Garrincha was sent off in the semi-final of the 1962 World Cup, against Chile. Hungarian-Brazilian referee João Etzel Filho was one of the central characters of the 1962 World Cup. He refereed the draw between the Soviet Union and Colombia, a match that gained a new chapter years later, when he claimed to have influenced the result as a form of revenge against the Soviets. In the same tournament, outside the four lines, he also had his name linked to an alleged scheme to benefit Brazil in winning its second world championship. Etzel lived the last years of his life in Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo, where he died in 1988. ? Click here to follow the new g1 Santos channel on WhatsApp. Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1916, João Etzel became a Brazilian citizen at a young age. g1 Santos had access to documents that prove that the former referee lived in Guarujá, and married in Santos, in 1942, with Ieda Barbosa Etzel. João Etzel Filho Revista Placar / Jornal As Etzel was one of the main names in national arbitration in the 1950s and 1960s, leading classics and state decisions in São Paulo football. He is also among the five referees who refereed the most derbies between Corinthians and Palmeiras. ?He refereed competitions such as Copa América and Libertadores. In 1962, he was one of the assistants in the Libertadores decision between Santos and Peñarol, won by the Vila Belmiro club. An influential figure in the São Paulo Football Federation, he was frequently selected for international clashes and became known for receiving "prizes" offered by directors, sometimes from both clubs involved, to guarantee, at least, arbitration considered impartial. The recognition and good progress in the São Paulo Federation naturally led him to refereeing at the 1962 World Cup in Chile. Revenge against the Soviets João Etzel Filho with the captains of Colombia and the Soviet Union Jornal As The fifth Brazilian referee to officiate at World Cups, João Etzel only took charge of one match at the 1962 World Cup: the 4-4 draw between the Soviet Union and Colombia, a match that featured the first and, to this day, only Olympic goal in the history of the World Cup, scored by Colombian Marcos Coll. "I tied that match", said Etzel in an interview recorded by the newspaper As. Six years after Etzel's death, the special edition “100 Years of Brazilian Football”, of Placar magazine, published, in a section dedicated to historical referees, a report attributed to the former referee in which he claimed to have influenced the result of the game, which ended up being 4 to 1 in favor of the Soviets. According to the text, the motivation would be personal revenge against the Soviet Union for the repression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. ? That year, troops from the Soviet Union invaded Budapest to suffocate the movement that sought to free Hungary from Soviet influence. On November 5, around a thousand tanks, supported by artillery, planes and infantry troops, entered the Hungarian capital. Approximately 8,000 people died and another 200,000 left the country heading to the West. Hungarian Revolution, in 1956 Collection O Globo Son of Hungarians, Etzel said he harbored resentment for the invasion. According to another report published by the Mexican newspaper As, he claimed to have directly participated in two of the four goals scored by Colombia. "I drew that match. I'm of Hungarian descent and I've hated the Russians since the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956," said Etzel in an interview recorded by the newspaper As. The 'scheme' for Brazil to win the World Cup The other representative of Brazilian refereeing in that World Cup was Olten Ayres de Abreu. João Etzel Filho's reserve at the World Cup in Chile, he did not referee any matches. In an interview with SporTV, in 2010, five years before he died, he accused Etzel of participating in a maneuver to guarantee Garrincha in the 1962 World Cup final. Expelled in the semi-final against Chile, Garrincha would need to be tried by FIFA, as there was no automatic suspension at the time. According to Olten, leaders of the Brazilian Sports Confederation (CBD) made Esteban Marino, the match's linesman and the only eyewitness to the event, disappear before the hearing. Without his testimony, Mané was acquitted by 5 votes to 2 and played in the final, which Brazil won 3 to 1 over Czechoslovakia. Garrincha was sent off after kicking the Chile player Reproduction / FIFA Olten also stated that Etzel intermediated the payment of US$10,000 to Marino. "João Etzel took 10 thousand dollars, at the time it was a lot of money. He gave it to Esteban Marino (...) Afterwards he told me: 'I was the one who won the World Cup. I was the one who took the 10 thousand dollars and took it to Esteban Marino'", he said. The former referee also alleged that Etzel withheld half of the amount allocated to the Uruguayan assistant. Decades before the accusations, Etzel had already denied any payments. In an interview with Estadão, in 1979, he stated that Marino only received the daily allowances stipulated by FIFA. In the same interview, however, he admitted that he tried to convince the linesman not to record Garrincha's expulsion. "I ran to the locker room, grabbed Marino by the arm and said: 'See what you're going to put in the report'." Captain Mauro lifts the cup in 62 Disclosure/CBF "They tried, but they couldn't take me down" João Etzel's influence behind the scenes of São Paulo football resurfaced in 1968, when referee and journalist José Astolfi denounced an alleged corruption scheme involving managers and referees and named Etzel as "the boss" of the organization. According to Astolfi, Etzel interfered in arbitrations to favor clubs in the lower divisions. In an interview with Estadão, in 1979, Etzel himself admitted the influence he had on football in São Paulo. "I did, yes. I had friends and enemies. The enemies were few, incapable of harming me. They tried, but couldn't take me down. They were leaders or simple ass kissers", he stated. After ending his career in arbitration in 1963, Etzel worked as a sports commentator and presided over the C