 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akatamba mitambo 27 aine zvibodzwa gumi pakati pa1945 na1953, achikunda 1949 Copa América. Akanga ari mutambi mukuru wechikwata chakakurumbira cheWorld Cup cha1950, chakarangarirwa zvisina kururama nokuda kwekurasikirwa nemutambo wokupedzisira kuUruguay, pasinei nokuva mumwe wezvikwata zvakanakisisa zveBrazil. Brazil yaingoda kurova Uruguay chete kuti ikunde FIFA World Cup ya1950 munhandare yeMaracanã. Uruguay yakauya ichibva pachinangwa pasi kuti ikunde mutambo uyu 2-1. Kukundwa uku kunorangarirwa nhasi seMaracanaço. Inorangarirwa sedambudziko guru zvikurusa romuBrazil munhau. 