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Zagallo, who died on Friday, was the only surviving member of the Brazilian team that lifted the 1958 World Cup trophy, the country\u2019s first title and one that eased the pain of a traumatic defeat by Uruguay at the Maracana eight years prior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was at the Maracana for that fateful loss to Uruguay. I was a soldier and it was my job to keep people off the pitch,\u201d said Zagallo, of a result that prompted national mourning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ll never forget the silence, the sadness and the disappointment of that defeat,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His legendary teammate, Pele, died in December 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While that memory remained vivid, Zagallo would do his utmost to relieve the anguish by leaving his fingerprints on four of Brazil\u2019s five World Cup triumphs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emerging from the amateur ranks during the 1950s, Zagallo, a diminutive left winger, embodied Brazil\u2019s quest to blend attacking flair with defensive solidity, combining his exquisite technique with admirable commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He won five Rio de Janeiro state championships with Flamengo and Botafogo. He only made his Brazil debut at the age of 26, shortly before the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, but became an integral member of the team, winning 37 caps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mario Zagallo, the famous Brazilian football legend and the first person to win the FIFA World Cup as both a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[164,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tribute","category-soccer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mario.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11163,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/the-life-and-times-of-germany-legend-franz-beckenbauer\/","url_meta":{"origin":11139,"position":0},"title":"The Life And Times OF Germany Legend Franz Beckenbauer","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"January 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Bayern Munich and Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer has died at the age of 78, his family have confirmed. 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