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Tuesday, 12 May 1981
International Friendly Match

England 0 Brazil 1 [0-1]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Brazil Squad

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 75,000;
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST

Brazil - Zico (12)
 
Results 1980-1985

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Match Summary

Officials from Austria

England

Type

Brazil

Referee (-) - Erich Linemayr
x (-).

Linesmen - J. Bucek and E. Malik

Reserve Linesman - M.L. James, Sussex F.A.

Teams presented to Dr. Artemio Franchi, UEFA President

  Goal Attempts  
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England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 7th
Colours: The 1976 Admiral away uniform - Red collared jerseys with white/blue sleeve trim and white/blue trimmed cuffs, white shorts with blue/white side stripes, red socks with white/blue stripes on top.
Capt: Ray Clemence, only captaincy Manager: Ronald Greenwood, 59 (11 November 1921), appointed as caretaker 17 August 1977, permanent on 17 December 1977,
38th match, W 23 - D 8 - L 7 - F 68 - A 31.
England Lineup
1 Clemence, Raymond N. 32 5 August 1948 GK Liverpool FC 54 45ᵍᵃ
2 Neal, Philip J. 30 20 February 1951 RB Liverpool FC 31 3
3 Sansom, Kenneth G. 22 26 September 1958 LB Arsenal FC 15 0
4 Robson, Bryan 24 11 January 1957 M West Bromwich Albion FC 8 0
951 5 Martin, Alvin E. 22
287 days
29 July 1958 CD West Ham United FC 1 0
6 Wilkins, Raymond C. 24 14 September 1956 M Manchester United FC 38 2
7 Coppell, Stephen J. 25 9 July 1955 RM Manchester United FC 29 6
8 McDermott, Terence 29 8 December 1951 M Liverpool FC 17 2
952 9 Withe, Peter 29
255 days
30 August 1951 CF Aston Villa FC 1 0
10 Rix, Graham 23 13 October 1957 M Arsenal FC 4 0
11 Barnes, Peter S. 23 10 June 1957 LM West Bromwich Albion FC 18 4
unused substitutes: 12-Mick Mills, 13-John Lukic, 14-Russell Osman, 15-Trevor Brooking, 16-Trevor Francis.
team notes: Ray Clemence becomes the seventh different captain used by Greenwood, equalling the record set by Winterbottom and Ramsey.
records: England fail to score at Wembley for two matches in a row for the first time.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Brazil Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 2nd to 1st
Colours: Made by Topper - Yellow crew necked jerseys with green collar/cuffs, blue shorts with white side trim, white socks with green/yellow trim;
Capt: Sócrates Manager: Telè Santana
19th match
Brazil Lineup
1 de Arruda, Waldir Peres   2 January 1951 G São Paulo 12 ᵍᵃ
2 de Freitas, Edevaldo   28 January 1958   Fluminense 12  
3 Bernardi, José Oscar   20 June 1954   São Paulo 26  
4 Luizinho   22 August 1958   Atlético 14  
Ferreira, Luiz Carlos
5 Toninho Cerezo   21 April 1955   Atlético 38  
Cerezo, Antônio Carlos
6 da Gama Júnior, Leovegildo L.   29 June 1954   Flamengo 23  
7 de Jesus, Paulo Isidoro   3 August 1953   Grêmio 16  
8 de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio   19 February 1954   Corinthians 24  
9 de Lima, José Reinaldo   11 January 1957   Atlético 23  
10
Zico   3 March 1953   Flamengo 44 32
Antunes Coimbra, Artur
18 de Assis, Éder Aleixo   25 May 1957   Atlético 15  
unused substitutes: 13-Getulio, 14-Edinho, 15-Vitor, 16-Renato, 17-Cesar.
team notes: Éder was a list minute replacement for the original no.11 Ze Sergio
 
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Averages:

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    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Peter Withe, making his debut in the centre of the shot-shy England attack, came within inches of ending the goal famine in the last minute against Brazil when his header hit the inside of a post before being cleared. An equaliser would have been an injustice to a Brazilian team that played with a lot of their traditional flair, particularly in the twelfth minute when Zico outsmarted two England defenders before powering a shot past Ray Clemence. Alvin Martin had a tough baptism in the middle of the defence against Reinaldo, but could be pleased with his display in a heartening England performance that earned an ovation from the Wembley crowd despite another defeat.

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
Dennis Wood, RSSSF

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CG