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Pelé

1962 World Cup

Sunday Jun 17, 1962
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Ñuñoa, Chile

When the 1962 World Cup started, Pelé was the best rated player in the world. In the first match of the 1962 World Cup in Chile, against Mexico, Pelé assisted the first goal and then scored the second one, after a run past four defenders, to go up 2–0. He injured himself in the next game while attempting a long-range shot against Czechoslovakia. This would keep him out of the rest of the tournament.


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