Uruguay hero remembers scoring 1950 goal - and then the silence

Ghiggia looks back on historic strike at famous Brazil soccer stadium

Alcides Ghiggia still remembers the shocked hush in the Maracana stadium, packed with more than 200,000 people, after he scored the goal that felled soccer's superpower.

It was a "great, stunning silence", Ghiggia, the only surviving player from the Uruguayan and Brazilian teams that disputed the decisive 1950 World Cup game, said.