History of the Brazil national football team whose main symbol was midfielder Dunga, forward Careca and three full-backs, the team lacked creativity but made it to the second round. Like in Mexico, Brazil were again confined to one stadium, Juventus' Stadio delle Alpi in Turin. They won all three of their group stage matches against Sweden (2–1), Costa Rica (1–0) and Scotland (1-0), during playing the latter, a hard free-kick taken by Branco hit Scottish midfielder Murdo MacLeod in the head, knocking him out cold. They then had to face Argentina in their second round match. Against a weaker Argentine side, Brazil applied heavy pressure and had
1970 Cup of the Alps 1970 Cup of the Alps 1970 Coppa delle Alpi shows the results of the 1970 tournament that was held in Switzerland in the preseason 1970/71. The Coppa delle Alpi (translated as "Cup of the Alps") was a football tournament, jointly organized by the Italian Football Federation and the Swiss Football Association as a pre-season event. All of the games in the 1970 competition were played in Switzerland. There were four participants from Italy, these being Bari, Fiorentina, Lazio and Sampdoria, and there were four from Switzerland: Zürich, Lugano, Young Boys and FC Basel. Each Italian team played against each of