the competition was a source of great national pride, which was displayed during the final match when an estimated 200,000 fans crammed rio de janeiro's iconic maracană stadium, to witness brazil play uruguay - in a record attendance for any sporting event ever, the game did not go as planned, as uruguay went on to win the match 2-1 - it broke the heats of all brasilians across the nation.
brazil was finally victorius during the fifa world cup in sweden of 1958 - pele, considered by most individuals as the best soccer player of all time, scored two goals in the final of the tournament - with seventeen years of age at the time, pele secured a international fan base for decades beyond the 1958 fifa world cup.
overall brazil has gone on to win the fifa world cup five times, which is more than any other nation - they have qualified for every single tournament in history and they continue to be one of the strongest teams in the game - ronaldo(link) is the second highest goal scorer in the history of the fifa world cup, while pele is fifth.
