After fierce competition in the group stage, the quarter-finals of the 1958 World Cup were all produced: the Federal Republic of Germany, Northern Ireland, France, Yugoslavia, Sweden, Wales, Brazil and the Soviet Union.
The first match of the quarter-finals was played by Brazil against Wales. Brazil, which was generally optimistic before the game, encountered a lot of trouble in the game, and the first half of the game ended with a score of 0:0. Brazil, which has many good attackers, has never been able to break through the opponent's goal, and Brazilian fans have begun to become anxious. At the crucial moment, the teenager named Pele stepped forward, Didi hoisted the ball into the box, Pele picked the ball to complete the turn, scored the only goal of the game, and Brazil finally eliminated Wales 1-0. Pele, at 17 years and 239 days, became the youngest goalscorer in World Cup history.
In the match between France and Northern Ireland, the French soldiers won 4:0 without bloodshed. The star player of this match is france striker Fontaine, who has scored 6 goals in the group stage and 2 more in this game.
In the rest of the matches, host Sweden eliminated the Soviet union with Yasin 2-0 thanks to goals from Kurt Hamlin and Agne Simmonson. Defending champions the Federal Republic of Germany won 1-0 against Yugoslavia with Larne's only goal.
The semi-finals between Brazil and France are undoubtedly a strong contest in this World Cup. Just two minutes into the opening, Vawa helped Brazil take the lead. The Frenchman equalised seven minutes later, with of course it was Fontaine who scored and it was Kopa who provided the assist. But Didi's long-range shot in the 39th minute of the game sent Brazil ahead of the score again. Considering that France has Fontaine, who has already scored nine goals, people are still looking forward to the second half of the game.
But no one would have thought that the second half would be Bailey's performance time. In the 52nd minute of the match, the French goalkeeper missed a pass from Vawa and Pele easily pushed the empty goal with his left foot in front of goal, giving Brazil a 3-1 lead. In the 64th minute of the match, Vawa's shot was blocked by a French defender and Pele seized the opportunity to score another goal. In the 75th minute of the match, Pele completed his first national team hat-trick, the youngest hat-trick player in World Cup history. France, trailing 1-5, were completely powerless to bounce back, scoring only a face-saving goal by Roger Piantoni in the 83rd minute of the match. Pele helped Brazil qualify for the World Cup final 5:2 for the first time (the 1950 World Cup rematch was a round-robin tournament, so there was no final. ）
The other semi-final was contested between the defending champions, the Federal Republic of Germany, and host Sweden. As the defending champions, the Federal Republic of Germany had the upper hand and in the 24th minute of the game, Schaefer received a cross from the side and volleyed into the box to open the scoring. But the Germans didn't last long, and in the 32nd minute of the game, Sweden broke the ball and launched a counter-attack, and Lennart Skogrend helped Sweden equalize. The Federal Republic of Germany appeared to have been disrupted by the goal, and in the 59th minute of the match, German left-back Uskovyak was sent off for a foul on Hamlin. Their striker Fritz. Walter was also kicked off the field. The Federal Republic of Germany, which played 9 and 11, was no longer able to cope, and the scene was very embarrassing. In the 81st minute of the race, Glenn, one of the Swedish troikas, helped Sweden to a comeback. In the final moments of the game, Hamlin broke through the bottom line from the right side, scored after several people in West Germany, completely killed the game, and Sweden advanced to the final 3:1.
Fiorentina's all-time top scorer Hamlin
Presumably, the semi-final consumed a lot of physical and mental energy in the Federal Republic of Germany, so they suffered a big rout in the third and fourth place finals against France. 6:3, it was the most goals scored in the World Cup third place battle, and he also set another record. Fontaine, who staged the senior year of this game, took off the Golden Boot with 13 goals, and surpassed Cochis to become the player with the most goals in a single World Cup, a record that remains to this day, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to be broken in the future.
The final was held on June 29, 1958. Sweden made a fantastic start with an unexpected start, scoring just four minutes after Lidholm opened the scoring. But the Brazilian equalised with Wawa in the 9th minute of the match, and then in the 36th minute Wawa scored twice to help Brazil reverse the score. At the end of the first half, Brazil took a 2-1 lead.
If the first half belonged to Vawa, then the second half of the final belonged to Pele. In the 55th minute of the match, Pele received a long diagonal pass from Nelton Santos, picking up Swedish defender Gustavsen's overhead shot without waiting for the ball to land on the ground. The goal was also called one of Pele's most memorable goals.
In the 68th minute of the match, Zagaro's goal helped Brazil seal the win. Although Simmonson pulled a goal back for Sweden in the 80th minute, Pele scored with a header in the 90th minute of the final match to give Brazil a 5-2 win over Sweden. Brazil won their first World Cup title, and Pele also started his own way to the top of the game.