https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_pkFXqnpF4 16/7/1950World Cup Final Group, Estádio do Maracana. Picture the scene, a hot Rio de Janiero in July 1950. Brazil, hosting the first World Cup on South American soil for 20 years were fresh from 6-1 and 3-1 wins against Spain and Sweden respectively in the Final Group of the 1950 World Cup, which was held in a round robin format for the only time in history. Their opponents in the final game of the group were Uruguay, a team which had drawn 2-2 with Spain and narrowly defeated Sweden 2-1 thanks to two goals in the last fifteen minutes in the two previous matches. A year earlier, Brazil had hosted the South American Championship, during which they had convincingly beaten Uruguay 5-1 on the road to the trophy. The Brazilian team had scored 21 goals in 5 matches, with players such as Ademir and Jairzinho dazzling the locals crowds. To the Brazilian fans, this was their year. Prior to the final game of the group it was presumed Brazil would win, to the extent that a famous newspaper article from the day of the game showed a picture of the Brazilian team, under the caption 'These are the World Champions.' Not that Uruguay were bad by any means. Just 20 years previously, they had won the 1930 World Cup on home soil and before World War 2 they had won always half of the South American Championships played. However, by 1950 they were no longer the juggernaut they used to be and recent performances gave evidence that they would prove no match for Brazil's incredible attack. If they could not beat Spain, a team Brazil scored six goals against, how would they be expected to get anything at the Maracana in front of a crowd of passionate Brazil fans which numbered almost 200,000? Brazil's arrogance proved their downfall, however. Spurred by captain Varela the Uruguayans players set out to prove that Brazilians were foolish to celebrate before the game started. A solid defensive showing kept Brazil out for 47 minutes, giving Brazil a lead they would only hold for 20 minutes. After Juan Alberto Schiaffino's equalizer Alcides Ghiggia gave Uruguay a 2-1 lead in the 79th minute to give the small nation of a few million a victory over their huge neighbours and their second World Cup title. The shock of what would be dubbed the 'Maracanazo' silenced the huge crowd, causing such humiliation to the Brazilian nation that there were reported suicides, leading playwright Nelson Rodriguez to call the 16th July 1950 'Our Hiroshima'. Brazil have won 5 World Cups since 1950, but have yet to succeed in a home tournament. In 2014, hosting the tournament again they lost 7-1 to Germany in Belo Horizonte.