Socrates

£#%&!ing hell

now THAT was a £#%&!ing player.

Favourite World Cup, favourite team that Brazil and Favourite player who I always pretended I was was Zico.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnoz4NuYMU8

Originally Posted by The Watcher

That team scored one of my favourite ever goals:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx9KMhX4lzo

Love the way Falcao lets the ball past him in such nonchalant fashion. Then Eder sets himself up for the volley and smashes it in while on the run. It's £#%&!ing beautiful, what a moment.

Another beauty -
Zico's turn & through ball rool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck6swtUa1Ok

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Welcome back to reality pal.

Stop it. Please

Originally Posted by eusker

I was 9 years old and spent hours playing out trying to bend free kicks (we used to call them banana shots).

Not from 82.. 1978

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jLD_2ULFxc&feature=related

Terrible news. The 1982 World cup was the first I got to see almost all the matches from start to finish. Socrates, Zico, Falcao - bunch of cool mother£#%&!ers.

the brazil 82 was certainly the coolest named starting 11 ever nqat

Peres, Leandro, Oscar, Luizinho, Júnior, Falcão, Cerezo, Zico, Sócrates, Éder, Serginho

the pass at 1.10


https://www.youtube.com/v/7uzC_djdG0k...uds&autoplay=1

as cool as the 82 Brazil were..

I absolutely loved this Italy side and Rossi in particular..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgRpRTbk1oo

Best International game I've ever seen.

Like I said

Originally Posted by Fountz

as cool as the 82 Brazil were..

I absolutely loved this Italy side and Rossi in particular..

I just can't bring myself to like them ...they made me cry when I was a little boy
How DARE they deprive that Brazil side of what was rightfully theirs??

Yep, a great side. Just a shame they had to knock out that Brazilian team, though

tbf that Brazil side just didn't defend well enough to win a major tournament. Their fullbacks played as wingbacks - not wingers but fullbacks who pushed forward along the wings, not wingers though, in fact not resembling wingers at all. Look, just stop talking about wingers.

Originally Posted by MJ Ramone

I just can't bring myself to like them ...they made me cry when I was a little boy
How DARE they deprive that Brazil side of what was rightfully theirs??

No such thing in football, pal.......

And even if there was, the 1954 Hungarians have a(n even) more deserving claim. Maybe the Netherlands in 1974, too

That's a shitter. RIP Magrao

Originally Posted by MJ Ramone

I just can't bring myself to like them ...they made me cry when I was a little boy
How DARE they deprive that Brazil side of what was rightfully theirs??

Best world cup ever. I cried when Brazil went out, raged when france went out, and wanted to be tardelli when he scored that goal in the final.

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

No such thing in football, pal.......

And even if there was, the 1954 Hungarians have a(n even) more deserving claim. Maybe the Netherlands in 1974, too

No such thing in life. I deserve to be high sheriff of Middleton, not gonna happen.

Oh hang on: 'High Sheriffs receive no remuneration and no part of the expense of a High Sheriff’s year falls on the public purse'.

Stick it.

Originally Posted by irk

and wanted to be tardelli when he scored that goal in the final.

Ha, didn't we all.

RIP old dead dude.