the 1970 brazilian national team is considered by most individuals as the greatest football team of all time - the grace, style and level of play exhibited by this team landed brasil the most comfortable tournament victory of all time - jairziho and pele were players instantly recognizable across the globe during this time.

the most recent world cup in 2014 was hosted in brasil - the nation was prepared to see one of the most exciting tournaments of all time, in their home country. it turned out to be a tournament filled with unexpected upsets and admirable performances from all latin american countries - colombia, mexico and costa rica astonished the world while the typcially strong european teams, such as england, portugual and spain, finished much lower than expected - unfortunately brasil lost to germany in the semi-finals.