Background Since both teams wore a yellow kit as their first choice, a draw was arranged in order to decide which team would use its regular strip. Brazil boycotted the draw, thus making Sweden winner, and forcing Brazil to find another color to wear. Initially, Brazil was going to wear white, but this idea was rejected when the players were visibly frightened by the idea, recalling their
loss in 1950. Eventually the staff went on to buy 22 blue T-shirts and sewed the Brazilian emblem.
Summary Sweden took the lead after only 4 minutes after an excellent finish by captain
Nils Liedholm. The lead did not last long, as
Vavá equalised just 5 minutes later. On 32 minutes, Vavá scored a similar goal to his first to give Brazil a lead 2–1 at the break. 10 minutes into the second half, Brazil went further in front thanks to a brilliant goal scored by
Pelé. He took control of the ball inside the penalty area, chipped the ball over the defender then smashed it past a helpless
Kalle Svensson. Halfway through the second half Brazil went 4–1 up with a goal scored by
Mário Zagallo.
Simonsson pulled one back for Sweden with 10 minutes remaining but it was far too late. Pelé sealed the 5–2 victory for Brazil with a headed goal in stoppage time.
Details Match rules • 90 minutes • 30 minutes of
extra time if necessary • Replay if necessary • No
substitutions permitted ==Match statistics==