Gabriel Gatehouse

Two years later, in 1966, they do terribly.

They're knocked out after the first round.

And of course, England win.

So by 1970, opposition to the dictatorship is growing.

And there's this kind of narrative from the opposition that Brazil only wins under democracy.

Right.

In the same, it's amazing because it's a mirror image of Harold Wilson.

He said, you know, England only win under Labour.

So like everyone is using politics, is using football for their political ends.

And it is a documented fact that General Medici, who was in 1970 the dictator,

was obsessed with winning the World Cup.

He personally intervened to have the national team coach replaced.

He's on the phone to the dressing room after every match.

He's meddling in tactics.

He's basically given up running the country.

He's just running the football team.

So again, when you're dealing with these stories and you're kind of trying to sift truth from...

fiction, fantasy, conspiracy theory.

You've got to hold on to what's true.

It is true that the Brazilian dictatorship was absolutely obsessed with winning this.