# Brazil 1–3 Portugal

> The match that knocked Brazil out of the 1966 World Cup, remembered for the fouls on Pelé.

Source page: https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/brazil-1-3-portugal-1966
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_3

- Date: 19 July 1966
- Stage: Group stage
- Result: Lost
- His goals: 0
- Attendance: 58,479

Brazil needed to beat Portugal at Goodison Park to have a chance of reaching the quarter-finals. Pelé was brought back, though not fully fit.

António Simões and Eusébio put Portugal 2–0 up in the first half. The defender João Morais fouled Pelé twice, and the English referee George McCabe did not send him off. Pelé could barely run for the rest of the evening. Rildo pulled a goal back, and Eusébio scored again five minutes from time.

Brazil were out. Pelé said afterwards he would not play at another World Cup. The crowd was 58,479.

Portugal went on to finish third, and Eusébio was the tournament's top scorer with nine goals. It was the last time Pelé played at the tournament until Mexico, four years later.

## Related

- The tournament it was played in: [FIFA World Cup 1966](https://pele.wiki/footballer/tournaments/1966-fifa-world-cup)
- The stadium: [Goodison Park](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/goodison-park)
- His side: [Brazil](https://pele.wiki/footballer/teams/brazil)
- The opponents: [Portugal](https://pele.wiki/footballer/teams/portugal-national-team)
- People who played a part in it: [Pelé](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/pele), [Eusébio](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/eusebio), [Vicente Feola](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/vicente-feola)
- The chapters it appears in: [England 1966](https://pele.wiki/footballer/chapters/england-1966)