I'm very satisfied with the way the team played.

At this time I'm thinking this is the important thing to do and for that reason I took the decision.

There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would say me.

To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt.

I did not know it then, but Frida had already become the most important fact in my life. And would continue to be, up to the moment she died, 27 years later.

July 13, 1954 was the most tragic day of my life. I had lost my beloved Frida forever. To late now I realized that the most wonderful part of my life had been my love for Frida.