Editing 1970 FIFA World Cup (section)

====Semi-finals====
[[File:Game of the Century Plaque.jpg|thumb|right|Plaque commemorating the "[[Game of the Century (football)|Game of the Century]]"]]
All four of the semi-finalists were former world champions, with the line-up guaranteeing a final between Europe and South America. In the all-South American tie, controversially switched from the capital to the lower altitude of Guadalajara,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4ORUAAAAIBAJ&dq=stadium&pg=2613%2C2679561|newspaper=[[The Leader-Post]] |title=Italy favored to win cup|date=16 June 1970}}</ref> Brazil came from behind to defeat Uruguay 3–1 and earn the right to contest their fourth World Cup Final. Two Brazilian goals in the final 15 minutes decided a match that had been evenly-matched until that point.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zN0RAAAAIBAJ&dq=clodoaldo&pg=7147%2C1445296|newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |title=Italy meets Brazilians on Sunday|date=19 June 1970}}</ref> The all-European meeting between Italy and West Germany produced a match regarded by many as one of the greatest World Cup games of all time. Having led from the eighth minute through [[Roberto Boninsegna]]'s strike, Italy were pegged back in injury time when sweeper [[Karl-Heinz Schnellinger]] scored his only international goal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?action=search&liga=Nationalmannschaft&id=500397&lang=E&no_cache=1&name=%3BSchnellinger&gegner=|publisher=[[German Football Association]] |title=Players Info: Schnellinger}}</ref> Extra-time brought five more goals as the lead swung between the two sides until [[Gianni Rivera]] gave the ''Azzurri'' a decisive 4–3 lead.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zN0RAAAAIBAJ&dq=clodoaldo&pg=7147%2C1445296|newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]] |title=World Cup Soccer Finalists|date=18 June 1970}}</ref> The match subsequently became known as the "[[Italy v West Germany (1970 FIFA World Cup)|Game of the Century]]",<ref name="Game of the Century">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/matches/world-cup/match=1838/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327164350/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/matches/world-cup/match=1838/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 March 2013|publisher=FIFA |title=A test of endurance and will}}</ref> and today has a plaque outside the Estadio Azteca to commemorate it. West Germany went on to defeat Uruguay 1–0 in the third-place match.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/21/archives/west-germany-conquers-uruguay-10-for-third-place-in-world-cup.html|agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=West Germany conquers Uruguay, 1–0, for Third Place in World Cup Soccer|work=The New York Times |date=20 June 1970}}</ref>