LOOKING BACK

ROSS KILVINGTON RECALLS BRAZIL’S WORLD CUP AGONY IN 1950 AND HOW THEIR GOALKEEPER SUFFERED FOR IT…

Good save: Uruguay keeper Roque Maspoli tips the ball over in the final against Brazil

MOACYR Barbosa was heralded as one of the finest goalkeepers in the world throughout the 1940s and 50s.
He stood in goal for Brazil during what should have been their finest honour - glory at their own World Cup.
It wasn’t to be for the team, the shining stars of a country that was desperate for success.
Newspapers even ran headlines the day before the m...