Silver Age - Goalkeepers

Barbosa - The Man Who Made All of Brazil Cry.
"People forget that in 1974 and 1978 there were worse humiliations. And what about the embarrassment of France in 1998? But people still prefer to talk about 1950 (Maracanazo tragedy)". 
In 1993, Barbosa visited Brazil's training camp in preparation for the 1994 FIFA World Cup but was not permitted to meet the players. The coach, Mário Zagallo, said that Barbosa might bring bad luck to the team.

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Grosics  - Blades lined up against a Magyar great as the opening whistle sounded in the Florian Albert Stadium in Hungary on Tuesday. Ferencvaros used the game with United this week to perform a nostalgic and heart-warming ceremony. The man who kicked off the match was none other than Gyula Grosics, goalkeeper of the legendary Hungarian national team which trounced England 6-3 at Wembley in 1953.
On that day, 82 years of age, Grosics was handed the opportunity to finally step onto the pitch in Ferencvaros colours, 46 years after the Communist regime refused to allow him to sign for his favourite club. Stunned and disheartened by the letter from the Hungarian Sports Ministry, Grosics thanked his then club Tatabanya for his opportunities there, but added, "As of today, I'm finished with football."

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Ramallets - Fast, agile and above all very clever, Antoni also knew how to be sober and spectacular at the same time. He definitively established himself as a goalkeeper in the 1950 World Cup, held in Brazil. It was then when he was baptised with the nicknames "El Gato de Maracaná" and "O guapo goleiro".
However, his worst memory was probably the unfortunate final of the European Cup in Bern (1961). Barca lost to Benfica 3-2, in the match when Ramallets scored an own goal. This fact probably influenced his decision to retire.