Player Profiles-Part 41

Four profiles and one Interview on 50s-60s Brazil star Vava

(Magazine / Language :  Placar, Issue 0-6, March 13, 1970 / Portuguese)

(Magazine / Language :  AS Color, Issue 84, December 26, 1972 / Spanish)

(Magazine / Language : AS Color, Issue 296, January 18, 1977 / Spanish)

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, March 2002 / English)

(Magazine / Language : Placar, Issue 1331, June 2009 / Portuguese)

Photo From: Placar, Issue 1331, June 2009

(Vava)

Vava Profiles

Seven profiles and one interview on 70-80s West German midfielder Felix Magath

(Magazine / Language : Fussball Magazin, Issue 2, March April 1982 / German)

(Magazine / Language : Kicker_Wm-Sonderheft_1982 / German)

(Magazine / Language : Onze, Issue 94, October 1983 / French)

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, May 86 / English)

(Magazine / Language : Onze-Mondial, Issue 148, May 2001 / French)

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, June 2003 / English)

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, July 2009 / English)

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, December 2012 / English)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 94, October 1983

(Felix Magath)

Felix Magath Profiles

Nine profiles and two interviews with 80s and 90s Paraguay goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, May 1995 / English)

(Magazine / Language : Don Balon, Chile Edicion, Issue 155, June 12-18, 1995 / Spanish)

(Magazine / Language : Onze-Mondial, Issue 78, July 1995 / French)

(Magazine / Language : Don Balon, Chile Edicion, September 24-30, 1996 / Spanish)

(Magazine / Language :  Onze-Mondial, Issue 98, March 1997  / French)

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, March 1997 / English)

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, April 1998 / English)

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, May 2000 / English)

(Magazine / Language : Calcio 2000, Issue 36 Suppplement, November-December 2000 / Italian)

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, January 2001 / English)

(Magazine / Language : Placar, Issue 1372, November 2012 / Portuguese)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 98, March 1997 

(Jose Luis Chilavert)

Jose Luis Chilavert Profiles

Seven profiles and three Interview with 90s and 200s English midfielder Paul Scholes

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, July 1998 / English)

(Magazine / Language : Onze-Mondial, Issue 121, February 1999 / French )

(Magazine / Language : Onze-Mondial, Issue 163, August 2002 / French )

(Magazine / Language : Onze-Mondial, Issue 174, July 2003 / French )

(Magazine / Language :  Onze-Mondial, Issue 177, October 2003 / French )

(Magazine / Language :  Onze-Mondial, Issue 182, March 2004 / French )

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, September 2004 / English)

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, Summer 2011 / English)

(Magazine / Language : Placar, Issue 1363, February 2012 / Portuguese)

(Magazine / Language :  World Soccer, May 2014 / English)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 182, March 2004

(Paul Scholes)

Paul Scholes Profiles

Debate Topic, Part Eleven

Topic

For as long as I can remember Brazil’s 1970 World cup winning squad has always been proclaimed as the best ever team. As the years passed I have tended to view the 1958 squad as a better squad.

World Soccer’s Eric Batty analyzed this very question in 1970.

After reading the attached article, what is your view on the matter?

Article comparing the 1958 and 1970 Brazil squads

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, November 1970 / English By Eric Batty)

1958 and 1970 Brazil squads

Photo From : World Soccer, May 1992

(Brazil squad, Top, left to right : Vicente Feola (manager), Djalma Santos, Zito, Bellini, Nilton santos, Orlando, Gilmar , Bottom, Left to right : Garrincha, Didi, Pele, Vava, Zagallo, Americo (trainer)  , June 29,1 958, World cup, Sweden 2-Brazil 5)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Brazil squad, Top, left to right: Carlos Alberto, Brito, Gerson, Piazza, Everaldo, Tostao, Clodoaldo, Rivellino, Pele, Jairzinho  ,  June 21, 1970, World Cup, Brazil 4-Italy 1)

The First Time ….., Part Two

1-The First Time Brazil lost a World Cup Qualifier was on July 25, 1993 when they lost 0 to 2 to Bolivia by giving up the two goals in the last two minutes.

Many observers blamed LaPaz’s high altitude as the reason for Brazil’s sub-standard showing. Bolivia qualified along with Brazil to the World Cup.

Photo From : World Soccer, November 1993

(Carlos Borja, one of Bolivia’s key players in the 1993 World Cup Qualifiers, August 8, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Bolivia 3-Uruguay 1)

2- The First Time that a substitution took place for the French National team was on May 10, 1908 in their match with Holland that they lost 1 to 4.

In the 55^th minute, Victor Denis replaced his brother Julien Denis for an apparent injury.

Holland’s Captain Karel Heijting in an act of Fair Play did not object to the substitution.

Victor Denis revealed in 1949 that there was no injury. He really wanted to play so much that he pleaded to his brother at halftime to feign an injury so that he could come on.

Julien Denis was killed in action in 1915 fighting in World War I .

Photo From: Oranje Toen En Nu, Deel 1, 1905-1914, 2000-2001, Author: Matty Verkamman

(Holland and France squads, May 10, 1908, Holland 4-France 1)

3- The First Time a player scored in consecutive World Cup Finals matches was on June 17, 1962, when Vava scored Brazil’s third goal in their 3 to 1 win vs. Czechoslovakia. He had scored twice in the previous World Cup Final match vs. Sweden on June 29, 1958 in a (5 to 2 win).

Photo From: The World Cup 1930-1990, Author Jack Rollin

(Vava in front of England goalkeeper Colin McDonald, June 11, 1958, World Cup, Brazil 0-England 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1963

(Vava scoring Brazil’s third goal past Czechoslovakia goalkeeper Viliam Schrojf, June 17, 1962, World Cup, Brazil 3-Czechoslovakia 1)

4- The First Time a Soviet player joined a club in the West German Bundesliga was on August 10, 1989, when Igor Belanov signed for Borussia Moenchengladbach.

At the time the Bundesliga II already had signed a soviet player, Alexander Borodjiuik.

Photo from: Onze, December 1988

(Frank Rijkaard and Igor Belanov, June 25, 1988,  UEFA European Championship, Holland 2-USSR 0)

5- The First Time the English national Team wore blue uniforms was in a Friendly with Germany on December 4, 1935 that they won 3 to 0.

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005

(Team Captains Edris Hapgood and Fritz Szepan with referee Otto Olssen of Sweden, December 4, 1935, England 3-Germany 0)

Old Match Photographs-Part 20f

Photo From: World Soccer, December 1964

(Ferenc Puskas and Hungarian Middleweight boxer Laszlo Papp)

Photo From:  World Soccer, December 1963

(Garrincha)

Photo From: World Soccer, April 1962

(Dynamo Moscow’s Aleksei Mamykin)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1961

(Brazil’s Vava in training with Atletico Madrid)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 74, March 1995

(Pontus Kamark and Paul Ince, November 23, 1994, Champions League, IFK Gothenburg 3-Manchester United 1)

Photo From:  Onze-Mondial, Issue 68, September 1994

(Manuel Fernandes and Andrzej Szarmach, September 19,1 984, UEFA Cup, Sporting Lisbon 2-Auxerre 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 51, April 1993

(Dino Baggio, January 31, 1993, Juventus 2-Cagliari 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 37, February 1992

(Wales and Manchester United’s Ryan Giggs, 1991/92)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 30, July 1991

(Anderlecht’s Dutch defender Adri van Tiggelen, 1990/91)

Photo From:  Onze-Mondial, Issue 13, February 1990

(Aston Villa and Republic of Ireland’s Paul McGrath, 1989/90)

Photo From:  Onze, Issue 146, February 1988

(Rui Barros, January 13, 1988, UEFA Super Cup, Porto 1-Ajax Amsterdam 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 123, March 1986

(Nantes’ foreign internationals, 1985/86, Argentinean Jorge Buruchaga and Yugoslavia’s Vahid Halilhodzic)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 109, January 1985

(Ricardo Bochini and Alan Hansen, December 9, 1984, Intercontinental Cup, Independiente 1-Liverpool 0)

Photo From:  Onze, Issue 101, May 1984

(Porto Midfielder Frasco, 1983/84)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 89, May 1983

(Sebastiano Nela and Paolo Rossi , March 6, 1983, AS Roma 1-Juventus 2)

Photo From:  Onze, Issue 82, October 1982

(Walter Casagrande of Corinthians)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 63, March 1981

(Rudi Krol with Napoli, 1980/81)

Photo From:  Onze, Issue 51, March 1980

(Laurie Cunningham and Roberto Dinamite, February 10, 1980, Barcelona 0-Real Madrid 2)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 39, March 1979

(AC Milan’s Gianni Rivera, 1978/79)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 26, February 1978

(Ajax’s Dick Schoenaker , 1977/78)

Photo From:  Onze, Issue 13, January 1977

(Malcolm McDonald scoring for Arsenal)