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Summary

  • Wales host Brazil in a friendly at the National Stadium in Cardiff in 1991

  • Brazil go on to win the 1994 World Cup three years later

  • Dean Saunders' 10th international goal puts Wales ahead after an hour

  • Wales hold off late pressure to secure a first ever win over Brazil

  1. Let's go back to 1991 (again)published at 13:00 British Summer Time 30 May 2020

    Wales v Brazil (13:15 BST)

    Wales midfielder Barry Horne leaves Brazil captain Careca sprawled on the Cardiff turfImage source, Rex Features

    Hello and welcome to 1991, again.

    We've steered you through Wales beating Germany, three-time World Cup winners, so three months on, let's see if we can't just do it again shall we?

    The year is 1991. Bryan Adams is number one with ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’ and might well be forever... you know it's true.

    Anyway, everything we do, we do it for you, and this game is a rarity, a game against Brazil, glamour opponents Wales haven't faced since 1983.

    Brazil are in a massive period of transition, with the upcoming 1994 World Cup marking 24-years since they last lifted the Jules Rimet Trophy.

    Memories of Turin and that infamous loss to Argentina at the World Cup in Italy still smart, especially as Argentina have also just won this summer's Copa America, beating Brazil by a single point.

    So what's the reason for this glamour friendly a month into the new season?

    Well, like with the recent rugby international with France, the purpose of this match is to celebrate the installation of floodlights at Wales' National Stadium.

    Boss Terry Yorath sees it as a useful exercise and his side are in great form and great confidence.

    They have made a flying start to their Euro 92 qualifying campaign and are clear top of Group 5 as they bid to reach a major tournament for the first time since 1958.

    Euro 1992 thoughts take a back seat tonight though as Wales take on the samba boys.

    Maradona celebrating in Brazil shirtImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Maradona and Argentina knocked Brazil out of the 1990 World Cup in a game that will live in footballing infamy