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SENSATIONS
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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1961.
BIGGEST WORLD CUP SHOCK
When America's part-timers humbled mighty England
On a close, cloudy day in the summer of 1950, a modest 20,000 crowd gathered round a crude-looking football pitch in Brazil, expecting to see the most one-sided match in World Cup history.
The place was Belo Horizonte, some 300 miles from Rio de
Janeiro.
Here, a u cramped, bumpy, almost grassless ground, the cream inex- of English professional football wouli tackle an perienced team of part time players representing the United States Cinderella country of international soccer.
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