1950 WORLD CUP FINAL MATCH: Uruguay 2 1 Brazil

Brazil built the planet s biggest football stadium as a breathtaking stage for the 1950 finals but their hopes of consecrating the cavernous, threetiered sporting cathedral of the Maracana with a first world title were shattered in one of the competition s great surprises. In a FIFA World Cup that concluded with a fourteam minileague, the hosts met Uruguay in a deciding fixture which proved a final in all but name. Needing only to draw, Brazil led through Friaca s 47thminute strike before Uruguay turned the game on its head via goals from Juan Schiaffino and Alcides Ghiggia. A deathly hush descended on the Maracana as some 200, 000 voices fell silent and Brazil s little neighbour to the south celebrated a second world crown. Subscribe to FIFA on YouTube: