(Source: FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association) The smiles, or lack thereof, tell the story. This was a FIFA World Cup Trophy presentation like no other. Its strange, chaotic nature, though, fitted perfectly the 1950 Final that had preceded it, a match that has gained both fame and infamy in the decades since as 'the Maracanazo'. Jules Rimet, FIFA's longest-serving president, is the...
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