easily beatable...

The tournament was won by Brazil, who claimed their third World Cup title by defeating another two-time former champion, Italy, 4?1 in the final, thereby winning the right to permanently keep the Jules Rimet Trophy. The victorious team led by Carlos Alberto, and featuring players such as Pel?, G?rson, Jairzinho, Rivelino, and Tost?o, is often cited as the greatest-ever World Cup team. They achieved a perfect record of wins in all six games in the finals, as well as winning all their qualifying fixtures.

Despite the issues of altitude and high temperature, the finals largely produced attacking football which created an average goals per game record not since bettered by any subsequent World Cup Finals. With the advancements in satellite communications, the 1970 Finals attracted a new record television audience for the FIFA World Cup as games were broadcast live around the world and, for the first time, in colour.

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Posted By: Tombs on June 4th 2014 at 19:39:42

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Best World Cup? (Other Football) - Mozzer, Jun 4, 19:13:44
- 1970 wc was the best (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 4, 19:30:08
- i quite liked 94 (Other Football) - matt in london, Jun 4, 19:28:33
- Wasn't 1990 pretty much utter pump until the 1/4 finals (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jun 4, 19:23:01
  - Best nets, best balls, best stadiums (Other Football) - Charles21, Jun 4, 19:30:58
    - easily beatable... (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 4, 19:39:42
      - I wasn't alive (Other Football) - Charles21, Jun 4, 19:42:39
        
        Yep didn't happen (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 4, 19:48:51
        
        i never watch tennis (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 4, 19:51:08
        
        you were (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 4, 19:47:09
    - '82 had the best commentary. It suonded like they were doing it down the telephone (n/m) (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jun 4, 19:39:38
    - You think the Italian stadia were the best? (Other Football) - norway, Jun 4, 19:34:53
  - And you. You know jack. (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 4, 19:25:16
  - YES (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jun 4, 19:24:12
- 1990 was rubbish apart from us reaching the semis. (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 4, 19:21:00
  - It was all magnificent (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 4, 19:23:23
    - Prat. (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 4, 19:28:11
    - The draw with Ireland, the draw with Holland, the Egypt game (Other Football) - norway, Jun 4, 19:25:10
      - Don't remember those games (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 4, 19:26:23
        
        We were shit until the semis (Other Football) - norway, Jun 4, 19:28:29
        
        played well v The Dutch (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 19:58:04
        
        yep, they were lucky to get a draw (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 4, 20:00:35
        
        Don't spoil my memories (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 4, 19:30:32
  - This board is saved. (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jun 4, 19:23:00
    - It seems we're the only fuckers who know jack round here. (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 4, 19:24:29
      - Juvenile John Bulls with no feel for the sport's rich heritage. Disgusted. (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jun 4, 19:26:32
        
        It sounds like they're only going to watch our games. (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 4, 19:30:22
        
        It's going to clash with Big Brother:( (n/m) (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jun 4, 19:35:19
- 90 (Other Football) - Charles21, Jun 4, 19:20:55
  - You all literally know nothing about football. (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jun 4, 19:21:48
    - ^^ normal for norway ^^ (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Jun 4, 19:28:32
- Yep (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 4, 19:18:02
- It was a dreadful cynical tournament that we happened to do well in. (Other Football) - norway, Jun 4, 19:17:24
  - And we weren't even very good in it (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 19:23:32
    - Grinding (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 4, 19:24:16
      - Mostly just lucky. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 19:25:46
  - Whatevs (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 4, 19:18:21
    - One of the worst World Cups by all objective measures. (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jun 4, 19:20:29
      - Yes. It was fucking dull when we weren't on. (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 4, 19:22:13
      - objectivity does not come into it (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Jun 4, 19:21:34
        
        VMT I was 11 and it was fucking incredible (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 4, 19:22:43
        
        It does if the question is "What was the best World Cup". (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jun 4, 19:22:38
        
        1990 (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 4, 19:22:55
        
        ideot (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jun 4, 19:23:54
- 1970 Mexico (n/m) (Other Football) - colincanary, Jun 4, 19:15:32
- Vmt (n/m) (Other Football) - loz, Jun 4, 19:14:47

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