#garrincha

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Equipe do Brasil antes da copa do mundo de 1958.

Da esquerda para a direita ➡️

Nilton Santos, Dino Sani, Gilmar, Bellini, Garrincha, Moacir, Dida, Joel, Mazzola, Zagallo e Pelé.

A Copa de 1958 foi realizada na Suécia. Na ocasião, o Brasil conquistou o título de Campeão da competição pela primeira vez.

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Garrincha

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Mané Garrincha

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Elza Soares, the great love of Mané Garrincha, died on the same day 39 years later as the legendary footballer

Elza Soares, one of the greatest Brazilian singers of all time, died at the age of 91 on the afternoon of this Thursday, 20, at his home in the city of Rio de Janeiro, due to natural causes. Thirty-nine years earlier, on January 20, 1983, football player Garrincha died in the same city. 

Ms. Soares new songs were even more direct than her earlier ones in addressing social issues, openly advocating for the rights of Black people, gay people, and especially women. In 1999, Soares was declared the “singer of the millennium” by the BBC. 

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Garrincha and Elza Soares

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Brazil's superstar soccer player in the late 1950s, Garrincha, helped lead his team to the 1958 World Cup trophy. But when Brazil beat Sweden 2-1 in the final game to win the cup, Garrincha did not celebrate. He had been under the impression that the World Cup was a round robin with Brazil playing all other teams twice.

Garrincha helped his team score its two world-cup-winning goals (including scoring one goal himself) without realizing the game's importance.