“Maracanazo”, the World Cup tragedy haunting Brazil

  • 10 years ago
Brazil's legendary Maracana stadium is a football mecca, but also the scene of one of the country's greatest sporting upsets: on July 16, 1950, Brazil lost 2-1 to tiny Uruguay in the World Cup final. Ahead of the 2014 World Cup, Brazilians hope to heal the historic wound, while its neighbor clings to the memory of that distant triumph. A voiced AFPTV report.