The New York Times

How Brazil won the 1970 World Cup: Pele’s return, a fearsome front five – but ‘an incompetent goalkeeper’

This is the ninth in a series by The Athletic looking back at the winners of each men’s World Cup. The previous articles have looked at Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934 and again in 193 8, Uruguay in ...
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Pele and his fellow World Cup-winning heroes -- The great Brazil team of 1970

Brazil's 1970 World Cup triumph in Mexico is seen as Pele's crowning glory. He was the star of what is often considered the best side the world has ever seen, but while Pele's superstardom endures to ...
Reuters

Television flatters Brazil's 1970 team, says Dunga

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Brazil's 1970 World Cup-winning team is fondly remembered as one of the best to have graced the competition but current coach Dunga says it may not have been as good as it ...
Reuters

World-Brazil still haunted by Pele's 1970 world beaters

PORT ELIZABETH, July 1 (Reuters) - Brazil's 1970 World Cup-winners have a lot to answer for at least as far as the country's subsequent national team coaches are concerned. The Pele-inspired side ...