Moacir Barbosa, The saddest story in football history

Moacir Barbosa: The goalkeeper who was condemned for life. Brazilian football is synonymous with the fun-loving freedom of inhibition that the yellow shirts have spent sixty years making famous. The first of their five World Cups was won in Sweden in 1958, Pele and Garrincha finally firing the Seleção to the top of the world game. But it wasn’t supposed to be that way. Brazil were supposed to win the World Cup on home soil eight years prior, only to fall at the final hurdle. What followed was the sad story of the man they blamed – the condemnation of Moacir Barbosa. Moacir Barbosa was once regarded as one of the best goalkeepers on the planet, but one mistake in the wrong game condemned him to punishment for the rest of his life. Spurned by his country, he was blamed for a national tragedy, carrying that weight for 50 years. It is undoubtedly one of the saddest stories that the game has ever produced. This channel discusses about football, and history related to football.