Amarildo, Zito and Vavá scored the goals for Brazil’s title at the 1962 World Cup in Chile, in the 3-1 victory against Czechoslovakia on June 17, 1962, in front of 68,000 people at the National Stadium in Santiago. It was another well-deserved conquest for the Brazilian National Team, after an unbeaten campaign that had Garrincha and Vavá, with four goals each, as two of the top scorers of the competition.
Garrincha, by the way, was named the best player of that World Cup. Pelé would only participate in the beginning of the dispute. He played in the debut, in the 2-0 victory over Mexico, in which he scored one of the goals – the other was by Zagallo – and left the field with a muscle injury in the next match, a 0-0 draw with Czechoslovakia, still in the first phase.
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Pelé would not return to the field. In the third game, also valid for the group stage, Brazil defeated Spain 2-1, with two goals by Amarildo.
With these results, the National Team, then led by Aymoré Moreira, finished in first place in Group 3, with Czechoslovakia in second place. Both advanced to the quarterfinals, where Brazil would defeat England 3-1, with two goals from Garrincha and one from Vavá.
Thus, the National Team qualified for the semifinals, and the opponent would be the host, Chile. With more than 76,000 people at the National Stadium in Santiago, the pressure from the Chileans was not enough to overcome the talent and technique of our players.
With a show by Garrincha and Vavá, each of them scoring two goals in the match, Brazil imposed its superiority with a 4-2 score.
In the final, against Czechoslovakia, who had passed Hungary in the quarterfinals and Yugoslavia in the semifinals, Brazil was better, created many chances and could even have lifted the trophy of the second championship with a rout. The gesture of raising the trophy was made by captain Mauro, and then the players took the victory lap acclaimed by the public.
