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Wednesday, 8 June 1977
Summer Tour of South America Match

Brazil 0 England 0 [0-0]
 

 

Match Summary
Brazil Squad
England Squad

Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance:
77,000;
Kick-off: 9.30pm local, 1.30am BST 9 June

 
 
Results 1975-1980

? kicked-off. ? minutes (? & ?).

 

Match Summary

Officials

Brazil

Type

England

Referee (-) - Alberto Ducatelli
x (-).

Linesmen - tbc

  Goal Attempts  
  Attempts on Target  
  Hit Bar/Post  
  Corner Kicks Won  
  Offside Calls Against  
  Fouls Conceded  
  Possession  

Brazil Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 3rd
Colours: Made by Adidas - Yellow crew necked jerseys with green collar/cuffs, pale blue shorts with white side trim, white socks with green/yellow tops.
Capt: Rivellino Manager: Claudio Coutinho
Brazil Lineup
1 Leão, Émerson 27 11 July 1949 G SE Palmeiras   GA
2 Zé Maria 28 18 May 1949        
Rodrigues Alves, José M.
3 Amaral dos Santos, João J. 22 25 December 1954        
4 Edinho 22 5 June 1955        
Filho, Edino N.
5 Toninho Cerezo 22 21 April 1955        
Cerezo, Antônio C.
6 Neto, José Rodrigues 27 6 December 1949        
7 Alves, Gilberto, off 26 24 December 1950        
8 Zico 24 3 March 1953 AM CR Flamengo    
Antunes Coimbra, Artur
9 Roberto Dinamite 23 13 April 1954
de Oliveira, Carlos R.
10 Rivellino, Roberto 31 1 January 1946        
11 Lima, Paulo Cézar 27 16 June 1949        
Brazil Substitutes
  Zé Mário, on for Gil 28 2 January 1949        
de Almeida Barros, José M.

unused substitutes:

-
 
- -

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 13th to 11th
Colours: The 1976 Admiral away uniform - Red collared lightweight jerseys with white/blue sleeve trim and white/blue trimmed collar/cuffs, white shorts with blue/white side stripes, blue socks.
Capt: Kevin Keegan, eighth captaincy Manager:
In charge: Les Cocker
Donald G. Revie, 49 (10 July 1927), appointed 4 July 1974,
27th match, W 14 - D 6 - L 7 - F 48 - A 24.
England Lineup
1 Clemence, Raymond N. 28 5 August 1948 GK Liverpool FC 28 24ᵍᵃ
2 Neal, Philip J. 26 20 February 1951 RB Liverpool FC 5
3 Cherry, Trevor J. 29 23 February 1948 LB Leeds United AFC 10 0
4 Greenhoff, Brian 24 28 April 1953 CHB Manchester United FC 10 0
5 Watson, David V. 30 5 October 1946 CHB Manchester City FC 23 0
6 Hughes, Emlyn W. 29 28 August 1947 LHB Liverpool FC 45 1
7 Keegan, J. Kevin 26 14 February 1951 OR SV Hamburger, Germany 30 7
8 Francis, Trevor J. 23 19 April 1954 IL Birmingham City FC 4 1
9 Pearson, J. Stuart, off 70th min. 27 21 June 1949 CF Manchester United FC 10 3
10 Wilkins, Raymond C., off 70th min. 20
261 days
14 September 1956 M Chelsea FC 5 0
11 Talbot, Brian E. 23 21 July 1953 M Ipswich Town FC 3 0
England Substitutes
  Kennedy, Raymond, on 70th min. for Pearson 25 28 July 1951 M Liverpool FC 8 7 2
1
  Channon, Michael, on 70th min. for Wilkins 28 28 November 1948 CF Southampton FC 43 41 21
2

unused substitutes:

-
Although this match is recognised as a Revie international.  He was in allegedly in Finland watching the Fin's play Italy, in fact, he was in UAE for a job interview. Les Cocker was in charge of the team for this match.
 
- -

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

England could and should have been three goals clear at half-time if they had taken their chances. Brazil were equally careless in front of goal in the second-half, during which acting manager Les Cocker sent on substitutes Ray Kennedy and Mike Channon to put new life into a tiring team. A sequence of saves by Ray Clemence and three off-the-line clearances by Trevor Cherry stopped the Brazilians from snatching victory. What nobody knew is that Don Revie was absent because, disguised in Arab dress, he had gone to the Middle East to be interviewed for the job of supreme of football in the United Arab Emirates.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Norman Giller
, Football Author

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CG