4/17/2021 0 Comments 1998 Fifa World Cup
France responded immediately with Lilian Thuram scoring his first international goal.The final was contested by Brazil, who were the defending champions having won the previous FIFA World Cup four years earlier in 1994, and the host nation France, who had reached the final of the tournament for the first time.France won the match 30 to claim the World Cup for the first time, with the timing of the match two days before Bastille Day adding to the significance of the victory.
Zinedine Zidane, who was named man of the match, scored twice before half-time and Emmanuel Petit added a third goal in the last minute. After a 41 win over Chile and a 32 success against Denmark, they reached the final with a penalty shoot-out victory over the Netherlands. As for France, they won their three group matches and defeated Paraguay in the knockout stages on golden goals. They had a penalty-shootout with Italy in the quarter-finals, and defeated recently formed Croatia to reach the final. After initially being left out of the team sheet, in spite of his physical state, it was announced just 72 minutes before kick-off that he was going to play. In the match, he sustained an injury in a clash with French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez. Although it was believed that the decision to play Ronaldo had backfired, it was understandable as the player had been a crucial member of the side throughout the tournament, having scored four goals and created three more. Brazil took the Copa America title in 1999, and then won the next FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea in 2002. Ronaldo went on to set the record for goals in World Cups, which was later broken by Miroslav Klose of Germany in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The 30 scoreline was also Brazils previous largest loss at any World Cup match prior to their 71 loss to Germany in the semifinals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. They recorded victories over Scotland (21) and Morocco (30) to progress but lost their final game 21 to Norway. In the quarter-finals, they played Denmark, who had also won their previous game 41 (against Nigeria ), but Brazil won a tight game 32. Despite being 10 down to a Martin Jorgensen goal in the second minute, Brazil turned the game around in their favour with goals from Bebeto (11) and Rivaldo (27). Brian Laudrup equalised for Denmark after 50 minutes but Brazil won the game 10 minutes later courtesy of a second from Rivaldo. The game finished 11 at full-time, Ronaldo scoring just after half-time and Patrick Kluivert equalising for the Netherlands in the 87th minute, and the score remained the same through extra-time. The match had to be settled by penalties which Brazil won 42 to reach their second successive World Cup final. They started their campaign with an easy 30 win over South Africa followed by a convincing 40 win over Saudi Arabia. France secured top spot in their group courtesy of a 21 win over Denmark with goals from Youri Djorkaeff and Emmanuel Petit. In the quarter-finals France faced Italy who had also scraped through to the quarter-finals with a 10 win over Norway. A tense match ended 00 after extra time and France won 43 on penalties after Italys Luigi Di Biagio struck his penalty onto the crossbar. After a goal-less first half, Croatia took the lead in the first minute of the second half through Davor uker, his fifth goal of the tournament.
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