The 1970 World Cup was played in Mexico between May 31 and June 21. Brazil won its third world championship.
This World Cup is remembered for being the first to be broadcast on television. In Guatemala, all the games could be seen, most of them live. Prensa Libre announced, one day before the inauguration, what the broadcast schedule for all the games would be like.
In addition, there were special envoys who wrote columns with the name of “Free Press in the World Cup in Mexico.”
The teams that participated in this World Cup were Federal Germany, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, El Salvador, England, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Sweden, Soviet Union and Uruguay.
One of the surprising absences from this World Cup was that of Argentina, which failed to qualify after a draw with Peru.
The final was played at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City, between Brazil and Italy. The match ended 4 goals to 1 in favor of the South Americans and was the consecration of Pelé as the King of football. Prensa Libre titled the final chronicle of the tournament with “Pelé the best player”.
However, Pelé was not the tournament’s top scorer and not even his team’s, which was Jairzinho. The one who scored the most in the tournament was the German Gerd Müller.
One day after the final, Prensa Libre headlined the cover “Rimet Cup to Brazil: Three-time champion”. This alluded to the fact that by achieving the three-time championship, the Jules Rimet Cup became the property of the Brazilians.
