CASE NO. 019

Brazil · 1982

// verdict BUSTED
CASE NO. 019Brazil · 1982

Brazil's 1982 'magic quartet' won the tournament.

Brazil 1982, often remembered as the most beautiful side never to win the tournament, lost 2–3 to Italy in the second group stage at the Sarriá in Barcelona — a Paolo Rossi hat-trick. Italy went on to win the trophy. Popular memory has folded the team's brilliance and the trophy together; the record book separates them.

// sources1Italy v Brazil (1982)
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«Busted.»

// verdictBUSTED

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