FULL MATCH: Brazil vs. France 2006 FIFA World Cup

Emerson's replacement, although one of the best dead ball exponents in the

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, Junior Penambicano, and striker Adriano, who scored on this field in the Confederations Cup final against Argentina just 12 months ago, also suffered a knock in the victory over Garner, so Gilberto Silva leaves the place. the substitute bench also free from Spain Luis Medina Cantilejo so far has been in charge of Germany against Poland Holland against Argentina and Italy against Australia and he has only seen two goals in those three games the referee I hope he sees a few more tonight there are no changes for Frenchman Raymond Dominic is doing well after his team has rediscovered its appetite for victory in the last two games.

Tyrion Ray is the only outright striker, so Floral Maluda and Frank Ribéry have important roles. Both will bring ingenuity to the attack and hope

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y ammunition if you look at Carlos Alberto Pereira who never played professionally and Raymond Dominic who certainly did. He was a brave player for the Olympic Lions. The yellow cards entering the

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for Brazil. Juan, who is the starter, and Adriano, who is a substitute. for France Patrick Vieira Zinedine Zidane and Frank Ribéry and I mentioned that because those three received a yellow card tonight they would miss the semi-final against Portugal in Munich next Wednesday well, Ronaldo seems like a happy and good guy, maybe he'll be the new .

He holds the record for goals scored in World Cup finals, having surpassed the legendary German mullet in the last

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against Garner. He has 15 goals and we often run with Brazil as the leader. I tell you in yellow and blue. France in all white and the ball now. with the other legend uh cafu I still see the photos now of the Café four years ago in Yokohama receiving the World Cup trophy the dazzling ceremony after the victory over Germany could end up as a repeat of that final or it could and this of course is a repeat of the strong and strong tackle from the 1998 final in the midfield in Sudan will try to get away from zaribeto suddenly he is finding the magic but Ari was in an offside position uh zidane tried to get around him going deep to pick things up Gilberto Silva thanks Roberto Carlos then Kaká, there is the old magic of Zidane, it had been said that he lost it, but it was reestablished in the last game that Sanyo played directly off the board so that both teams tried to make this start to go well, oh, of course that almost got to Ronaldo and it was almost a serious mistake in the heart of the French defense in the opening minutes and Ronaldo has certainly rediscovered his enthusiasm, the need to score goals as Janine rises and Ambicano makes his way forward, but Kefu has knotted feet.

Brazil surprisingly has only done so. They beat France once in a competitive match and that, as you can imagine, was in 1958, in the semi-finals of the World Cup. Vieira's great run was halted, however, by Lucille, one or two indeterminate touches of the ball in the early stages, suggesting that the nerves are still there now that Café is playing for AC Milan at the moment, but He says he will probably return to Brazil after the World Cup final to join Sao Paulo. Roberto Carlos remains well ahead, there was no way for him to retire. There it is, all right, nice little touches around the edge of that area by Ronaldinho, the

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The first free kick of the match goes to Brazil and is won by the world footballer of the year, who really has to get down to business in this World Cup. In the finals we have not yet seen the best of Ronaldinho. Maybe it's your time to come to the party. I have said it before. There is no better free-kick taker in world football than Janino, who scored on this pitch last year. He already has a goal in these World Cup finals, he practices every day and what he does is he lines up a target just six yards in front of him and he practices getting it over that target so that actually, when it does, He knows exactly what to do and usually hits the mark.

I warn you that it is Janina Panamicano, but as we will know everything about him from his days in France, it is almost León against Marsello, but I assure you that it is Brazil against France and it is Janino. and he was about to pass and it bounced off a French header and out into the corner. More practice is needed in the right direction and Brazil has this corner. It's Bartez's first athletic hit, so Kafu Roberto Carlos comes to pick up the header. Away from The Tackle of Israel Zidane, his colleague from Madrid, who then commits a foul on the opponent and Brazil will have a second free kick a little further than the previous one, although Zidane remembers that he must be careful tonight, otherwise he will be out of the semi-final. -final, but then the players decided to miss the semi-finals rather than the final, well, if it was offside, yes, I wouldn't have counted friends stealing forward, the defender knows everything about playing here in Germany, he is in Biola accusing the team's fans.

It's not yet underway, Deda has been a spectator at one end of the field, here is Eric Abidal, one of the sizeable Olympic Lions contingent, covered by Lucille, this time a bright start for Brazil, less so for the French, but here is Galas on Samuel, another one who plays here in Germany at Bayern Munich now Patrick Vieira gold scorer in the last two games Zidane takes the ball away from Gilberto Silva so it is maluda abidal malouda just got a toe in this and the Spanish referee quite firm in his decision here but a look at the sky from Remo Dominic, well, we have seen that from some coaches curious about the decisions, yes, Lucio with the decision here for Brazil, the last time these teams faced each other It was in Paris, a FIFA celebration match that ended in zero, Nil Merdale made something of what was effectively a bad clearance and the forward honored was well divided, although the enforcer Gilberto Silva played the role of Emerson, he is up here for Ronaldinho, they are going to fire him, you might think he started at the same level as William Gallas, well he didn't, it's a good decision so remember only Carlos Alberto Pereira here only his Brazil team was left to represent the rest of the world against Europe in the final four with Germany Italy and now Portugal passing that he found himself not for long Kaka Ronaldinho there was a stumble but in reality the door was opened for Zereberto here and an excellent entrance from Gallus is him Dan two white shirts in front of him Zidane will hit the ball longer it is a raked pass but it is too close to Dida and honorario covers his mouth with his hands as he usually does in a famous Gallic expression and Roberto Carlos runs away in the famous Brazilian fashion zero Beto scored a goal in the last game, he didn't score many goals during his time at Bayern Munich and I'm told he will soon be on his way to Greece. there goes Carlos, he still has the old explosive Pace can get a corner yes, he does Brazil leads two to zero in corner kicks 50 50 decision actually and he went against Villi Sanyo doesn't have many goals for Bayern Munich either, but of course, It's a short side Carlos will hit him, yes I thought he would, he would come take too hard and almost decapitate a cameraman.

The honoree's header only directs the ball towards Quan and crosses with Roberto Carlos. Café showed the ball too much for the rival who in the end gets his pass to zeroberto Ronaldo Cafe is gone the football support is very imaginative both in the songs they sing and in the clothes they wear these days and there are six Brazilians here with stars on the head of the years 1958 1962 1970 1994 and 2002 turned out to be the years Brazil won the World Cup and the sixth member detailing Brazil had

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in its head. I wonder, without a doubt, receiving a surface of free kicks and corners from the Spanish referee when we reach 10. minutes with a free kick from Ronaldinho Lucio will be a forward Juan will be a forward only Roberto Carlos stays behind near the halfway line Brazil looked for the advantage We saw one early last night for Italy that really deflated Ukraine referee Cantalejo still wants Macalele to move back another six inches, that's all, thanks Claude, he's probably already moved back by now anyway, so Ronaldinho free kick, which has a cross and there is a chance and it was a chance for Ronaldo ahead to send him forward.

I think he headed up and not under the bar. He just overdid it a bit as he hit his neck. Ronaldo seeks to add to his three goals in these finals, the top scorer from four years ago in his career in Japan. The French have come into this game with a lot of confidence after the last success. and here it goes bad Lucille machalee stopped it a good victory of the ball so that Samuel keeps it here and he has made that successful movement in the area, he crosses to the left side towards Thierry Henry, who has a right from here and the ball escapes from Lucio's head and knocks him out.

You already know the power of the shot. Well, the Brazilian defender, I cynically say that he watched where the ball went first before it went to the ground. Lucia will be fine and I won't. I don't think your head is going to hurt much. It used to be horrible when the ball had points. In the old days you could get very nasty wounds. Carlos Alberto Pereira, one of the few men who was trained in many teams. In the World Cup, he also coached Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in the World Cup (winner, of course, in 1994).

And Lucio is still recovering as he walks across the goal line, so the Brazilians are still down to 10 for the moment and France has an attack that goes here with some space for Makaveli and to the other side, if André plays towards the On the other hand, it will require a desperate clearance from Roberto Carlos killed by Zidane. Space now opens up for Sanyo, who tries his luck, moves away here and Lucio recovers. the field and gets a more comfortable header than the last one the French are going to get the next free kick for Ronaldo's hustle on Machiavelli his old friend from Real Madrid a few years ago well, he really needed Roberto Carlos there for Brazil shorts and done quickly impeccably.

Cross into the penalty area, there may be something here and they are around the ball and surely if anyone is going to win a corner from this and that someone is the hardworking machalee used in Kinshasa. It's your ramen that appeals and the referee agreed with his statement. France's first corner of the night here in Frankfurt, so the world champions have to defend and they do it well, but he is coming back and he is also coming back way above Ribéry. Speaking of Roku, I think he scored the first goal, his first goal for his country in the victory over Spain, but he didn't threaten anything.

Brazil zero France zero just within the first quarter of an hour and Ronaldo emerges with the ball in his boot and could get it. again in a potentially dangerous area here, threading it, here goes Ronaldo, now we'll pull it back, it was a pretty decent chance. Kaka was breaking into that one and the slightest contact could have pushed the ball into the French net. There was no contact with the French relay and they attacked with malice and only elegance, but Lucille got him out of this. Now Brazil always plays with a bench of four defenders, four midfielders, two forwards and Ronaldinho has moved up to an attacking position. alongside Ronaldo tonight in Adriano's absence.

The Inter Milan striker, who has two goals in the competition, suffered a slight knock in the last match. I think he will be back for the semi-final. He is a bit of Carlos Alberto's favorite. Pereira and the other reasoning behind this is that Ronaldinho needs a goal in front of his World Cup fans, he has no winners yet, here he is with the ball now and he is desperate for one and here he goes and again tries to pass it too much inside the defender . However, there was a lot of work to do here and again there was too much pace in the pass, so we have a toothy smile.

Brazil dominates possession, was slightly overweight and I'm not talking about Ronaldo, beautiful close up of the ball that has been used. here in this final of the

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FIFA World Cup and although the Brazilian defense hits the ball far, it will come again due to the foul here on Viera and the free kick is for the French and they have already taken it and Samuel will come in furious. This ball, knowing that there are about three Frenchmen in the center, is practically the first touch of the ball. The head of him was Brazil's regular number one these days, having been Marcos' number two four years ago and uh tafferel before that, now firmly established, now Dida Juan.

We are really approaching the climax of these World Cup finals, there are four games left until this is it and the party will be more than a part of the billions who have enjoyed it, not those who have been lucky enough to attend all the games here, but the billions watching around the world and everyone will be tuning in tonight. I know that everywhere from Addis Ababa to Zimbabwe, like the global nature of this contest, and Brazil plays lovely football, there's Ronaldinho Bartez's Ronald Ronaldo. intelligent and again justifying his coach's decision to make him the number one bartez ahead of Gregory Coupe, the decision that did not go down very well with the other French goalkeeper, we managed to free Maluda, who is Pacey, and his cross went tono one in particular but Still, Roberto Carlos sends him spinning for a throw-in to Frenchman Ribery.

Ribery is definitely happy to be the best player of the match against Spain now he is Z down and then it will be Sanyo. 18 and a half minutes played here in Frankfurt, neither team gained an advantage. So far we haven't seen any goalscorers today, other than penalty goals in the shootout, and there weren't many of those successful either. The French got a little more into the game now and that was meant for Maluda. I didn't even guess the second guest, uh Riberi. intentions, thank you, it's on Andre, he was offside. The other side of the field.

Madina Hernández made that decision and again we give her credit for a correct decision, but we saw the other night that this Spaniard played a dangerous game by being caught by France and Ribéry took.

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of advantage Coffee now for Brazil Junior this genius by the way is also called Penumbakano by the town where he comes from and should not be confused with the other Janineo who played with Brazil in the last World Cup as well as Gilberto Silva here in the Midfield Should not be confused with the defenders Gilberto, who can come on later, is one of the substitutes.

They played 20 minutes. Brazil zero. Fran Snow Lucio, who makes the first tackle, will be company of the forward with everyone else here, but that ball is way ahead. Ronaldo Mario defender to the left of Pereira, fresh from Schiller, is just poking his head into the assistant manager and one of the biggest names in the history of Brazilian football Sanyo, Long Ferrari, yes, he won the corner, he was one against two , but I did well enough to get a corner for France and it will be the second until they have accounted for Brazil. Now Flora malouda, one of the León players, seems like she is going to throw a ball at the goalkeeper, there is no foul committed and I won't do it.

Surprised by the decision, I never thought there would be one, but Brazil have a break here and are opening up the middle for them, oh what a disappointing ball this is, though, from a cafe who threw it long over Ronaldo, there It is where Vienna fell, without a doubt. from a foul by Lucio and the referee saw all that well, they did not consider it a dive but montagalas and then later on Eric Abidal one of the newcomers to the team since the retirement of Vicente Lizarazu that fine Lord of French football and German football up for Milagros, here Gilberto Silva pushes us from behind, so friends with the free kick we wait for the first goal of the game, it is France who is looking for it now with Zidane, we all know he is capable of doing it.

Taking one out, it's Bad. Oh, that's a very weak finish from Maluda, who has been preferred in the starting lineup to players like uh Sylvan Wiltude or Sydney Gavu Dominic, who received a lot of criticism in the French press in the run-up to the World Cup final . He has done an excellent job leading the team so far. He also has two class forwards in Delhi Trezage and Luis Sahar to call upon. They have seen very little action. Elli now from Chelsea, of course. Well chosen, a good piece of defense there from Juan. France has already got it back, just look at how Zidane just kills the ball.

Stone Dead with the foreign toe simply cannot intercept while he plays a dangerous game in Samuel's half of the field. People always focus on the wonderful attacking gifts and abilities of Brazilians, but they are often forgotten. who are also a very good defensive team, as Lucio calmly demonstrates this by nodding the ball towards Kafu, who instigates another forward movement in the company of Kakka Foreign. I think, well, that will show a yellow card to the Brazilian captain that he did receive. a booking at the beginning of the competition, but not in the last match, so he can still play in the semi-final if Brazil manages to get through Portugal waits for the winner zida has a wonderful ability to look up and evaluate a situation and simply keep running until that something appears Genero losing possession there hooked Away by Gilberto Silva and the two goalkeepers will be very happy with the fact that neither of them has been called upon to make a good but bad save for France Henry tries to make space in front but the ball magnetized again by Lucio's forehead and then magnetized by Immaculalian when it was returned Brazil simply enjoyed more of the ball, not by a significant amount, so Machiavelli came up short but they got the free kick.

Lucille's indiscretion, honored, well, we saw Brazil have a free kick. Kicking in a similar area quite early when Janino's shot was deflected for a corner, let's see what the French can do in similar circumstances. A man very focused at this moment for Zinedine Zidane, who believes that his destiny is to win the World Cup for a second time and to erase that horrible memory of four years ago in Korea, when France went home without even scoring a goal. , the worst defense ever by any defending champion, even Ronaldinho is coming back now and what he wasn't going to do originally he can see him achieve. the progress here is not, it is too high well, it happens that some get it right, others make terribly wrong well, that was in the last category 26 minutes played yet Brazil nor France again and I wonder if a third penalty shootout awaits us in four quarters of In the end, that is the path that Germany and Portugal have taken.

Only Italy has passed in the 90 minutes of normal time. Here goes Makaveli, now seeing the ball a lot. Claude Machielli is now Zidane. He sweeps it away from Abidal. That is beyond armory and there wasn't much. I thought about that Pastor before, yes, Zidane will put on his masterful vest again. I'll be down. The French press has been saying that it is a last hurray for the captain and that was classic Zidane again. Abidus forward here to Maluda curling cross and it has to be acrobatic. eliminated from Harm's Way by Roberto Carlos, the most mocking cross malood that has played so far that's what he does best and no one else in the world does it like Zizu should be an acrobat, shouldn't he?

Corner France nil nil let's go and it was a dangerous ploy, oh it was a dangerous free kick because Lilly and Tyrion ran towards the ball and Gallas too, but it gave nothing for the French. It will be another very close competition. A mistake could decide this. Oh, a flash of brilliance. from someone out there again and again Brazil really haven't been able to get Ronaldinho into the game like they would like here he is now there's the move now that they have him in Ronaldo shot rejected well Friendship has clearly been working on how they are They are going to Mark Ronaldo and Ronaldinho The two Ronnies and they are doing it very skillfully at the moment It's going to be a free kick for Ribéry here against Roberto Carlos One player booked on the night so far Coffee with Brazil France with Abidal advancing they are only in a central position very isolated, so they have to discover other avenues and it's down for once.

He gets lost, he forgot to take the ball, so Zereberto didn't catch it, says the referee impeccably, who thanks him because he runs better now. impeccably I imagine that he speaks Spanish after all those years with Real Madrid fought for Henry now one on one with one that costs a bit to say 101. Half an hour passed and we waited for the break is Macaulay we still have one of the two unlikely The scorers in matches in these World Cup finals they won last night in John Lucas Zambrotta of Italy scoring for only the second time in his career.

I wonder if Samuel or Machalea can score a goal tonight. Well, it's France's turn and it's their corner. Maluda and Dida is a busy area, he does well to hit Ribery again here and offside, well there has hardly been a clear chance. Brazil has had two shots on goal so far. France, three and only one of the five intermediate shots. Both teams got it right, so those who were expecting a feast of goals and Extravaganza are disappointed at this point. 31 minutes have been played, but the further you go, in important competitions like this, the girls tend to dry out a little.

Here we go. more than a century of goals in the initial phase, but certainly in the second round and the quarterfinals it is much more difficult to come back, come back and pick up the ball is Foreign Junior, one wonders if the exhaustion figures of some of the players Ronaldinho had a grueling European season with Barcelona, ​​not only in the Spanish La Liga of course but also in the Champions League, with his team going all the way to a victorious final in Paris against Arsenal and not really coming to life. in these finals but this is Arsenal's opponent in that match Gilberto Silver who gives away the last free kick no it's not that oh yes I thought it was Gilberto Silva instead of Emerson tonight in that support role in midfield Zidane to orchestrate Chiram will be the forward Here and we are going to put his head in the danger area cleared by Juan.

However, there are only 12 minutes left in the first half in Frankfurt. It sounds like a jumbo jet roaring overhead right now, but no one takes off in the field yet, not yet. and maybe we will have to wait a long time for a goal as the game is shaping up he has an elegant agitated armor maybe here from Roberto Carlos there his left arm came out he grabbed him in the chest honorary tells the referee that you should pay attention that no nothing happened is that he knocked down Gilberto Silva's jump well the Brazilian defensive pattern is excellent they have those four at the back and the two forwards have been a real rock for them they have only conceded one surprising goal to Japan in the entire Brazil Tournament and They have not lost a match in the World Cup final since that 1998 final against the French in Paris, they were winners of course without being defeated, winning all their matches four years ago in Korea and Japan, and they also won all their matches here and Kaka was a bit slow there, they caught him, he paid the penalty.

Henry, although too casual, returned it to Brazil. Ronaldinho turned, turned and turned, but he did not emerge with the errors of the ball. There are many at this time. What can Maluda achieve? Oh, nothing showed much for Brazil and an unusual number of mistakes have been made. He's on his side here. This is Maluda. Two defenders around him once again and it's the defenders who are drawing the attention. Cafú still loves the game as much as ever and withstood a challenge from Abidal and is still as fit as ever Cafú at the age of 36. I think it's fair to say that it will be his last World Cup.

Cup finals, well that's a pretty ungainly bit of the ball now, 10 minutes before half-time in Frankfurt, out. Sanyo always enjoyed his football here in Germany, at Bayern Munich. malouda, while you're down, open up a little here and Abby will slide around the Café working hard to deny any space it's going to be a war of attrition this is unless someone can open it here maludus ball there's an elusive everyone well we know that Roberto Carlos can kick a soccer ball with a left boot pretty hard, but he hit that very far Foreign competition we imagined was still a lot at stake We all know that goals change games and it only takes one and France could be looking for one here from a free kick awarded against Café who already has a yellow card and may be speaking in French to the Spanish referee and possibly one of the former French international players, what a good player Thierry Henry also was from Yuri or the final goal from Sudan for us in France's final goal in the match, which would really surprise. world champions Henry gives it away to Zidane and he just finished, not a bad effort, although Maludus swung it up straight towards our lens and didn't flinch.

Deidre will probably be fantasizing about a penalty shootout with four shots so far from the French, only two from Brazil. which started well but faded a little in this match the

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ians now have not been close to Fabián Bartez's goal for a long time Ronaldinho the final pass was not good at all tonight from uh pereira He said that deedy would like the penalty shootout has as good a record as any goalkeeper in the world in the penalty shootout in the world club championship of the Champions League. We often turn out to be the hero.

I wonder if it will be Deeder's night again or if it will be Fabián Bartez. Maybe a There is a long way to go before we consider a penalty shootout in France. We're trying to do something about it here now and Zidane didn't go back that far to discuss that, but Cafú will have to be careful for a long time in this match. 50 minutes and 30 seconds left. in a foreign way it will come in here, but too far and again it's that final pass, but hey, they're having a great night, the weather has been absolutely phenomenal in Germany for the last month we've been here, so a bit of sunshine.

In terms of Zidane, the game is very easy for him. Ribéry, the Olympic player from Marseille, who had such a good season for his club in the UEFA Cup in particular, we will take him forward again. Remember that he scored the first goal before half-time of the match. against the Spanish roundabout now it was also UDA, he fooled his man here, it's a cross ball that will be played out of Harm's Way by Juan, well Maludus figures prominently and France have now overtaken Brazil in terms ofball possession between 55 and 45 percent in Su Viera spent too much time with the ball, but I wouldn't say that it has been about 40 minutes to savor particularly great games.

New action on the Guild map. There has been very little. I'm sure even Ronaldo is looking at one of those planes flying over more. visible to him that for us Maludi is really seeing the ball a lot and he hit Henry but they took it off the record. Arsenal goalscorer Roberto Carlos on the field Gilberto Silva knows exactly what his job is. He is a very accomplished musician. Gilberto Silva by the way plays the mandolin, not many people knew that he is fine, the French won't play music there either. There is no harmony in that movement, so there are two and a half minutes left in the first part doing his job again, well, them.

We've all been doing his job, but the problem is that so far they have canceled each other out in this match and it takes a Ronaldinho or a caca or a Zidane or an honoree to make the crowd vibrate. This is Roberto walks away from Henry. he gets in the way of I don't think he could have gone for Goldberg all he managed to do was roll up the opponent Jerry Henry also threw it straight into the back of Sanyo who felt it and Brazil will try again, it doesn't reach Ronaldinho and we will get there as far away as Café Dominic seems. worried on the edge of his technical zone and he had a right to be too, but the cross is met by William Gallas and Zidane breaks away for France beyond the two and one slides brilliantly a run here in the middle here can they close it or they will do it? there is a card and it is certainly a warning of what color it is one that will take away a great decision this for the yellow referee I think it is correct it is yellow for one the French will think that he denied a scoring opportunity but one is out of the semi-final -final because It's his second caution in a row he really brought out Patrick Vieira, the referee with a massive call, well we all know our depth.

Vieira is in these circumstances heartbroken because he will miss the semifinal if, of course, Brazil passes the validity. Of the decision, I think there is not much doubt about it, it really took Patrick Vieira's ankles. uh. Dominic just spoke to the fourth official there and tells him it should have been a red card. Well, did he deny him a scoring opportunity? At 25 meters you might be fine to continue with such a difficult man to mark, of course, and he faced a pass from Zidane. He was going to stop a bit, that's for sure and it just provides an opportunity for the French to try and score before the break. with the free kick as we move into added time and the referee will take into account the length of this delay, so there will be more than a minute for Vieira to play on the pitch at this time, fourth referee Mark Shield won't allow it. will not be back until after the free kick is taken so it will be the responsibility, I imagine, of Zidane here or maybe Henry and how the team conversations would change if France scored, it will be Henry and he will be given the penalty since he or it's a free kick at the rim it's a free kick at the rim for a hand whoa another massive call from the referee and another card I think it came out whose hand went up to Ronaldo's arm well they're getting closer the second Ari called out the penalty o a free kick or whatever Ronaldo has been booked on is his first booking big important decision before he hit the arm did Ronaldo deliberately do that it is impossible to cool down really you can say that he would do it deliberately with the ball so close to him hit by Henry, the air is now back, so you have a total of 11 here and I assure you that they were key moments because if France scores, the game changes naturally, 11 Brazilians remain there, good, sincere and firm, trying to make sure that the ball No.

Not going around that wall one more time, that's a touch of deja vu to use a little French on this from a few seconds ago, maybe Zidane this time was untreatable last time or maybe they'll slide him to San Diego anyway people and certainly. taking his time he's going to whistle the break if they're not careful here even so the spanish referee urges the

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ians to retreat about a centimeter zidane and he's played it straight into the wall it's almost impossible to get it over them the clearance is not good and It's clear now that it's better the referee I think is going to say let's calm down, let's all go to the locker room and take a breather, it hasn't been the best of halves, to be fair we expected more and Ronaldo is still arguing the point there with the referee, so we haven't had any goals and there have been very few signs of goals, still all kisses and hugs on the touchline, but it hasn't been particularly dignified and at half-time here in Frankfurt It's Brazil nil fransner foreigner from Spain Most significantly, he has booked three Brazilians, captain Kafu, defender Juan and striker Ronaldo, and that could be crucial later in the day if, of course, we reach the stage where the shootout is considered. penalties in extra time, but for that to happen. that means we would have 45 minutes without goals so let's hope that doesn't happen Lillian Chiron what your servant who was in the French game commits a foul here once again it's cool it's seen as the offender one of those cautioned protests with the referee Zidane He didn't have a chance to shoot quickly Roberto Carlos didn't let him know all his tricks, of course, from the Madrid training ground, so France has had all the free kicks in the last few minutes and here they have a chance to score. went out Cherry Henry Header with his hands has two goals in these World Cup finals this could well have been goal number three for him but it went wide in fact I think it was Vieira getting up in front of Armory possibly yes, it was Patrick Vieira whoever scored in the last two games could not make three in a row, but it may be significant that France has suddenly created free kick opportunities that they have conceded to Brazil and that is going to be another phenomenon against Fiera, one of those that also has to Being careful not to caution him would rule him out of a semi-final against Portugal.

How nice it must be for the Portuguese to sit there waiting and wondering who it will be, as if they really care, we are in the semi-finals Lucille with a free kick for Brazil Gilberto Silva we will return it to the Café as always and then Ronaldinho wins the corner just a third of the night for the Brazilians well we wait because there is still no one up there the heavy artillery is coming now Brazil wants an advantage in this game and somehow found its way through all those bodies with Roberto Carlos who is desperate to have a chance, I guess it shows he hasn't lost anything in that regard Ronaldinho confronted by Abby Dell moves in plays Forward zero beta almost falls over himself but manages to cross one here oh Butters just murder howler I think he got trapped in no man's land there and uh I was saying that no one called I don't think so, throw it for the Brazilians of Roberto Carlos we still want a goal in the game, Brazil still hasn't shot on goal, but as they come for it, they lose it in the mixes it up and recovers it again, there was no one there to take advantage of the Eccentric's slight fumble.

The French goalkeeper referee takes a long time to make this decision, in the end he does it and gives the free kick and Ronaldinho faces five white shirts. The honoree moves away towards that left wing that he prefers so much in his Club's football and has escaped like a greyhound here, Thierry Henry is the only one to target in the center and Juan was there for Brazil, well, we all know that it is a skilled Armory and is pushing the race time for him, there is no way Kafu will stop him and on top of that he also faced Lucio.

There haven't been many goals in this World Cup but France did appear in one of them against the Swiss. Incredibly, Switzerland actually left the World Cup without conceding a single goal but they weren't very good at taking penalties. I'm afraid he scored a Vieira, it's good that you have a better chance, come back out so that Abigail Abidal's cross here doesn't reach Henry. I'm just talking at half-time to friends and former Tottenham Hotspur manager David Pleet, who sat nearby. I and everyone agreed that Kaka has been anonymous in this game and has been totally obliterated by the French midfielder Vieira and Makaveli and the Brazilians are simply not moving forward with Zeruberto and Kaka, there is no service for them and it could well be that If Brazil wins this match they will have to make a change in the midfield Kaka could be the self-sacrificing Zidane who has prevailed in the match See you at the foreign procedure there while the referee was questioning Makaveli to make sure he was okay and France had They have to make the decision whether to take the ball out of play or not, because it turns out that they are simply playing with each other playing their own game.

Here you say that in Brazil it's up to you to come get him now. It's long from Dallas Henry will try to burn Lucio got a kick in the head well, he lowered his head to be fair look at his head fall there and the boot never made contact with Erie thought he would have It is known if he would have. Oh, it's a high definition camera. They are surprising. They show absolutely everything. Vieira for France, was the captain until Zinedine Zidane voluntarily returned from retirement. That is very well worked to put Samuel into play. Henry will make a move in the area here.

It will be 101, the defense here was brilliant but just couldn't get Vieira in, but you have to give credit to the Brazilian defense again, they are not letting their concentration levels drop for even a second and what a good World Cup it is. You have heard, it is a shame for Brazil. who will potentially miss the semi-final if they make it, of course San Diego receives a foul from Ronaldo another who receives a yellow card in the eight minutes played in the second half Brazil zero France zero one night in Munich in the future Wednesday and everyone is here they must surely be offside by at least five yards, sorry, I was probably surprised by the decision where he was offside and at the moment the ball is thrown, he is one of the two players who are offside of game. the other is not a demon in anyone's book, the foreigner Lucille for Brazil in a game that needs a goal like all the games that are zero or zero New Year's.

I don't think it will be long before both coaches consider substitutions. break the deadlock and that's definitely what we have here, but who will show their hand with the first smart move of Roberto Carlos's boot to send the ball to safety and now push it towards Zereberto with Ronaldo and Ronaldinho on the other side of the field? cross Roberto Carlos Brazil throw asking for the ball Kaká and Kaká will run towards this but he stays away from it and then zidane returns it and Samuel will play it forward but only straight into Carlos's chest any magic from the AC Milan man tiram took it away Ribery well dispossessed no one is making any progress in this game maybe abidal is here for France Le Blues a bit of a push to maluda but we see again what zidane can do with a ball that most of us make our dreams on, he really does actually and he'll take a free kick here for the French and the big man Viera is up there so is Chiram so it's going to be Gallus Danger now here's a big Chad France heavily Thierry Andre a duck for the glory and It's neither Brazil nor France, one calls him tremendous Thierry in France and in London and Thierry Andreas brought to light the contest has put Raymond Dominic on his feet he has all the French arms and the whole country and the entire stadium in Frankfurt waving It's not rust, it was stolen, but where were the markers?

Everyone was worried about each other. One honoree took full advantage to push him home. It's little more than a tow hit. It is one of the most famous racing toes on Earth. Brazil without Francois now entered Brazil they have 33 minutes left to keep their crown the first goal of the day in 177 minutes of World Cup action and it is the third goal of this World Cup for Thierry Henry and the 36th of his French career six of which came to the World Cup final with Brazil behind because they were also in Japan, but they came back and scored four, so I doubt they will do it tonight.

Well, it was in this stadium that Brazil won the Confederations Cup last summer, where with a sumptuous performance against Argentina they won 4-1 that day, but they are already a goal down in this one, oh what a shocking ball, I think Bartez did it will achieve. Ronaldinho didn't react fast enough and I'm not sure the dealers reacted fast enough here nor questions for both goalkeepers to answer games Carlos moving forward we will now see the real Brazil now we will see if they are up to the task and are under pressure, the foreign competition for the world champions from now on, if it's France against Portugal, it will follow Germany against Italy and it will be Viva Europa and I'm afraid they won't like that in South America and Thierry.

Henry is back to doing business for his country, he has just signed a new contract to stay in the English Premier League with Arsenal, he beat big names like Ian Wright andCliff bastard at that club last season and he just scored a beautiful goal for the French here Jerome no Galas of course the French are going to test their durability if they can hold on to this advantage they have for themselves yeah and we scored against Korea and he scored against Togo, but he asks which of the three goals he will remember. I most suspect it could be the game against Brazil with half an hour left in Frankfurt and Gala greets some photographers and guarantees a very close photo in tomorrow's newspapers.

Here is Zidane's free kick again, absolutely perfect for him. on the roof of the Brazilian network Vive La France oh no, there is another race here led by Ribéry, another one is getting better and better in this world cup oh how close can you get without crossing the white line, I'm sure you will was. I didn't intend to score here, Frank Ribéry and neither was the Brazilian defender, who really touched it well, yes he touched it very well, how close to an own goal by Juan, horrible moment for the defender, well, everyone they are fine. moments for the French to savor at this moment another corner from Zidane the anywhere goes attitude adopted by uh he gives it back to Samuel further back to Bartos but now we have a competition here for the next 28 and a half minutes the illness very much about the Brazilians who have to find a goal even to take the game to extra time and Adriano is ready to come on.

The Inter Milan striker now Roberto Carlos the ball for the first time was easily killed when Junino committed a foul and only returned a free kick taken and the referee says that it will be played on Roberto Carlos. He continues playing, he will meet the Café on the other side, four yellow shirts that are already in the center, but there is also Macaulay for France. Maluda loses it. That's not what his coach would have asked him to try to win a corner for his team here. and he has done it so that Adriana comes well is a list of positive movements because Janino is a midfielder who comes from the goals demanded by the Brazilians and Adriano a man who scored 25 for his country is one of those who are here for this uncomfortable fall for the honoree. who can't make prints, I'm sure what Henry Sanger told the referee, but he did say something, however of course the other thing that could happen is that France can score a second goal on a breakaway like this.

Ribéry follows Roberto Carlos in front of Ribéry. It was a good tackle, they weren't willing to let him do to Brazil what he did to Spain, kill Roberto Carlos, who has a boot on his shin, he went into the tower, he just landed awkwardly on his ankle, actually, but he did his work. Stopping Ribbery's intentions 64 minutes played in Frankfurt Brazil zero France one and every time you say a score like that, shock waves reverberate throughout the football world, no one expects Brazil to lose, but Raymond Dominic, his team You will feel that they have a bit of Indian signal.

Brazil remembers beating them in the 1998 final very convincingly, also by three to nil, and they only lost to them once, and that was 48 years ago in competitive action. So, it could be a good thing here, stabbed on the road by Gilberto Silva. Ronaldo will come on but he forgot to take the ball with him and the breakaway is at the other end here but it's a bad pass to Terry Henry, I can't get to that, expect a lot of ebb and flow now and it should flow. towards the French goal now Adriano big and powerful and Ronaldinho escaping the ball is good the second is not like that he simply will not find zeroberto again the Brazilians demand the back pass and again the referee shakes his head Michael early what a good game it is They had at practical Dan malouda, they looked at it as a real exit to France.

He has really rediscovered his enthusiasm in the last two games and is here with the ball, now he moves forward and then turns and checks, turns, drags it back, throws it inviting Sanyo the French have a corner again Roberto Carlos showing his acrobatics and critically winning the ball France will stop it, they know that time is in their favor well, there is a lot of time for Brazil to come back but they don't make it world champions for nothing Ribéry with a corner for the French shoots through the area and Adriana comes out runs towards the pass and he gets into the French half Ronaldo crosses the 18 yard area it is still Adriano has a flashing left boot and uses it now to bring all the people kafu on the left wing then Ronaldinho cappu a second goal kick the ball left the captain of Brazil where Ronaldinho's step was taken over by cafu and Viera behind doing a manly job for the good French decision of the referee it is really going to be France Portugal in the semi-final Ronaldinho intelligent ball in Adriano well, he knows if he he is fainting it looks like he has a blow to the face the referee saw nothing wrong and Adriano Nothing was done about it so the play will continue with Café now back in his rightful place over Kaka.

I would love to see Kakaro Ronaldinho really come to life in this World Cup final, but that hasn't happened yet and one wonders if it ever will. if they have simply had too much football and become quite stale, Kafu's long-range shot has to do it all himself or he received a free kick against his former Arsenal colleague Gilberto Silva. Vieira Henry's goal is 36 for France, which divides these two teams at the moment. 21 minutes left Gilberto Silva for Roberto Carlos Dominic moves his arms in the technical area Renault Ronaldinho tries to do some magic for Brazil a longer ball will locate capu whoever looks at it thinks he has allowed himself to be closed so they return almost to the halfway line and now it's Juan Ronaldo, still Ronaldo, is there a surge of him, he has gone to the ground and has nothing to do and now, suddenly, we have won with one on the other end Henry against Lucio Andrés Ballin Ribéry and Dieter do that the two to zero intervention is absolutely crucial Brazil, even Brazil might not have come back well Dita served Brazil by stretching, extending and making sure that Ribéry did not receive a long shot and making sure that he did not give away a free kick or a penalty so it will be now Brazil trying to attack as often as possible in these last 20 minutes France trying to exploit space on breakaways with Henry and Zidane have the They bit their teeth, I'm not sure how they say in French they can find a second goal.

Well there is certainly poise in France at the moment, they seem to know how to maintain the lead finding Zidane Henry not booked in the opinion of referee Brazil. Wait again and then Sally Forth with Ronaldinho are not going to let him do anything, in fact, he has lost Possession Henry may have a shot away here, but it only warms up Dida's fingers uh, the high point of the crowd now I said that the goals always change games and raptieri on Regal as they really give life to this game that was forgettable for 45 minutes Roberto Carlos taka ran over the ball but only a Frenchman picked it up and zidane does his evasion routine, he is rolling off the ball like no one else in the world he can do it like he can't even Ronaldinho and here they use him again and he sends the ball flying across the field to impeccably it is a virtuosity of Zinedine Zidane and he will retire happily friends win the World Cup now it is Thierry Henry saw a space tries running through him bad crosses the center won't reach him now that could be a problem for Samuel it's a yellow card for sure, since he defended himself we're out there and uh, there's no doubt about that it's a yellow card he defended himself illegally from Kaká Nathaniel is the first French player book tonight, you surely won't be able to get away with it.

I don't think I came out with my arm, I definitely obstructed the opponent now it's Ronaldo for Brazil, so Keen of course in his fourth World Cup. finals to make another appearance in the final the hero four years ago in Yokohama Ronaldo scored both goals remember but for the moment Brazil will not be there zidane seems to be simply magnetizing the ball irritable arrival too far thank you The French are I will bring Sydney Govu in Any time, the man from León will be part of the game. You will probably have 15 minutes of action and 15 very, very important minutes also for France and what 15 important minutes also for Brazil.

A Gloom will descend. on South America tonight if Brazil comes out lively under this one, but they are having a meal between the two, but 24 hours after Argentina's elimination, this would be seen as a calamity for South American football if Brazil loses like Well, Henry, Lucio is attacking him, I imagine it will be another yellow card for another Brazilian and they are three of the four defenders tonight, as Lucio also picks up the yellow card to go in the referee's book along with Café Juan and Ronaldo four. The Brazilians reserved and surely the signal for govu to enter the French once they have verified the status of Thierry Henry.

Brazil are also making a change there and Café will go out and I wonder if this will be the last time I have ever seen Café in a World Cup final the man who has played a record 20 games will give way in these last minutes to cecino the young suitor who was brilliant in Germany last summer in the confederations cup the former Sao Paulo player now at Real Madrid well, they need him an injection of youth, pace, brilliance and govu 2 that is coming and he really He is going to take Ribery's place. Well, I didn't think they would remove Zidane, so Sydney govu de León, who is another Ribery midfielder, who is on. a warm hand from the French, they have really welcomed him in his last few performances, he has still only played eight games for Friends Frank the Ribéry, but he has had a big impact in the last two Brazil also have Robinho exhausted and ready to come in, but They will delay that substitution one or two seconds Zidane with a free kick for the French, who have 14 minutes left to preserve that one-goal advantage that would guarantee them a place in the semifinals against the Portuguese 13 minutes Thierry Henry's goal in 57. and Gaville is going to play in the center with Henry on his right it seems that at this moment I know that they are changing roles now here is Cecinia with his first touch of the ball but it is not bad because he has brought Kaká Kaká comes into play covered by Galas, but Brazil hasn't really gotten anywhere considering that the Barter still hasn't had a shot to save tonight.

That's a remarkable statistic in any game in Brazil's evolution. The rival goalkeeper hasn't stopped. It is a useful ball. Well, it is also useful to defend to keep him away and now there is that change I was referring to with Robin that you want for Kaka, who frankly has been disappointing, his tournament started well with a winner's goal against Croatia, but what a moment. that between the young robinho with 12 minutes left to score a goal against Brazil there goes robinho they call him the new garincha Lucio puts it directly into the French boots and honorary cannot escape because there was Roberto Carlos imposing header the little foreign man must also make substitutions just to slow things down, that's what teams want to do at a time like this and shortly they will bring in Silvan Wiltude, another former Arsenal and Bordeaux player, well they have to counter Robinho here for Brazil.

There are just over 10 minutes left for Brazil to get that elusive goal Robinho is in the middle others in yellow R2 the French must fight to preserve their lead Roberto Carlos Ronaldinho oh huge ball from Roberto Carlos that is well defended magnificently by Abigail and uh this should be a problem. I thought it would certainly be a free kick against Maluda, but there is no card and Brazil wants to move on. We have been playing exactly 80 minutes in the second. It's Ronaldinho for Brazil. The difference by one goal is the crown. in danger of slipping off his head he is in front of robinho a cecino four yellow shirts convergence penalty area drops Ronaldinho great opportunity here sperm rabinho is already in the thickest things but he can't find the goal but the surge over Brazil as it was wait there since rabinio's entry he has already had three or four touches of the ball and malud is the next to be replaced by the much more experienced wiltude Sylvan will tour has been used exclusively as a substitute in these World Cup finals and comes from cap number 85 for his foreign country knocking down uh well done referee he is there very strong the spirits are going to wear out in these last minutes so the urgency of the Brazilians there is better to go for the ball he caught zidane but it is really difficult to do anything else since That position, the friends are on their way to the semi-final at the moment, unless Brazil can find a goal and they don't have much time to do so.

Gavu goes headfirst into the ball like he steals there, but that's free. kick against the French and against Thierry Henry, who always looks innocent. It's rare for Brazil to go 90 minutes without scoring at least once. They have 10 goals in the previous four games, but have rarely scored. how to score one tonight Rubino is down for a free kick and there is no longer Janinio to take free throws Gala says he was going for the ball but then they always do it so that they have the powerful figure of Adriano Lucio up there who once scored in a Cup final from Europe for Bayer Leverkusen is another hereBrazil with seven players inside the French penalty area need a goal but once they needed one more desperately not for long that's for sure but the Brazilians will only just start to think that the French have a voodoo against them it's amazing how that happens In football, some teams just can't beat other teams, the French, uh, are in a similar position when they play Spain, they usually come out victorious like we did the other night and it's getting away from Carlos.

Alberto Pereira oh, he has the wise old head at his side Mario sagalo Dominica looks at the sky again I wonder if he sang a little prayer there Germany Italy Portugal through France ready to join them in the last four of this spectacular final of the World Cup, but Brazil something to say still robinho zereberto will be pursued and harassed it is an opportunity for Ronaldo he has dragged her very far those golden boots did not have the golden touch once again there was a Frenchman crossing his line of sight and that is what the opponents have to do and how well the Sydney government did once again, the friends stopped it with a possible substitution and very very slowly I think they are removing the goalscorer.

Thierry Henry will not play anymore. Well, Dominic must have considered a penalty shootout if Brazil got a goal. Come on, we could have extra time on penalties. Louis Saha of Manchester United is in place of Arsenal. Well, this is France and Saha, who hasn't played since the game against Switzerland in the opening match, is now on the move, so Saha govu will go with everyone. France with four and a half minutes between them and a place in the semi-finals for Ronaldinho simply keeps the ball for Adriano, well there doesn't seem to be a way to get through there but Adriano does his best and gets the corner, they might as well send Deeder because they need a goal for everyone. but Dina will be a striker Roberto Carlos will hover around the edge of the area where Ronaldinho is Outside Bart when he received a foul from the French goalkeeper on a friendly free kick waving his arm it didn't matter that Lucio sent the shot high and it came out of Roberto Carlos and Saha He was in an offside position and could be cautioned here for loss of time.

Years Sir, 60 seconds after his arrival he received a yellow card. Second French warning tonight. Brazil, three and a half minutes away from being eliminated from having to wait four more years. to try to win back the World Cup this is how Brazil is still designated as the home team for this match so the score is Brazil nil France won they will try again Ronaldo has to find a way to pass he is finding a way to pass brilliantly received the free kick and everyone says no, it's a yellow card for Lillian Chiram, he thinks Ronaldo dived, the referee has a smile on his face, whatever Chiram says, it's a free kick for Brazil 22 meters away of the goal and maybe. jiram threw himself didn't make any contact Downey was very easy today well, two minutes left Lillian shiram hints at hope for Brazil is this the moment when the World Cup dream is rekindled but says frantically points finger es such a huge moment in the game, this Ronaldinho has barely had a free kick in the five World Cup games to take from his favorite position.

Well, if there was ever a time for him to prove that he is the best footballer in the world, maybe it is now. will become the 89th minute when Ronaldinho is two feet from his line is Ronaldinho is too tall and maybe Brazil's dreams have simply gone down the sink it wasn't a bad thing that he curved one foot too high bartez hadn't moved much barely a member France is now one minute away from their victory, plus any time added by the Spain referee and the govu enters the penalty area and has a corner kick or a goal kick, a goal kick means Brazil must hurry to cecino, it was a field that kept happy memories until tonight for Brazil with a victory in the confederations cup, but Frankfurt can be seen as The Darkest Hour for a long time here everyone is asking for it ahead, the figure of the tour from Adriana will attack the ball will fall to Samuel, will kick it as far as he can, will fall to see Dan, who scored in the last minute against Spain, played as his man, Saha Dita makes the save.

Brazil is still alive and there are three minutes left of In injury time, the crescendo of noise and excitement around Frankfurt continues the game and says that the referee is Ronaldo running at full speed. They barter away and simply can't get in before Gallus clears. Ronaldo looks frustrated, there is still no more glory for him, why wasn't it like that? in the first half oh he will go wide due to the extended boot of Zereberto's cecinios crosses deflected off the posts and he flew off his dribble and went out for a goal kick and his robes could only stop the shorts of Ronaldo, but there was really no one to approach.

Calm down, Edge says about Dominic, how can you calm down at a time like this? Two minutes of added time left an error by Gilberto Silva and his friends have the ball, no, no, they have lost it and the visitor goes to Ronaldinho for the last time. push of the world champions and still, oh, the free kicks given against Ronaldinho, he is a guest, he can still smile, it seems like a two-foot challenge in Sanyo. France is almost there, one step away from the finish line. Henry trezegate, they think the french have done it. and what celebrations will there be here in Frankfurt by the French if they hold on now that there is exactly one minute left for Gilberto Silva to cross, they have to try to get the ball to Adriano or this man Rubinos activating the magic now Ronaldo no Free kick this time and they come out all the white shirts Zidane can finish it like they did the other night the still Dan plots it and uh there was a foul there there was a push but there are 30 seconds left and surely not even Brazil can score a goal in these 30 seconds now and the streets of Rio well, they'll be deserted later tonight.

I figure unless they get out of this, now it's up there for Bartos, he'll be Klingon for the life of him. The flag had risen well. Players like Roberto Carlos and Ronaldo were defeated eight years ago in the World Cup final by France and have had to taste defeat again. France has achieved it. Ronaldo's World Cup career is over. Senator Zidane has led from the front once again and a single goal from Thierry Henry has guided France to a semi-final against Portugal in Munich against all the odds. Brazil have tasted defeat for the first time since that 1998 Farrah final in Paris and how France must wish they could play Brazil every week was simply Too Good for Brazil, but the tears are all South American tears.

It will be a totally European semi-final. Final lineup. Brazil - France.