Mundialito / Brazil

Brazil at the Mundialito 1980/81 in Uruguay .

National coach Telê Santana took over the management of the Seleção in 1980. For him it was his first tournament with Brazil. Playmaker Rivelino resigned after the World Cup in Argentina in 1978. The attacking midfielders Zico and Socrates formed the new heart of the team. Eder Aleixo and Serginho developed into regular players.

Brazilian contingent

goalkeeper
João Leite	Atlético Mineiro	October 13, 1955
Carlos	Ponte Preta	March 13, 1954
Defense
Juninho	Ponte Preta	August 29, 1958
Luizinho	Atlético Mineiro	October 22, 1958
Edevaldo	Fluminense	January 28, 1958
Oscar	Sao Paulo FC	June 20, 1954
Junior	Flamengo	June 29, 1954
Edinho	Fluminense	May 5th 1955
midfield
Toninho Cerezo	Atlético Mineiro	April 21, 1955
Batista	Internacional Porto Alegre	March 8, 1955
Sócrates	Corinthians	August 26, 1955
Getúlio	Sao Paulo FC	February 25, 1954
Paulo Isidoro	Gremio Porto Alegre	3rd September 1953
attack
Renato	Sao Paulo FC	February 21, 1957
Tita	Flamengo	April 1, 1958
Zé Sérgio	Sao Paulo FC	March 8, 1957
Serginho	Sao Paulo FC	December 23, 1954
Éder Aleixo	Atlético Mineiro	May 25, 1957
Trainer
	Telê Santana	July 26, 1931

Brazilian games

Preliminary round

Table group B
space	team	Sp.	Weight	Unent.	Loss	Gates	Pt.
1	Brazil	2	1	1	0	5: 2	3: 1
2	Argentina	2	1	1	0	3: 2	3: 1
3	BR Germany	2	0	0	2	2: 6	0: 4

January 1, 1981
Argentina	-	BR Germany	2: 1 (0: 1) goals: Hrubesch (41st), Kaltz (84th own goal), Díaz (88th)
4th January 1981
Brazil	-	Argentina	1: 1 (0: 1) goals: Maradona (30th), Edevaldo (47th)
7th January 1981
Brazil	-	BR Germany	4: 1 (0: 0) goals: Allofs (54th), Júnior (56th), Toninho Cerezo (61th), Serginho (76th), Zé Sérgio (82nd)

final

January 10, 1981

Montevideo

Uruguay

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Brazil

2: 1 (0: 0) goals: Barrios (50.), Sócrates (62.), Victorino (80.)