World Cup greatest moments - Pele's goal attempt from the halfway line

It happened in the 1970 world cup in Mexico. The game was Brazil versus Czechoslovakia.

Brazil won the match 4-1 with their legendary striker - Pele scoring a goal.

But the highlight of the match was a goal attempt in which Pelé audaciously attempted to lob a shot over Czechoslovak goalkeeper Ivo Viktor from the halfway line, missed the goal by a whisker.

The goal attempt can be seen at 3 minutes and 22 seconds of this video below:

World Cup greatest moments - the save of the century by Gordon Banks

During the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, 2 times world champion Brazil was in the same group with the then reigning world champion - England who won the world cup in the previous tournament in 1966.

The "Clash of the Champions" between Brazil and England lived up to all expectations.

The match is always best remembered for the great and legendary Brazilian striker - Pelé near-miss. His powerful close-range downward header was kept out by an amazing save from England goalkeeper - Gordon Banks, who somehow managed to get down to the ball and flick it upwards and over the bar. The save "stopped the world" and till now Pele still remembers the save of the century and still could not understand why the sure goal, managed to be saved by Gordon Banks!!! Other goalkeepers in the world would have been beaten!!!!

In the end, a single Jairzinho goal was enough to win the game for Brazil. However England too advanced to the next around before being beaten 2-3 by Germany in the quarterfinal.

What happened after the 1970 world cup final??

The 1970 world cup was held in Mexico.

The final match pitted two, two-time World Cup champions, Brazil and Italy.

The final was won by the great Brazilian team, beating Italy 4–1. With their third World Cup triumph, Brazil were allowed to keep the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently.

The Brazilian team, featuring the likes of world greatest player - Pelé (who was in his fourth and final World Cup), Carlos Alberto, Clodoaldo, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivelino, and Tostão.

This 1970 Brazilian team is regarded as the greatest attacking World Cup team ever.

They won all of their 6 games on the way to the title, and had also won all of their 6 qualifying games on their way to Mexico. This tournament saw the return of free-flowing, attacking play after the physical battles of 1962 and 1966, and is still considered by many fans to be the finest World Cup in history.

The Italians meanwhile are considered the team with the best defence in the world.

But in the end, the attacking fliar of the Brazilians prevailed.

But what happened after the final whistle was blown?? The entire Brazilian players were mobbed by supporters and fans. This resulted in players losing their jerseys, socks and football boots!!! Even the great Pele lost his prized jersey, and nobody knows where that Jersey is now!!!

Don't believe me?? Well here is the video:


After 4.52 of this video - u can see the total chaos in the field at the Azteca Stadium, Mexico... the players being mobbed by fans and supporters and Pele lost his jersey !!!!