Trivquiz Football: ROBERTO RIVELINO and BASILE BOLI

One was the star of three World Cups for Brazil ... the other famously "stuck the nut" on England fullback Stuart Pearce!

Once reigning champions England had been knocked out of the 1970 World Cup, we were free to marvel at Brazil, the team of the tournament. Pelé got all the plaudits but my personal favorite was Rivelino, who was sensational on the left wing.

Here are a few images of Rivelino from some other soccer artists, a couple of whom I’ve exchanged notes with from time to time … and all of whom create great art!

Above: Rivelino by Daniel Nyari - see more of his work here:

Above: Rivelino and Zico by Gonza Rodriguez - see more of his work here:

Above: Rivelino by Luis Trimano - see more of his work here:

Above: Rivelino by William Medeiros - see more of his work here:

Basile Boli had a season in Scotland with Rangers … but England fans likely remember him best for the “Glasgow Kiss” he planted on Stuart “Psycho” Pearce at the EURO92 tournament:

Pearce later had this to say about the incident:

"I was attacked because I left a little bit on their winger Jocelyn Angloma, who had come on at half-time. I had sorted him out on one or two occasions and Boli had spotted it and when the ball was tossed into the box he took retribution and did it well, I have to say. It was a bit like the old wrestler Johnny Quango as he butted me on the run and I went down, not because he'd knocked me down with it, but because I thought that the referee would see it and send him off. If someone puts the head on you are entitled to go down."

"When I realised that the referee had not seen it I was extremely annoyed, but I kept it to myself, waiting for the right moment to gain a little of my own back if I could. The last thing I wanted to do was to chase an opponent, throw a punch and get sent off. Instead, I turned on the unsuspecting Angloma and said: ‘That was you, you little bastard. I'm going to kill you.’ He was shaken to his boots and pleaded: 'Not me, not me.'"

"By this time he was frightened to death, thus making my job a lot easier.”