After TV coverage had been introduced for the World Cup games in Switzerland
in 1954, the world entered a new era. Eight years after the disappointment of
Rio, Brazil proved unstoppable with a 17 year-old Pele in the team and won
the first of their four titles. Another of the players was a certain Mario
Zagallo, who was there again in 1962 as a player and then in 1970 as coach,
when the team took home the Jules Rimet Cup forever after their third win.

That new names will appear near the top of the list of goal-scorers in 2002
seems unlikely; still in the lead are Gerd Müller (Germany) with 14 goals
(1970 and 1974) and Just Fontaine (France) with 13 in 1958. Pele scored at
least once in each of his four World Cup appearances (1958-70), and has a
total of 12 to his credit. Best among active players is the Argentinean
centre forward Gabriel Batistuta, on nine.
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