Story · a node in the Football Graph
The day football was perfect
Mexico, 1970 — the most beautiful team the game has seen.
By 1970 Pelé was a master surrounded by masters. In the final against Italy, Brazil played football of such completeness that it still teaches the game — and closed it with a goal that felt inevitable.
Why it happened
A peak of talent, maturity and colour television met on the same afternoon.
What came before
A bruising 1966 that nearly drove Pelé from the international game.
What came after
A standard of beauty every great team since has been measured against.
Where it echoed
Brazil · Italy · the 1970 World Cup · the Estadio Azteca.
The connections
Everyone and everything inside this story
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