdowntoparling, a quick touch over to hamrin hamrinbackto liedholm and now hamrin breaks down the right wing." "Liedholmsendsit to parling, parling punches a swift pass throughBrazil'sbackbone and into the area." "Simonssondownthemiddle, Hamlin with a cross hitch." "Simonsson,justwide!" "Abrilliantattack from the nordic titans!" " And Sweden's applying pressure early on." "Gilmarwilltake the goal kick." "Trappedbynascimentoand now  finally with an opportunity." "Andherehe goes, spinning his way throughliedholmandaxbom." " Now's the time, meu filho." " And pele is back the other way." "Nascimentotrying to do it all on his own!" "Oh,mygoodness!" "Ahugejoltfromparling." " Sweden removing pele from the equation just as promised." "Theyaredetermined to stop his one-man show." "Andpelestilldown holding on that right knee he recently injured." " Brazil down a man and Sweden looking to capitalize!" "Kurthamrinplaysthe ball up field to liedholm liedholmstraightto lofgren." "Nowhe'saloneinthearea." "Goal!" "Sweden!" "Liedholm!" "Lessthan4minutes on the clock." "Andthisis big!" " Everyone expected Sweden to come out early butnooneexpectedit this early." "Confidence,ourclearweak point ever since 1950." "Andit'shardnot tothink of that tragic loss now." " The fans remembering coach raynor's prediction thatanearlyscore would seal the victory." "Theking,thequeen, George raynor and team Sweden theyallwant the Jules rimet trophy tostayon friendlyshores." "Andstayit will from the looks of things asthevictorycelebrations begin here in rasunda stadium eventheelevenBrazilians on the field can't deny the " " pele!" " Nascimento threw Sweden's iron defense offtheirmarksfreeingup the lad's teammates andBrazilevensthe score." "Amostunexpectedturn." "And this is a team Brazil like we've never seen them before." "Justexudingconfidence." " It's liedholm to gren, back to gustavsson andnowovertoHamlin." "Hamlinpushingit  forward to simonsson." "Andnowraynorsends his defense forward in a full attack!" "It'sbergmarkforward to liedholm marked by Orlando." "Hepassesto simonsson." "Simonssonbackto liedholm and now it's gustavsson again." "Hesendsit intothe area looking for simonsson." " It's gilmar coming out of the goal." "Grencrosses." " Vava!" " Vava now marked by axbom, borjesson comes in forthestopbut now vava dishes it out to garrincha." "Bergmark'sthere, garrincha fakes, leaves the flank planted." "Garrinchanowallalone!" "Svennson comes out to challenge." "Thecross." "It's vava!" "Goal,2 to1!" "Brazilhastakenthe lead." "Sweden caught off guard twice." "The nordic titans fall behind." "Brazil,2 ." "Sweden, 1." "Andnow, the entire rasunda stadium in a state of shock." "ExpectSwedento movefast and strong after that slap in the face " "stolenawayby garrincha!" "Brazilregainscontrol!" "Garrincha dishes to vava." "Vavafakesgren, shakes off bergmark abeautiful, blind dish to didi." "Brazilworking in perfect Harmony." "Ladiesandgentlemen, something is shifting." "Braziliscomingalive!" "Nowincompletecontrol!" "Anditappears they're smiling!" " Finally the world can see Brazil's beauty!" "Our heroes now in perfect Harmony!" "It'sbeyondfootball." "It's the most beautiful game!" " Ladies and gentlemen, the unthinkable!" "Brazil,3 ." "Sweden, 1." "ThefanshereinSweden, indeed, all of Europe eventhekingand queen now applauding the south Americans." "Georgeraynor'sstrategy no match for Brazil!" "AndherecomesBrazil!" "Nascimentofakeshamrin bergmarkcomingin  for support." "Nownascimento sends the cross." "Pelesendsalongcross to the left wing." "It'szagallo, from the corner of the box." "Svennsondives." "Goal!" " Only seconds now left on the clock andit'sdidiwith a cross to nascimento " "Brazilwins the 1958 world cup!" " June 29th, 1958 thedayBrazilwon  our first world cup." "Whenthefinalwhistleblew" "Ifainted right there on the field." "WhenI finallyopenedmyeyes  everythingfeltlikeadream." "Ithadonlybeen18months since I first left home butitfeltlikeyears." "Mymotherandfather came out to meet me." "Anddadremindedme of the promise I made 8yearsearlier." "ButI 'llneverforget1958, theyearIbecamepele ." "Ourgingastylebecameknown as the beautiful game." "AndtheBrazilianseverywhere came to see." "Itwasourdifferences that made us beautiful."