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- ↑ 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil Archived 25 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "El Atlas tiene seis décadas sin poder alimentar los recuerdos" [Atlas has been six decades without being able to repeat the memories] (in Spanish). Excelsior. 22 April 2011.
