519 - Wednesday, 19th April 1978, 7:45pm

519 - 19th Apr 1978, 7:45pm

  • Goal"..in the 70th minute [England] drew level after one foul too many from Cerezo. Currie ran over the ball and Keegan beat Leao with a low shot."Kevin Keegan9th of 21 goals. Right-footed from 20 yards., 70' 69:15
  • 1Joe CorriganMan City, 2nd of 9 caps
    29 years, 5 months, 1 day
    Goalkeeper
  • 2Mick MillsIpswich, 15th of 42 caps
    29 years, 3 months, 15 days
    Right Back
  • 3Trevor CherryLeeds, 16th of 27 caps
    30 years, 1 month, 25 days
    Left Back
  • 4Brian GreenhoffMan Utd, 13th of 18 caps
    24 years, 11 month, 21 day
    Centre Back
  • 5Dave WatsonMan City, 30th of 65 caps
    31 years, 6 months, 14 days
    Centre Back
  • 6Tony CurrieLeeds, 8th of 17 caps
    28 years, 3 months, 18 days
    Midfielder
  • 7Kevin KeeganHamburg, 36th of 63 caps
    27 years, 2 months, 5 days
    Midfielder
    (c)11th captaincy
  • 8Steve CoppellMan Utd, 3rd of 42 caps
    22 years, 9 months, 10 days
    Right Midfielder
  • 9Bob LatchfordEverton, 2nd of 12 caps
    27 years, 3 months, 1 day
    Centre Forward
    Card 38'37:10 Push on the keeper on the goalline.
  • 10Trevor FrancisBirmingham, 9th of 52 caps
    24 years, 0 months, 0 days
    Centre Forward
  • 11Peter BarnesMan City, 3rd of 22 caps
    20 years, 10 months, 9 days
    Left Midfielder
  • Goal"...10th minute...Edinho suddenly released a mavellous pass inside to Rivelino who immediately found Gil running in from the right with time and space to widen the angle and beat Corrigan with a well struck left footed shot."Gil, 10' 9:19
  • 1Émerson LeãoÉmerson Leão.
    Born 11th Jul 1949, Ribeirão Preto.
  • 13Zé MariaJosé Maria Rodrigues Alves.
    Born 18th May 1949, Botucatu.
    Card 36'35:49 Arguing with the referee after a free-kick was awarded against him.
  • 14AbelAbel Carlos da Silva Braga.
    Born 1st Sep 1952, Rio de Janeiro.
    Card 90'89:21 Two-footed lunge on Coppell. Abel gets the ball but it is dangerous.
  • 4AmaralJoão Justino Amaral dos Santos.
    Born 25th Dec 1954, Campinas.
  • 5Toninho CerezoAntônio Carlos Cerezo.
    Born 21st Apr 1955, Belo Horizonte.
    Card 51'50:07 Tripping Keegan on the edge of the area.
  • 6EdinhoEdino Nazareth Filho.
    Born 5th Jun 1955, Rio de Janeiro.
    Card 6'05:14 Edinho slips as he chases after a long ball with Greenhoff and cynically brings him down.
  • 18GilGilberto Alves.
    Born 24th Dec 1950, Belo Horizonte.
  • 8ZicoArthur Antunes Coimbra.
    Born 3rd Mar 1953, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • 20NunesJoão Batista Nunes de Oliveira.
    Born 20th May 1954, Bahia.
    Off 61'60:48
  • 10RivellinoRoberto Rivellino.
    Born 1st Jan 1946, São Paulo.
    (c)
  • 11DirceuDirceu José Guimarães.
    Born 15th Jun 1952, Curitiba.
  • 17BatistaJoão Batista da Silva.
    Born 8th Mar 1955, Porto Alegre.
    Card 70'69:00 Not retreating 10 yards for a free kick.
    On 61'60:48

England Starting Formation

    4-4-2

Notes

  • Goal disallowedAfter a Brazilian goalmouth scramble on 37 minutes the ball does cross the line but the referee rules it out for a push on the keeper by Latchford who is very harshly carded.
  • Keegan GoalA lot happened before Keegan 70th minute goal. Firstly, Cerezo clotheslined Francis to give away the free-kick about 22 yards out. Cerezo, who had already been booked, was very lucky not to be shown a red card. Batista gets a pointless yellow card by standing within two yards of the free-kick and refusing to move. When he finally does, he then encroaches so much prior to Keegan striking the ball that he is no more than 5 yards out. However, Keegan's shot is hit past the wall and straight at the keeper who fumbles it into the net. Not a pretty sequence of events for Brazil.

Sources

  • Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
  • www.theantiquefootball.com
  • Official Match Programme
  • England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
  • www.rsssfbrasil.com
  • YouTube
  • The Guardian "Jekyll and Hyde Brazilians", Thursday, 20th April 1978, page 20.

Managers

Referee

  • Dutch FlagNetherlands Charles Corver

Attendance

  • 92,500

Half Time Score

ELO Ratings

  • English FlagDown 1 place, gaining 1 ranking points to 1930 points England - 9th - 1
  • Brazilian Flag Brazil - 3rd