evidence: Several sports-betters placed their eggs in Brazil’s basket as their opposition for a position in the semi-finals were England, who soccer fans considered to be substantially weaker than the soccer-giant that is Brazil. However, the first 45 minutes of the match proved otherwise as Garrincha scored in the 31st minute but England’s Garry Hitchens re-leveling the scoring to 1 – 1 just 7 minutes later. [...] However, in the 1966 World Cup hosted by England, Brazil had a poor showing as they were eliminated from the tournament in the primary group stage matches. Their losses were not sudden, however; Brazil, after their elimination, attributed their losses to their opponents playing harshly and even unfairly. The Brazilian players reported events of absurd challenges/tackles in each of their matches, especially during their opening match versus Bulgaria. In an era that did not have a concrete way to punish unfair challenges or tackles made by players, the referees could not do much except giving verbal warnings during the games until red and yellow cards were introduced after 1970. [...] Brazil had a mission in this World Cup, which was to prove that the result in 1966 when they got eliminated during the Group Stages was just a fluke created through unfair play. The vengeful squad defeated Peru with a one-sided performance as the Brazilians scored 4 goals as opposed to Peru’s 2 goals.