---- ---- Notwithstanding the disappointments of the previous tournaments , Brazil were considered extremely powerful , as would indeed prove to be the case . The Soviet Union were the reigning Olympic champion and Austria had won the bronze medal in the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland , four years earlier . And although England , weakened by the loss of several players at the Munich air disaster , were not considered at their very best , they were still always a formidable team
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
1958 FIFA World Cup