Gérson
Brazil faced Peru van in the quarterfinals, creating plenty of chances for the deadly striker trio. Brazil turned out to be a size bigger than Bulgaria, they won the game 4-2 and they defeated Teófilo Cubillas and Peru. Cubillas had almost personally led his team to the next round and had already scored four times in the first three matches. Both teams played attacking play, creating space for both Peru and Brazil, so it was a goal-rich game. After a quarter of an hour, Brazil was already 2-0 ahead, Peru had also come back from the same score in its first group game against Bulgaria and had finally taken the victory with 3-2. By combining Gérson in midfield with Rivellino and Clodoaldo. Uruguay then waited in the semifinals. The national coach of the South American country had noticed the important role of Gérson and decided to put a man on him during the game. The flowing game of the Brazilians was suddenly interrupted because Gérson was so tightly covered. However, the midfielder had come up with a way to solve this, he went deeper into the field so that his opponent had to go with him. In this way, Clodoaldo was given space to attack and thus scored the first goal for the Brazilians. In the second half, the Divine Canaries managed to score twice more to make it 3-1 on the boards. Brazil reached the final, beating Italy. That had qualified by booking a historic victory over West Germany in the semi-final. They played against the Brazilians with greats such as Giacinto Facchetti, Luigi Riva and Sandro Mazzola. In the 18th minute, Pelé opened the scoring to score Brazil's 100th World Cup goal, but Italy tied the score a short time later. The Brazilians then decided to give a little more gas in the second half and rolled over the Squadra Azzurri. After a goal from Gérson, goals from Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto Torres. followed which ultimately set the final score at 4-1. Almost everyone agreed that Gérson had been the Man of the Match and played a major role in winning the world title. Brazil became tri-campeão, three-time world champion, and was therefore allowed to keep the Jules Rimet Cup.