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  • June 21st 1978 (16:45)
    Mendoza, Estadio Mendoza
    POLAND - BRAZIL
    1-3 (1-1)
    
         GOALS             13'  0-1  Nelinho (free-kick)
                           45'  1-1  Grzegorz Lato
                           57'  1-2  Roberto Dinamite
                           63'  1-3  Roberto Dinamite
    
    
         REFEREE           Juan Silvagno Cavanna (Chile)
         LINESMEN          Anatoly Ivanov (Soviet Union)
                           Alfonso Gonzalez Archundia (Mexico)
    
         YELLOW CARDS      50'  Mendonca (BRA)
                           53'  Toninho Cerezo (BRA)
    
         RED CARDS         -
    
         ATTENDANCE        44,000
    
    
    
    
         POLAND                                 AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
         21 GK Zygmunt Kukla                     30   21 Jan 1948   Stal Mielec
          3 DF Henryk Maculewicz                 28   24 Apr 1950   Wisla Krakow
          4 DF Antoni Szymanowski                27   13 Jan 1951   Wisla Krakow
          6 DF Jerzy Gorgon                      28   18 Jul 1949   Gornik Zabrze
          9 DF Wladislaw Zmuda                   24   06 Jun 1954   Slask Wroclaw
          5 MD Adam Nawalka                      20   23 Oct 1957   Wisla Krakow
          8 MD Henryk Kasperczak           (-65) 31   10 Jul 1946   Stal Mielec
         12 MD Kazimierz Deyna (c)               30   23 Oct 1947   Legia Warszawa
         18 MD Zbigniew Boniek                   22   03 Mar 1956   Widzew Lodz
         16 FW Grzegorz Lato                     28   08 Apr 1950   Stal Mielec
         17 FW Andrzej Szarmach                  27   03 Oct 1950   Stal Mielec
    
         Substitutes
         19 FW Wlodzimierz Lubanski        (+65) 31   28 Feb 1947   SC Lokeren (BEL)
    
         Coach: Jacek Gmoch                      39   13 Jan 1939
    
    
    
         BRAZIL                                 AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
          1 GK Emerson LEAO (c)                  28   11 Jul 1949   Palmeiras
          2 DF TONINHO Dias dos Santos           30   07 Jun 1948   Flamengo
          3 DF Jose OSCAR Bernardi               24   20 Jun 1954   Ponte Preta
          4 DF Joao AMARAL dos Santos            23   25 Dec 1954   Corinthians
         13 DF Manoel Cabral NELINHO             27   26 Jul 1950   Cruzeiro
          5 MD Antonio TONINHO CEREZO      (-77) 23   21 Apr 1955   Atletico Mineiro
         11 MD Jose Guimaraes DIRCEU             26   15 Jun 1952   Vasco da Gama
         17 MD Joao BATISTA da Silva             23   08 Mar 1955   Internacional
          8 FW Arthur Coimbra ZICO          (-7) 25   03 Mar 1953   Flamengo
         18 FW GILberto Alves                    27   24 Dec 1950   Botafogo
         20 FW ROBERTO DINAMITE de Oliveira      24   13 Apr 1954   Vasco da Gama
    
         Substitutes
         19 MD Jorge MENDONCA               (+7) 24   06 Jun 1954   Palmeiras
         10 FW Roberto RIVELINO            (+77) 32   01 Jan 1946   Fluminense
    
         Coach: Claudio Coutinho                 39   05 Jan 1939
    
    
    
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