<p>Brazil avenging their traumatic 1950 World Cup final defeat by beating Uruguay in the final in July would be the ideal result, said Brazilian legend Pele.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 73-year-old three time World Cup winner said in answer to a question of whether he would like a Brazil vs Argentina final on July 13 at the Maracana it would be much more to his taste to play Uruguay and beat them.<br /><br />“I would prefer to have a Brazil vs Uruguay final in order that we could avenge our defeat in 1950,” Pele told a select group of journalists invited by FIFA to a bar in Sao Paulo.<br /><br />The Uruguayans stunned the 200,000 spectators at the Maracana into silence back in 1950 when a late goal earned them a 2-1 win and that was enough on the old system for them to be crowned world champions and not Brazil, who went into the match just requiring a draw.<br /><br />The match earned the nickname the ‘Maracanazo’ on the back of it.<br /><br />Pele, the record goalscorer for Brazil, said that the importance of what football had done for Brazil’s worldwide reputation could not be underestimated.<br /><br />“I would say to the young that the World Cup is the tournament which allowed people throughout the world to learn about Brazil.<br /><br />“I began my World Cup career in 1958 in Sweden when I was 17 years old.<br />“Nobody knew anything about us. Nobody, not even a journalist came to see us.<br />“People confused Brazil with Argentina and the Amazon.....they were all the same thing to people. Brazil became known to them because of the World Cup.”<br /><br />Pele, said that he wouldn’t give a scoreline for Brazil’s opening game of the tournament against Croatia on Thursday.</p>
<p>Brazil avenging their traumatic 1950 World Cup final defeat by beating Uruguay in the final in July would be the ideal result, said Brazilian legend Pele.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 73-year-old three time World Cup winner said in answer to a question of whether he would like a Brazil vs Argentina final on July 13 at the Maracana it would be much more to his taste to play Uruguay and beat them.<br /><br />“I would prefer to have a Brazil vs Uruguay final in order that we could avenge our defeat in 1950,” Pele told a select group of journalists invited by FIFA to a bar in Sao Paulo.<br /><br />The Uruguayans stunned the 200,000 spectators at the Maracana into silence back in 1950 when a late goal earned them a 2-1 win and that was enough on the old system for them to be crowned world champions and not Brazil, who went into the match just requiring a draw.<br /><br />The match earned the nickname the ‘Maracanazo’ on the back of it.<br /><br />Pele, the record goalscorer for Brazil, said that the importance of what football had done for Brazil’s worldwide reputation could not be underestimated.<br /><br />“I would say to the young that the World Cup is the tournament which allowed people throughout the world to learn about Brazil.<br /><br />“I began my World Cup career in 1958 in Sweden when I was 17 years old.<br />“Nobody knew anything about us. Nobody, not even a journalist came to see us.<br />“People confused Brazil with Argentina and the Amazon.....they were all the same thing to people. Brazil became known to them because of the World Cup.”<br /><br />Pele, said that he wouldn’t give a scoreline for Brazil’s opening game of the tournament against Croatia on Thursday.</p>