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Jorge Luis Tovar Díaz

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Maracanazo: ( in Portuguese maracanaço ) It is the name that is known to the defeat suffered by the national team of Brazil against the national team of Uruguay in the final of the 1950 World Cup. He is called so because he played the game, precisely, in the stadium Maracana of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, and against all odds, the selection of Brazil, with full Stadium fell defeated 2-1.

  



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