Hosts
Brian Phillips
Brian PhillipsAbout the episode
How did soccer become “the beautiful game”? What does it mean for a game to be beautiful? Brian looks back at Brazil’s 1970 World Cup team, a team that starred Pelé in his prime, and a goal that introduced millions to the ideal of o jogo bonito during the first World Cup ever broadcast on color TV.
Host: Brian Phillips
Producers: Devon Renaldo, Mike Wargon, Conor Nevins, and Vikram Patel
Sound Design and Original Music: Devon Renaldo
Mixing and Mastering: Scott Somerville
Match footage from FIFA.
Also available in Spanish and Portuguese.
Brazil, 1970, and the Captivating Mythology of the ‘Beautiful Game’
Brazil, 1970, and the Captivating Mythology of the ‘Beautiful Game’
Can one passage of play express the beauty of a sport so eloquently that it changes the way that sport is imagined around the world? If it is possible, it happened in the World Cup final in 1970.
