Futebol Arte: The story of Brazil's 1982 FIFA World Cup team 

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It is impressive how much more is said about this Brazilian team than about Italy, which was champion that World Cup. More impressive is how a losing team can make history. This Brazilian team is a king without a crown. That is precisely the lesson that this extraordinary team leaves us: the best result does not always show your quality, your success. It's football......it's life itself.

Brazil 82 is a prime example of why it's called the beautiful game.

I am an Indian but I am a brazil fan... Love from India,Kerala ❤️❤️🇮🇳🇧🇷

O jogo bonito. 40 years later, we still remember this team. And their names shall remain etched in footballing folklore forever. Thanks maestros!

socrates, the smartest footballer ive ever heard from.he was like a football philosopher and knows how to express football. not about money and success, but about bringing joy and bringing art to life. RIP brazilian legend

After world Cup 82 was over we had never seen a better brasilian team since..

I'm Scottish, obviously I wanted my team to win back then, but I fell in love with this Brazilian team. It broke my heart when they lost to Italy. I was 10 years old and still remember crying very hard watching them leave the field at the end of that match. Eder's face full of disappointment, is etched in my mind. I've never seen a better Brazilian team since.

1982年，我跟北京收看了第十二届世界杯足球锦标赛的实况。宋世雄解说。巴西队的踢法完全颠覆了我对世界的认知，其实那时候我对世界的认知很少。1998年，我读了日语版的特莱·桑塔纳的自传《我心足球》，在电车上流下了眼泪。现在，我还时常会梦到，1982年的巴西队举起了世界冠军的奖杯。

Socrates was magic, he was a doctor and smoked up to 60 gigs a day, he was like some mythical footballing great. If he was a doctor then he would be semi pro? His penalties were a treat he'd take one step back and chip it in. It was sad when he passed away he really left his football mark on the game. Socrates thank yo for the great memories you gave the game.

The team that really made me fall in love with football and the World Cup, my first as a kid. Was utterly devastated when they lost to Italy. Such beautiful and fun football they played.

Rest well, Dr.Socrates and others, I will never forget this great Brazilian side. Great documentary.

I can remember sitting in my hotel in Spain in 82 blown away by this team still my favourite team of all time when we arrived home back in the UK I was running round my local park calling myself Zico

I don't understand Portuguese, please forgive me. I watched this unique documentary from start to finish, the film was worth watching. I was 14 years old at the time of this edition of the world cup, i will be 54 years old this month, i remember this as the first world cup that i really understood what was happening and i was in middle school at the time and a football crazy youngster, everybody had their favourite player and at school the next day we would play in the playground being Zico, Falcao, Socrates,Junior . When Brazil lost to Italy , we were heartbroken...the football matches in the playground suddenly ground to a halt, anyway...here i am...over half a century old and to this day, this team is the one that i have the most affection for, Spain '82 will forever be in my heart and thought's for the way they played , with invention, style and zest , Viva seleção Brazil 1982 !!😘

I love Brazilian ❤️🇧🇷🇹🇭

Best world cup team that played beautifully. scored beautifully. Art. Skill. Amazing passes. we have never seen such performance before 82 and after 82.

Brilliant documentary. It made me cry. Wonderful time for the game. I was and still am an diehard fan of Italy, even though I was born in Argentina. I say that because I remember how great this Brazil of 82 was, maybe even better than Brazil of 70. Even while Italy beating Brazil was the greatest sporting joy of my life when I was 22, I realized that the Brazil of Zico, Falcao, Socartes, Cerezo, Eder, and every single other player on the field and on the bench who were actually GIANTS or MONSTERS of football. I have never had as much respect for any other team as I do and did for this particular Seleção. Not even for Italy or Argentina which I love both. Watching these heroes talk about football and their team is very emotional and reminds me of the love I had and still can have for this beautiful, beautiful game. I'm still crying.

the best playing national side ever, criminal they didnt win the world cup, they were truly artists of the game

I had 18 years old in 1982. I was a member of a brazilian army. But when the match against the Italy has over, I sitted on a sidewalk and I was started to cry as a child. That scretch is unforgetable for me.

Brasil de 82 ... Holanda de 74... Os mais injustiçados do futebol de todos os tempos

I was 16 when that game was played, and every time I watch it I wish the result would change. It seemed so unfair that Brazil lost that match.

Those old Brazilian players are never forgotten.

One of the best I've ever seen... art, magic, talent and football in a pitch.

Brasil 1982 estaba liderada por el gran Zico el mejor futbolista del mundo de aquella época. Zico The BEST!

Assistindo esse doc depois de mais uma eliminação onde éramos favoritos....

it does not matter they did not win, they won our hearts !

A seleção brasileira de 1970, a seleção tri campeã do mundo com Pelé, Tostão, Rivelino, Jairzinho, Gerson, Clodoaldo... conquistou a copa de 70 jogando de forma bela, jogando o verdadeiro futebol arte. Isso é fato incontestável! E é até hoje reconhecida como o exemplo do futebol arte brasileiro. A seleção da Hungria de 1954 balançou o mundo com seu futebol belíssimo e apesar de não ter conquistado a copa em sua época, é comentada até hoje e será por toda a eternidade. A seleção da Holanda na copa de 74 além de um belíssimo futebol, mostrou explícita inovação tática. Na copa de 78 repetiu a dose e na final, fez uma partida apoteótica contra a Argentina. A Holanda é considerada a seleção do “quase”, pois nunca ganhou nada, mas, é comentada até hoje e será por toda a eternidade. A seleção brasileira de 1982 foi descrita por Pelé da seguinte forma: - “ganhamos em 70 com uma seleção de super craques experientes... mas, se a seleção de 82 tivesse conquistado a copa, poderia tranquilamente ser comparada com a de 70, pois, a seleção de 82 também teve super craques e jogava como uma orquestra. Mostrou um futebol belíssimo”. A Itália de 82 não tem culpa de nada, pois foi competente em seu futebol tradicional de forte marcação. Mas, em minha opinião, a seleção de 82 não ter conquistado a copa, fez um mal absurdo ao futebol, pois, após isso, deu-se início a mentalidade de trancar o jogo com volantes de contenção, do futebol de resultado, do jogar só para ganhar, mesmo se feio for.

40 years have passed and I still haven't seen a team that could knock the ball around as sweetly and smoothly as this one did; and almost every goal they scored was a wonder goal. I was eleven years old, but couldn't hold back the tears when they went out!

I was 13 in 82 and I was so crushed in Brazil watching this team lose to Italy. It was the only time I cried because of football. It was indeed a fantastic squad and they played the most beautiful game I ever seen in a WC. It was a shame this generation never won a cup.

Yes, they did not win the world cup. But they did win our hearts. For that, they will always be remembered.

Esta seleção tem seu lugar na história não adianta 🇧🇷🏅✌️

Brazil's goalkeeper, Waldir Peres, as well as Sócrates and Dirceu, also passed away. Amazing team.

It was around 1992 and i was 8 years old when i found my father's videotape with all goals and highlights of that world cup. i fall in love immediately with Brazil's football. It's my favorite team since then! Greetings from Santorini, Greece!

STILL THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND MAGICAL TEAM EVER (EXCEPT SERGHINO 😂) 🇧🇷 1982 LOVE FROM ENGLAND ❤

As a young boy I truly fell in love with Brazil in '82 .Football becomes art. Every goal is a painting. The best team that ever played in the World Cup and to not win the trophy.

Mis respetos a una generación maravillosa de futbolistas y grandes seres humanos. Fue una tragedia que no ganarán ese mundial. Lo merecían porque jugaron un fútbol hermoso y sublime. Un reconocimiento muy especial al Profesor Tele Santana. Dios lo tenga en Su Gloria. Abrazo al cielo querido maestro. Gracias Brasil del 82 su estilo a jugar el fútbol permanecerá por siempre en nuestros corazones.

As an Italian it would have been a lot better for football if Brasil won that World Cup since they mastered the beautiful game and took it to new heights, with a unique mixture of individual talent and associative football that nobody was able to replicate. They were basically the Pep Guardiola Barcelona with the Galácticos mentality, still grateful for what they have done to football in spite of not achieving victory

Un moment de grâce , une lumière qui restera éternelle, le jeu, le génie , des hommes d exception , une vision du football. Merci pour ce moment majuscule .

I will never forget 82...it was magic, like 1970...especially beating Argentina, the reigning champions, the way we did...but it was also tragic...I still remember feeling amazed at the total silence in Sao Paulo, then the second largest city in the world, after we lost to Italy...it felt the country had died. But 1950 and in 2014 were much worse!

La squadra più bella. Lo dice un italiano. Non sempre però quel che è bello e’ anche vincente.

The first World Cup I watched and while i lived in Brazil. The country was heartbroken after that game. Everyone walking around in disbelief.

This documentary is amazing, great to see these things just before the World Cup starts. Wonderful!

El mejor equipo de Brasil de todos los tiempos y del mundial del 82 aunque no obtubo el título para mi fue el Campeón 🇧🇷🇧🇷💯🥇🥇

Such a brilliant team, and this is a brilliant tribute to them! Great documentary!

I love this team,what great ambassadors they were for soccer. Simply The Best. Amen

Mi primer Mundial ! el mejor mundial ( tanto talento Junto en muchas seleciones )que Yo he vivido ...este Brasil nadie se acuerda porque no gano el Mundail !

That Brazilian team was the last team that played real football for the beauty of football. Since then Brazil is just a team of many playing for result and that's sad. Football died on June 5th 1982, RIP.

I had the privilege to see the scratch playing during its prime….it was just art!!!

Amazing team at that time!

Que doc emocionante... Impossível segura as lágrimas a partir das imagens contra a Itália. Tinha 8 anos de idade naquele 5 de julho e até hoje me lembro bem daquele dia, mas recordo-me, sobretudo, dos dias felizes que aquela Copa proporcionou, que aquele grupo fantástico de jogadores brasileiros proporcionou. Aquele 5 de julho ensinou-me sobre as incertezas da vida, ajudou-me a crescer.

The 2 goals Brazil got against Italy were the best goals goals they scored in the 82 World Cup ironically enough. They played amazingly in that match against Italy. The second Italian goal was a killer goal,totally unnecessary, self inflicted just when Brazil were dominating the game. Brazil 82 was a fabulous side. Amen.

As italian I think that the Selecao 82 was a great, great Brasil, the best I've ever seen. Just to mention some players: Paulo Roberto Falcao (my favourite), Zico, Socrates, Junior, Toninho Cerezo.

Brazil is the greatest team in the world, there's no way to disagree.

I think I've watched the best documentary about Brazil's 1982 FIFA World Cup team. Thank you.

Most telented and unlucky team in world cup history Love from 🇧🇩

Brazil's football would forever change to a much more European style after this game. Jogo bonito was over after that game. Playing beautiful had been a big thing in Brazil, oddly enough the rest of the world wouldn't call it that (marketing campaign) until the late 1990s long after that style ceased to exist. Nowadays the styles are all the same (or very similar) anyway. Those old times are long gone.

Such impressive video, recalling youth, really heart-touched, impossibly to finish it without tears

Ironia do destino! A melhor seleção do mundo imortalizada pela derrota!

Gran documental y testimonio de un gran equipo de futbol y grandiosos jugadores, para lo conozcan las nuevas generaciones

SIN DUDA EL MEJOR EQUIPO DE TODOS LOS EQUIPOS QUE HAYAN JUGADO AL FUTBOL DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS, ESA FLUIDEZ E INTELIGENCIA EN LA MEDIA CANCHA NO SE VERA EN NINGUN EQUIPO, CADENCIA Y ARTE HICIERON A ESE BRASIL INMORTAL YO VI TODOS SUS PARTIDOS EN ESE MUNDIAL, SOY MEXICANO Y FUE MUY DOLOROSO VER A ESTE EQUIPASO PERDER ASI...DESPUES VI COMO ITALIA OTRO EQUIPASO GANABA LA COPA...PERO ESTE BRASIL ENSEÑO AL MUNDO EN ESE MUNDIAL COMO SE JUEGA AL FUTBOL...HASTA QUE YO MUERA IMITARE A MI SOCRATES Y SUS PASES QUIRURGICOS, LA POTENCIA DE EDER EN EL GOLPEO AL BALON...EN FIN...GRANDE BRASIL.

Fueron los mejores...... !!!

Watched this documentary for four times on DSTV and you tube. It's narrates the essence and soul of Tele Santana's Futebol Arte team. "A goal designed by Brasil Midfield. Another Painting!

The team of my lifetime 🙏❤️

Great movie ! Brazilian people loved that national team. Much more that others champions national teams of 1994's or 2002's World Cup.

Esa seleccion brasileña del 82 mereció ser campeón mundo con eder socrates zico

The greatest Brazilian Team in my post 1964 lifetime. An Honour for my Aotearoa New Zealand All Whites to play Brazil

É possível entrar pra eternidade do futebol sem ganhar grandes títulos ou nenhum deles? Sim, Hungria de 1954, Holanda de 1974 e Brasil de 1982.

Paolo Rossi single handedly destroyed Brazil in 1982 second round group elimination stage…..Viva Italia and R.I.P Rossi!!!

increadible team what a fabulous team and beautiful song brings back such happy , estatatic euphoric and at the same time sad memories bitter sweet

1982 was an amazing world cup.But watching the video makes me sad. Brazil played incredible football, then lost to Italy. France played beautiful football against Northern Ireland and West Germany, losing on penalties. I remember after France beat Northern Ireland, the TV host was already speculating about a Brazil v France final. Juts imagine it, Socrates, Zico, Falcao, Cerezo, Eder, Junior, Leandro vs Platini, Rocheteau, Giresse, Six, Amoros, Tigana, Bossis. Crazy how the world missed out and instead got "treated" to Italy v West Gernany having a virtual punch up in the final (lots of dirty fouling). Ultimately beautiful football was the loser in 1982.

Entre todas, a derrota mais amarga e dolorida, pelos craques, pelo futebol, pela Seleção, e pelo Mestre Telê; que saudade do seu Telê, um gênio sem igual, que pena aquela geração de Zico, Sócrates, Falcão, Junior, Leandro, Eder, Careca, |Oscar, Amaral, Cerezzo, incrível; não tiveram Copa, nem final, nem semi-final; deixaram exemplo gigante de futebol e caráter!

40 anos depois, ainda quero acreditar que esses jogadores vão voltar a jogar juntos e vão ganhar um mundial.

Cuando yo vi jugar a Brasil 82 me enamore del futbol. Este equipo hacia que parezca que jugar futbol fuera facil.

El gol de Socrate es un poema al futbol, nada mas que decir!!!!

Great football nation 💫❤️!

Great great team but my fav was Doc Soc with his laconic lazy style…full of elegance and class….

Esta Seleção é uma das maiores alegrias e orgulho do nosso povo. Eu era muito pequena e ainda me lembro do “barulho”. Era uma energia tão maravilhosa, que chegava nas crianças ficou no inconsciente coletivo. Quem viveu isso sabe do que estou escrevendo. Quem não, pode sentir um pouco só de ver o olhar dos jogadores, torcedores, de todos os que aparecem neste documentário. Sem palavras. ❤🇧🇷🥹

Together with the Hunfarian Magical Magyars, Beasil 1982 are miy football inspiration. Only Brasil was 3 times the wonderteam of the world. I love you Brasil 1982

I still get so emotional when I see this. I was 21 at the time.

Zico the best !

In my lifetime no team like this soccer ⚽️ team, Brasil 1982 World Cup 🇪🇸

Best team I ever seen. The team of the beautiful game forever!

Brazil 82 is another story of a legendary team, not being able to win the big one. Just like Hungary 54, Netherlands 74. Football can be a cruel mistress.

El mejor Brasil que he visto jugar lastima que no fue campeon eran magicos jugando un gran equipo.

brazil was is and will always remain the greatest......

Yes this Brazil team of 1982 was beautiful and special. But the skills and the beauty of football did not go away after Brazil got eliminated by Italy as the best game of the entire tournament happened in the semi final between France and West Germany.

The best, the most entertaining and the most beautiful football team that I have had the great pleasure to have witnessed in my lifetime. The quality of play at successive world cups has been somewhat lacking in comparison.

Brasil tem que jogar assim nesta copa do mundo

Que homenagem linda a uma das melhores seleções de todos os tempos. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Socrates RIP (missing in the In Memorium part)

1982 was the first world cup I was big enough to watch football and ever since that Brazil has been my standard to judge any other team either a national team or a club and yet to find an equal forget about a better one. Nowadays the tough pressing has turned football into handball and there is no space for creativity and the play maker role has disappeared somewhat!.

O documentário mostra bem como um time precisa de tarefas bem definidas, jogar com bola é importante, sem bola é imprescindível.

Esse meio campo é sensacional, mágico, dos sonhos, e pensar que não jogaram Roberto Dinamite e Reinaldo nessa Copa de 82, mostra o nível desses jogadores. A maior injustiça do futebol foi essa magnífica seleção não ter ganho a Copa... 🇧🇷

Not only did Brazil lose to Italy that day but "joga bonito also lost". The Brazilians stopped playing that style of football after that. I am in my 60's but I still tell my son about that brilliant bunch of players.

What a team!

Me dolio cuando Brazil fue eliminado por Italia, y con el empate le bastaba, no entiendo como Brazil tenia a Serginho que se comia goles faciles ese era su tendon de aquiles, creo que Paulo Cesar pudo ver metido esos goles, lastima que Careca estaba lastimado. Jugaban muy bien y a veces uno recuerda a estos equipos que a los campeones.

Bizarro a melhor seleção brasileira de todos os tempos não ter ganho o título, coisas que só o futebol proporciona.

I remember the game vs Italy. I was 10 yrs old and was watching with my older cousins. Everyone was rooting for Brazil except me, lol. I was rooting for Italy not really sure why but I was. Paolo Rossi became my favorite player. It was a heck of a game.

Brasilien hat bei der WM 1982 den schönsten Fußball gespielt. Sie starben aber in Schönheit. Italien ist immer schwer zu besiegen in einem K.O. Spiel, weil sie traditionell sehr stark sind in der Abwehr.

I am 63 years old and I have been watching every Mundial since 1974. The Brazilian team from 1982 will be forever my favorite team. In football sometimes best teams don't win. In 1954 Hungary was absolutely best team but they lost.