FULL MATCH: Brazil vs. France 2006 FIFA World Cup

Emerson's replacement though one of the world's best dead ball exponents Junior penambicano and Striker Adriano who scored on this ground in the final of the confederations cup against Argentina just 12 months ago also sustained a knock in the win over Garner so Gilberto Silva he steps up from the substitutes bench as well free from Spain Luis Medina cantilejo he's so far had charge of Germany against Poland Holland against Argentina and Italy against Australia and he's only seen two goals in those three games the referee I hope he sees a few more tonight no changes for the French Raymond Dominic leaves well alone in the wake of his side rediscovering his appetite for victory in the last two matches Tyrion Ray is the only out and out Striker so floral maluda and Frank Ribery have important roles they will both Supply wit to the attack and hopefully ammunition if we look at Carlos Alberto Pereira who never played the game professionally and Raymond Dominic who certainly did he was a gritty player for Olympic Leones the yellow cards going into the game for Brazil Juan who is a starter and Adriano who is a substitute and for France Patrick Vieira Zinedine Zidane and Frank Ribery and I mentioned that because today of those three pick up a yellow card tonight they would miss the semi-final against Portugal in Munich next Wednesday well Ronaldo looks a happy Chap and well he might he's the new record holder for goals scored in World Cup finals having overtaken the legendary German geared mullet in the last match against Garner 15 goals he has [Applause] and we're often running with Brazil lead I tell you in yellow and blue France in all white and the ball already with the other Legend uh cafu still see the pictures now of Cafe four years ago in Yokohama receiving the World Cup trophy the dazzling ceremony after the victory over Germany it could end up as a repeat of that final or it could and this of course is a repeat of the 1998 final [Applause] strong sturdy tackle in Midfield in Sudan will attempt to get away from zaribeto he's suddenly finding the magic but Ari was in an offside position uh zidane tried to weave him through going deep to pick things up Gilberto Silva [Applause] thank you Roberto Carlos then Kaka [Applause] there's the old zidane magic it had been said he lost it but he's uh re-founded in the last game [Applause] Sanyo played straight out board for both teams to try and start this going well oh from that nearly got to Ronaldo and it was almost a bad mistake in the heart of that French defense in the early couple of minutes and Ronaldo has certainly rediscovered his zest an urge to score goals as Janine up and ambicano plows her way forward but kefu gets his feet all knotted up Brazil amazingly have only ever beaten France once in a competitive fixture and that would you believe was in 1958 in the World Cup semi-finals great romping run from Vieira halted however in his tracks by Lucille one or two indeterminate touches of the ball in the early stages which suggests that the nerves are still there now Cafe plays with AC Milan at the moment but the word is he's probably going to return to Brazil after the World Cup finals to join up with Sao Paulo Roberto Carlos is staying well forward there was no way he was going to retreat there all right nice little touches around the edge of that area by Ronaldinho the world footballer of the Year first free kick of the match goes Brazil's way and it is won by the world footballer of the year who really has to get going in these World Cup finals we've not seen the best of Ronaldinho as yet maybe it's his time to come to the party now I've said it before there is no better taker of a free-kick in World football than janino he scored on this ground last year he's already got one goal in these World Cup finals he practices every single day and what he does he lines up a Target only six yards in front of him and practices getting it over the top of that Target so that in reality when it's like this he knows exactly what to do and he usually hits the target I am warning you it's Janina panamicano but as we'll know all about him from his days in France he's almost Leon versus marseillus but I do reassure you it's Brazil versus France and it is janino and it was about to get through and it flicked off a French head and out for the corner more practice needed in the right direction and Brazil have this corner it is their first punched by bartez athletically so to kafu Roberto Carlos to pick up the header [Applause] comes away with it from The Tackle by Israel Madrid colleague zidane who then fouls the opponent and Brazil will have a second free kick a little further out than the last one though [Applause] zidane remember it has to be careful tonight otherwise he'll be out of the semi-final but then players uh ruled rather Miss semi-finals than finals [Applause] flighted in well was he offside yes he was it wouldn't have counted friends stealing forward the defender knows all about playing here in Germany he's in the Biola accusing Squad fans haven't got going yet deda has been a spectator at the one end of the field [Applause] here is Eric abidal one of the considerable contingent from Olympic Leones covered by Lucille this time Bright Start for Brazil less so for the French but here is Galas [Applause] onto Samuel another who plays here in Germany at Bayern Munich now Patrick Vieira scorer of gold in the last two games Zidane taking the ball away from Gilberto Silva then it's maluda [Applause] abidal malouda just gets a toe end on this and the Spanish referee quite firm in his decision here but a look to the heavens from Remo Dominic well we've seen that from a few coaches inquisitive about decisions yeah Lucio with the take here for Brazil the last time these sides met was in Paris a FIFA celebration match which ended nil nil [Applause] merdale made something of what was effectively a poor clearance and honorees forward well broken up though by the enforcer Gilberto Silva playing the Emerson role it's up here for Ronaldinho he's going to be given off he might think he started level there with William Gallas well he didn't it's a good decision so remember only Carlos Alberto Pereira here only his Brazil team left to represent the rest of the world against Europe in the final four with Germany Italy and now Portugal going through that's found already not for long Kaka Ronaldinho there was a stumble but it's actually opened the door for zereberto here and an excellent tackle on him by gallus [Applause] is he Dan two white shirts ahead of him zidane will hit the longer ball it's a raking pass but it's too close to Dida and honorary clasps his hands through his mouth as he often does in a famous gallic expression and Roberto Carlos is sprinting away in famous Brazilian fashion zero Beto score of a goal in the last game he didn't get many goals in his time at Bayern Munich and I'm told he's on his way to Greece soon here goes Carlos he's still got the old explosive Pace may get a corner yes he does Brazil lead two-nil on Corner kicks 50 50 decision actually and it's gone against Villi Sanyo [Applause] he hasn't got many goals for Bayern Munich either but then he's a full back short Carlos he'll thump it yeah I thought he would he'd come take much too hard and nearly decapitated a cameraman [Applause] the header from honoree only steers the ball to Quan and across with Roberto Carlos [Applause] Cafe showed too much of the ball to the opponent that eventually gets his pass into zeroberto Ronaldo Cafe it's gone out football support is a very imaginative both in the songs that they sing and in the clothes that they wear these days and there are six Brazilians here with stars on their heads with the years 1958 1962 1970 1994 and 2002 has just happened to be the years that Brazil won the World Cup and the sixth member spelling out Brazil had 2006 on his head I wonder certainly getting a surface of free kicks and corners from the Spanish official as we hit 10 minutes with a Ronaldinho free kick Lucio will be forward Juan will be forward only Roberto Carlos stays back in the vicinity of the halfway line does Brazil looked for the early lead we saw one last night for Italy which really deflated Ukraine [Applause] referee cantalejo still wants macalele to retreat another six inches that's all thank you Claude he's probably moved back now anyway so Ronaldinho free kick which has got a cross and there's a chance and it was a Ronaldo chance ahead for the send it Forward I think she's steered over and not beneath the bar just a bit too much elevation on him as he cramed the neck Ronaldo looking to add to his three goals at these finals top scorer four years ago in career in Japan for the French have come into this game very confident on the heels of the last success and here goes maluda kept it by by Lucille machalee a good win of the ball to be kept in here by Samuel and he's done that successfully movement in the area it's across to the left-hand side into Thierry Henry who have a correct from here and the ball scuds away off Lucio's head and knocks him out just about you know the power of the shot the Brazilian Defender well I'm cynically saying he watched where the ball went first before he went to ground [Applause] Lucia will be all right and I don't think he'll have too much of a headache he used to be horrible when the ball had stitches in it you could get some very nasty wounds in the old days Carlos Alberto Pereira there one of the few men who was coached in many a team at World Cup finals he also coached Kuwait United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia at the finals winner of course in 1994. and Lucio is still coming around as he walks along the goal line so the Brazilians are still down to 10 for the moment and France have an attack going here with some space for Makaveli and across to if this one is played across by Andre it will require a desperate clearance by Roberto Carlos killed by zidane space opening up now for Sanyo who tries luck it's flicked away here and Lucio's recovered back on the field and gets a more comfortable header away than the last one the French are going to get the next free kick for Ronaldo's hustling and bustling on machiaveli his old pal from Real Madrid days a few years ago [Applause] well it really did require Roberto Carlos in there for Brazil shorts and quickly done immaculately Crossing to the Penalty area there might just be something here and they're all around the ball and surely if somebody's going to win a corner out of this and that somebody is the hard-working machalee worn in Kinshasa it's your Ramen appealing and the referee agreed with his assertion France's first corner of the night here in Frankfurt so some defending for the world champions to do and they do it well but he's coming back and it's coming back very high as well from Ribery that was into about Roku I reckon scored the first goal his first goal for his country in the victory over Spain but uh about threatened nothing Brazil nil France nil just inside the first quarter of an hour and Ronaldo emerges with the ball at his boot and he might get it back again in a potentially dangerous Zone here threading it through here goes Ronaldo now we'll pull it back in it was a decent enough chance Kaka was storming in on that one and the slightest of contact might have nudged the ball into the French net there was no contact to French relief and they attacked with maluda and with the elegant only but he's railroaded out of this one by Lucille [Applause] now Brazil always play with a bank of four Defenders four midfielders two Strikers and Ronaldinho has gone up a into a striking position alongside Ronaldo tonight in the absence of Adriano The Inter Milan Striker who has two goals in the competition just had a slightest of knocks in the last match I think he'll be back for the semi-final he's a bit of a favorite of Carlos Alberto Pereira and the other reasoning behind this is that Ronaldinho needs a goal in His World Cup fans he's not got winners yet here he's on the ball now and he's desperate for one and here he goes and again he tries to thread it inside the defender a lot of work to be done here however and there was again too much Pace on the pass just so we get a toothy grin Brazil dominating possession [Applause] it was only just overweighted and I'm not talking Ronaldo there lovely close-up of the ball that's been used here at these FIFA World Cup finals for 2006 and although that ball is hoofed Away by the Brazilian defense it's going to come their way again for the foul here on Viera and the free kick is for the French and it's taken already and Samuel will storm onto this ball knowing there are about three Frenchmen across the center it's virtually the first touch of the ball did his head the regular number one for Brazil these days having been number two to Marcos four years ago and uh tafferel before that firmly established now Dida Juan [Applause] well we're really getting close to the climax of these World Cup finals now four games to go after this one that's all and the party will be over a part of the billions have enjoyed not those who've been fortunate enough to come to all the matches here but the billions watching around the world and they'll all be tuned in tonight I know that everywhere from Addis Ababa to Zimbabwe such as the global nature of this contest and Brazil play some lovely football there it's into Ronald Ronaldo from Ronaldinho bartez was smart and again justifying his coach's decision to make him the number one bartez ahead of Gregory Coupe the decision which didn't go down too well with the other French keeper we've managed to release maluda who's Pacey his cross was to nobody in particular but still Roberto Carlos sends it spinning out for a throw-in to the French Ribery Ribery definitely a content for man of the match against Spain now it's Z down then it will be Sanyo [Applause] 18 and a half minutes played here in Frankfurt neither side gaining an advantage as yet we've not seen a goal scorer anywhere today apart from penalty goals in a shootout and there weren't too many of those successful ones either the French coming into the game a little more now and that was intended for maluda he hadn't guessed or second guest uh riberi's intentions thank you it's into Andre he was offside The Far Side of the field Madina Hernandez making that decision and again we credit him with a correct call but we saw the other evening this Spanish played a dangerous game in being caught Square by France and Ribery took full of advantage Cafe now for Brazil Junior this geninia by the way also called penumbakano after a village where he comes from and not to be confused with the other janineo who played for Brazil at the last World Cup finals just as the Gilberto Silva here in Midfield is not to be confused with the Defenders Gilberto who may come on later he's one of the substitutes 20 minutes played Brazil nil Fran snow Lucio who rides the first tackle it will be forwarding company with all the rest here but that ball is too far ahead of Ronaldo Mario zagalo on the left of Pereira just out of Schiller he is just poking his head in the assistant manager and one of the greatest names in Brazilian football history Sanyo [Music] [Applause] long Ferrari yeah he's won the corner out of this he was one on two but he's done well enough to get a corner for France and it will be their second until they've called the Brazilian tally now Flora malouda one of the Leon players looks as though he's going to swing it into the goalkeeper no foul given and I'm not surprised by the decision I never thought there was but Brazil do have a break here and it's opening up through the middle for them oh what a disappointing ball this one is however from a cafe who launched it long over Ronaldo that's where Vienna went down no question of a foul by Lucio and the referee had a good view of all of that they didn't consider it a dive however [Applause] montagalas and then further along the line to Eric abidal one of the newcomers in the side since the retirement of Vicente lizarazu that fine sir for French football and German Football up by Miracles are push in the back here by Gilberto Silva so friends with the free kick we await the first goal of the game it's France who are looking for it now with Zidane we all know he's capable of uh Hawking one out it's maluda oh that's a very weak finish from maluda who has been preferred in the starting lineup to the likes of uh Sylvan wiltude or Sydney gavu Dominic who took much criticism in The French Press in the build up to the World Cup finals so far done an excellent job in steering his team this far he also has two class Strikers in Delhi trezage and Luis Sahar to call upon they've seen very little action Elli now of Chelsea of course [Applause] uh well picked out good piece of Defending there by Juan France already have it back [Applause] just look over as zidane just kills the ball Stone Dead with his toe end [Applause] foreign just unable to intercept while playing a dangerous game on halfway Samuel [Applause] people always concentrate on the wonderful gifts and attacking skills of the Brazilians but they often forget that they're a very good defending team too as Lucio proves there calmly nodding the ball down to kafu who instigates another move forward in company with kakka foreign I think uh well that's going to be a yellow card shown to the Brazilian captain he did get a caution earlier in the competition but not in the last match so he can still play in the semi-final should Brazil make it through Portugal awaits the winner [Applause] zida [Music] there's a wonderful ability to look up and assess a situation and just keep on running until something appears for him Genero losing the possession there hooked Away by Gilberto Silva and the two goalkeepers will be very pleased by the fact that neither has been called upon to make a proper Savers yet maluda for France Henry trying to make space ahead but the ball again magnetized by Lucio's forehead and then magnetized by immaculalian being given it back Brazil just enjoying a greater share of the ball not by a significant amount [Applause] so Machiavelli too short but they've got the free kick the indiscretion by Lucille honoree well we saw Brazil have a free kick in a similar area quite early on that when janino's shot was deflected out for a corner let's see what the french can do in similar circumstances a highly focused man at the moment to Zinedine Zidane who believes it's his Destiny 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 champions even Ronaldinho's coming back now and he he wasn't going to do originally can see down achieve the Breakthrough here no it's too high well it happens some you get right some of you get pretty horribly wrong well that was in the latter category 26 minutes played still Brazil nil France new and I wonder if we're in for a third penalty shootout in four quarterfinals that's the route that Germany and Portugal have taken only Italy have gone through in the 90 minutes of normal time here goes Makaveli now seeing a lot of the ball Claude machielli now it's zidane sweeps it for abidal that's beyond Armory and there was not much thought about that Pastor before [Applause] [Music] yeah zidane is coming back to his magisterial vest I'll be down The French Press have been saying it's one last hurray from the captain and that was vintage zidane again abidus forward here to maluda curling cross and has to be acrobatically put out of Harm's Way by Roberto Carlos the most teasing cross malood has played so far that's what he does best and nobody else in the world does it quite like zizu should be an acrobat shouldn't he Corner France nil nil let's go and it was a dangerous ploy [Applause] oh it was a dangerous free kick because Lilly and Tyrion went to racing towards the ball and so did Gallas [Music] [Applause] but he yielding nothing for the French [Applause] it's going to be another closely fought contest one mistake could decide this one oh one flash of Brilliance from somebody out there [Applause] and again Brazil have been really unable to get Ronaldinho into the game as they would like here he is now there's the flick now they have got him into it Ronaldo shot barged away [Applause] well the Friendship clearly been working on how they're gonna Mark Ronaldo and Ronaldinho The Two Ronnies and they're doing it very uh adeptly at the moment [Applause] it's going to be a free kick for Ribery here against Roberto Carlos one player booked on the night so far Cafe with Brazil France with abidal moving forward only are either in a very isolated Central position so they have to discover other avenues and is he down for once uh loses his way forgot to take the ball with him so it's zereberto not caught says the referee by immaculally who thanks him as he runs best now immaculately I imagine speaks Spanish after all those years with Real Madrid fought for Henry now one on one with one [Applause] that takes a bit of saying 101. [Applause] half an hour gone by and we await the break [Applause] it is Macaulay we've still one of two unlikely scorers in matches at these World Cup finals 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 come up with a goal tonight well it's the French turn [Applause] and it is their corner from maluda and Dida it's a crowded area he does well to punch it as far as Ribery [Applause] back in here and offside [Music] well there's hardly been a clear-cut chance Brazil have had two shots on goal so far France three and only one of the five shots between the two teams has been on target [Applause] so those who were hoping for a feast of goals and Extravaganza are disappointed right now 31 minutes played but always the further you're going competitions major competitions like this the girls tend to dry up a bit there we go well over a century of goals in the opening phase [Applause] but uh certainly in the second round and the quarterfinals goes much harder to come back [Applause] going back and picking the ball up is Junior foreign you do wonder if burnout figures with some of the players Ronaldinho had an exhausting European season with Barcelona not just in La Liga in Spain of course but in the Champions League as well with his team going all the way to a Victorious finale in Paris against Arsenal and he really hasn't sparked into life at these finals but this is Arsenal opponent in that match Gilberto silver who gives away the latest free kick no it isn't that oh it is yes I thought it was Gilberto Silva in in place of Emerson tonight in that holding role in Midfield zidane to orchestrate chiram will be forward here and we'll get his head to the ball in the danger area cleared by Juan however just 12 minutes remain in the first half in Frankfurt sounds like a jumbo jet roaring overhead right now [Applause] but nobody's taking off on the field as yet it's still no [Music] and we may have a long wait for a goal the way the game is shaping up it's got a flailing armor fancy maybe here from Roberto Carlos there the left arm came out caught him across the chest honorary says to the official you should be looking out for that nothing was given is he down beating on the jump there by Gilberto Silva well the Brazilian defensive pattern is excellent they've got those four at the back and the two sender halves have been a real Rock for them they've conceded only the one goal surprisingly to Japan in the entire Tournament of Brazil [Music] and they haven't lost a match in the World Cup finals since that 1998 final against the French in Paris they were the winners of course without being beaten winning all their matches four years ago in Korea and Japan and they've won all their games here as well and Kaka he was a bit slow there he got caught paid the penalty Henry though too casual he gave it back to Brazil Ronaldinho spinning and twisting and turning but not emerging with the ball mistakes are plenty right now what can maluda achieve oh nothing showed too much of it to Brazil and there's been an uncharacteristic number of mistakes made he's on side here this is maluda two Defenders around him once again and it is the Defenders who are catching the eye in this game right now rather than the attackers Cafe [Applause] still loves the game as much as ever and he withstood a challenge there from abidal [Applause] still as fit as ever cafu at the age of 36. I think it's fair to say it'll be his last World Cup finals well that's a rather ungainly slice of the ball [Applause] now 10 minutes before half time in Frankfurt away go Sanyo always enjoyed his football here in Germany at Bayern Munich malouda [Applause] as you're down it's opening up a bit here and he'll slip Abby down through Cafe working hard to deny any space it's going to be a war of attrition is this one unless somebody can open it up here maludus ball there's a eluded everybody well we know Roberto Carlos can kick a football with a pretty hefty left boot but he hit that one a long way straight out foreign contest we imagined as yet too much at stake we all know that goals change games and it will only need one and France might be looking for one here from a free kicker awarded against Cafe who's already yellow carded and possible he's speaking French to the Spanish referee and posible [Applause] one of the former French International Players what a good player he was as well Yuri's [Applause] Thierry Henry or zined in Sudan final goal for us in the final goal for France in the match which would really stun the world champions Henry gives away to zidane and it's just over not a bad effort though maludus had it spinning High right into our lens and did it was unmoved [Applause] Deidre will probably be fancing a penalty shootout four shots so far from the French just two from Brazil who started well but it faded somewhat in this game the Brazilians now have not been anywhere near Fabian bartez's goal for a long time [Applause] Ronaldinho the final pass is not been good at all tonight from uh pereira's side I was saying that deedy might fancy the penalty shootout he's got as good a record as any goalkeeper in the world over penalty shootouts in the world club championship of the Champions League we often turned out to be the hero I wonder if he's going to be deeder's night again or will it be Fabian bartez Maybe a long way to go before we consider penalty shootouts in France is trying to do something about that here now and zidane was backing in [Applause] nothing as much disputing that but cafu's gonna have to be careful for a long time in this match 50 minutes remain and 30 seconds foreign [Applause] way he'll swinging in here but too far and again it is that final pass but to right well they're having a great night the weather has been absolutely phenomenal in Germany over the last month we've been here so a few sun terms there [Applause] zidane the game's so easy for him Ribery the Olympic Marseille player who have such a good season for his Club in the UEFA Cup in particular we'll take it Forward again here now remember he scored the first goal before half time in the game against the Spanish roundabout now it was as well UDA he's tricked his man here it's a cross ball which will be played out of Harm's Way by Juan well maludus figuring prominently [Applause] and France have now overtaken uh Brazil in terms of ball possession 55 to 45 percent in his Viera too long on the ball [Applause] but I wouldn't say it's been a 40 odd minutes to savor particularly [Applause] great games new Guild map action of that there has been very little I'm sure even Ronaldo's looking at one of those jets flying over more visible to him than to us from maludi really he's seeing a lot of the ball and he struck this one up to Henry but it's taken away from the record Arsenal goalscorer [Applause] Roberto Carlos in field Gilberto Silva knows exactly what his job is he's a very accomplished musician Gilberto Silva by the way plays the mandolin not a lot of people knew that all right the French won't be playing music there either no Harmony in that movement [Applause] so two and a half minutes remain in the first half doing his job again [Applause] well they've all been doing their jobs but the trouble is they've canceled one another out so far in this match totally [Applause] and it does need a Ronaldinho or a caca or a zidane or an honoree to get the crowd buzzing this is Roberto wriggles away from Henry slips it into the path of I don't think he can possibly have been going for Goldberg [Applause] all he managed to do was wind the opponent [Applause] Jerry Henry is also winded [Applause] that one right into the back of Sanyo who felt it and Brazil will try again it doesn't get to Ronaldinho and we'll get as far as Cafe Dominic looks a bit concerned on the edge of his technical Zone and he had a right to be as well but the cross is met by William Gallas and zidane breaks for France past one past two slips it brilliantly a race here the middle here can they close him down or will there be a card and it's certainly a booking of what color it's one to be taken away big decision this for the referee yellow I think that's right it's yellow for one the French will think he denied a goal scoring opportunity but one is out of the semi-final because it's his second consecutive caution really took Patrick vieara out there [Applause] the referee with a massive call [Applause] well we all know our depth Vieira is in those circumstances one disconsolate because he will miss the semi-final if of course Brazil make it through the validity of the decision I think not much doubt about it is really taken the ankles of Patrick Vieira uh Dominic's just having a word with the fourth official there and saying should that not have been a red card well did he deny him a goal scoring opportunity he was 25 yards out maybe [Applause] you're okay to continue such a difficult man to mark of course and he rumped onto zidane's pass he was gonna take some halting that's for certain [Applause] and it just affords an opportunity for the French here to try and score before the break with the free kick as we move into added time and the referee will take into consideration the length of this delay so there will be over a minute to play no Vieira on the field of play at the moment fourth official Mark Shield won't let him back on until after the free-kick is taken so it's going to be the responsibility I imagine [Applause] of Zidane here or maybe Henry [Applause] and how it would change the team talks if France were to score [Applause] it will be Henry and he's given the penalty as he or is it a free kick on the edge it's a free kick on the edge for a handball whoa another massive call from the referee and another card I think coming out whose hand went up Ronaldo's arm well they're getting closer by the second Ari shouted for the penalty or a free kick or whatever Ronaldo is booked it's his first caution [Applause] [Music] big big call sooner did it strike the arm did Ronaldo deliberately do that it's impossible to cool really possible to say would do it deliberately with the ball so close to him struck by Henry the air is now back on so they have a full 11 here and these I assure you were key moments because if France score it turns the game on its head naturally 11 Brazilians stand there good and true and firm trying to make sure the ball doesn't get a around that wall once more that's a touch of deja vu to use a bit of French about this from seconds ago maybe zidane this time it was ornery last time or maybe they'll slip it to San Diego of all people and certainly taking the time he's going to blow the whistle for half time if they're not careful here still the Spanish official urges the Brazilians to withdraw by about a centimeter zidane and he's played it straight at the wall it's almost impossible to get it above them the clearance is not a good one and it's cleared now that's a better one the referee I think is going to say let's cool it let's all go to the dressing rooms and have a breather it's not been the best of halves to be fair we expected more and Ronaldo's still arguing the point there with the referee so we've had no goals and there have been very very few signs of any goals still all kisses and cuddles down on the touchline here but uh it's not been dignified particularly and at half time here in Frankfurt It's Brazil nil fransner foreign [Music] [Applause] from Spain most significantly has booked three Brazilians Captain kafu Defender Juan and Striker Ronaldo and that could be crucial later in the day if of course we come to the stage where considering penalty shootouts an extra time but for that to happen that means we'd have a scoreless 45 minutes so let's hope that doesn't happen [Applause] Lillian Chiron what his servant who's been to the French game foul here once again it's guano is seen as the offender one of those on a caution remonstrates with the referee no chance for zidane to take it quickly Roberto Carlos wouldn't let him knows all his tricks of course from the Madrid practice ground so France have had all the free kicks in the last couple of minutes and here they have a chance of a goal it's gone wide Cherry Henry Heading hands he has two goals in these World Cup finals this might well have been goal number three for him but it's steered wide in fact I think it was Vieira getting up in front of Armory possibly yes it was Patrick Vieira who scored in the last two matches couldn't make it three in a row but it may be significant that France have suddenly created chances from free kicks that they've been awarded for Brazil and that's going to be another freak against Fiera one of those who also has to be careful of booking for him would rule him out of a semi-final against Portugal how nice it must be for the Portuguese to be just sitting there waiting and wondering who's it going to be as if they care really we're in the semi-finals Lucille with a free kick for Brazil [Applause] Gilberto Silva we'll give it back to Cafe as ever and then Ronaldinho [Applause] wins the corner just a third of the night for the Brazilians well we wait because there's nobody much up there yet the heavy artillery arrives now [Applause] Brazil wants a lead in this game and somehow found her way through all of those bodies back with Roberto Carlos who's desperate to have a shot I imagine to shows he's lost nothing in that regard Ronaldinho confronted by Abby Dell drifts inside plays It Forward zero beta nearly Falls over himself but contrives the position to cross one in here oh Butters merely murder howler I think he got caught in no man's land there and uh he was saying that nobody called I don't think so throw him for the Brazilians from the Roberto Carlos still we want a goal in the game still Brazil have not had a shot on goal but as he's coming for it loses it in the mix and uh picks it up again [Applause] there was nobody there to take advantage of the slight fumble by The Eccentric French goalkeeper referee's taking a long time to make this decision eventually he does and he gives the free kick and Ronaldinho is confronted by five white shirts [Applause] [Applause] honoree drifts away to that Left Flank that he so favors in his Club football and he's made a break like a greyhound here it's Thierry Henry only one to aim at in the center and Juan was there for Brazil well we all know he's slick Armory and it's pushing run time for him no way kafu is going to stop him and what's more he took on Lucio as well [Applause] there haven't been many goal of straws in this world cup but France did figure in one of them against the Swiss amazing really Switzerland went out of the World Cup without conceding a single goal but they weren't very good at taking penalties I'm afraid score one Vieira it's a nice thing you have a shot better of it pops it back out for Abigail abidal's cross in here doesn't reach Henry [Applause] uh just talking at halftime with friends and uh the former Tottenham Hotspur Manager David pleet who sat near me and we were all agreed that Kaka has been Anonymous in this game and he's been blotted out totally by the French midfielder Vieira and Makaveli and the Brazilians are just not getting forward with zeruberto and Kaka there's no service to them whatsoever and it could well be that if Brazilia to win this game they'll have to make a change in Midfield [Applause] [Music] Kaka could be the one sacrificed zidane who has imposed himself on the match see you around foreign [Applause] proceedings there while the referee questioned Makaveli to make sure he was all right and France had to make a decision whether to knock the ball out of play or not because it happens they're just stroking around amongst themselves playing their own game here you're saying in Brazil it's up to you to come and get it from us now it's long from Dallas Henry will try to burn off Lucio did he get a kick in the head well he ducked his head into it to be fair watch his head go down there and the boot never made contact to Erie he thought it did he would have known if it had done oh he's a high definition cameras are astonishing they show absolutely everything [Applause] Vieira for France he was the captain until Zinedine Zidane returned from retirement voluntarily [Applause] that's nicely worked to bring Samuel into play Henry will make a movement into the area here he'll find himself 101 the back here was brilliant but it just failed to get Vieira in but credit to the Brazilian defense again they're not letting their concentration levels drop for a second and what a good World Cup one has heard it's a shame for Brazil that he's going to miss the semi-final potentially if they make it of course San Diego is fouled by Ronaldo another who's on a yellow card [Applause] coming up to eight minutes played in the second half Brazil nil France nil a night in Munich in the offing on Wednesday and they're all in here must surely be offside by at least five yards sorry well surely kind of been surprised by the decision where he's off there and by the time the ball is flicked on uh he's one of two players well offside gallus being the other one [Applause] no ghoul in anybody's book foreign [Applause] Lucille for Brazil in a game that needs a goal as all games that are nil nil New Year do [Applause] I don't think it'll be much longer before substitutions are considered by the two coaches trying to break the stalemate and that's definitely what we have here but who's going to show his hand first [Applause] clever flick of the boot there by Roberto Carlos to dispatch the ball to safety and he'll now nudge it up there to zereberto with Ronaldo and Ronaldinho across the center Roberto Carlos Brazil's throwing [Applause] asking for the ball Kaka and Kaka will race onto this but it's just kept away from him and zidane then plays it back and Samuel will play it forward but only straight onto the chest of Carlos any magic from the man from AC Milan tiram took it off him Ribery [Applause] well dispossessed nobody's making any progress in this game maybe abidal will here for France Le Blues [Applause] a bit of pushing and shoving on maluda but we see again just what zidane can do with a football most of us do it in our dreams he actually does it in reality [Applause] and he will take a free kick here for the French and The Tall Man Viera is up there so is chiram so will be gallus danger now here is a big big Chad France heavily Thierry Andre a stoop for the glory and it's Brazil nil France one they call him terrific Thierry in France and in London and Thierry Andreas brought the contest to light he's brought Raymond Dominic to his feet he's got every French arm and the whole of the country and in the whole of the stadium in Frankfurt waving in salute no question of oxide he's stolen away but where were the markers they were all preoccupied with others an honoree took full advantage to prod it home it's little more than a tow poke he's one of the most famous toe pokes of tierra's career Brazil nil Francois came on now in Brazil have 33 minutes left in which to keep their crown the first goal of the day in 177 minutes of World Cup action and it's the third goal of this World Cup for Thierry Henry and the 36th of his French career six of which have coming World Cup finals Brazil behind because they were to Japan as well but they came back and scored four then I doubt they'll be doing that tonight foreign pops it through Beyond Henry straight to deda only the second goal Brazil have conceded [Applause] well it was in this stadium that Brazil won the confederations cup Last Summer where the Sumptuous performance against Argentina they won 4-1 that day but they're already a goal down in this one oh shocker of a ball I think bartez will get to it Ronaldinho didn't quite react quickly enough and I'm not sure dealers reacted quickly enough here either questions for both goalkeepers to answer juegos Carlos powering forward now we'll see the true Brazil now we'll see whether they're up to it and they're under pressure the world champions [Applause] foreign contest from here on in if it's France against Portugal it will follow Germany against Italy and it'll be Viva Europa and I'm afraid they won't like that down in South America and Thierry Henry has done the business for his country again he's just signed a new contract to stay in the English Premier League with Arsenal he overtook great names like Ian Wright and Cliff bastard at that club last season and he has just scored a precious precious goal for the French here Jerome no Galas [Applause] of course the French it's gonna test their durability whether they can hold on to this Advantage they've got for themselves yeah and we scored against Korea and he scored against Togo but asking which goal of the three he'll remember most I suspect it might be the one against Brazil half an hour to go in Frankfurt and Gala says hello to a few photographers and guarantees a very close-up picture in the papers tomorrow here it is again zidane's free kick absolutely perfect for him to power it into the roof of the Brazilian net Vive La France oh no there's another race on here led by Ribery another is getting better and better in this world cup oh how close can it come without actually crossing the white line I'm sure he wasn't intending to score here Frank Ribery and neither was the Brazilian Defender who really got a touch on it well he did get a big big touch on it how close to an own goal here from Juan horrible moment for the defender well they're all good moments for the French to savor at the moment another zidane corner the anywhere will do attitude there adopted by uh pops it back to Samuel further back to Bartos but we've got a contest here now for the next 28 and a half minutes the illness very much on the Brazilians they have to find a goal even to take the game into extra time and Adriano is poised to come on The Inter Milan Striker now Roberto Carlos first time ball in easily mate when junino fouled as only came back free kick taken and the referee says play on Roberto Carlos will play on it'll be met on the far side by Cafe four yellow shirts already across the center but so too is Macaulay there for France maluda loses it that's not what his coach would have asked for him trying to win a corner for his side here and he's done that [Applause] so Adriana to come on well it's a positive move list because it's janino a midfielder who comes off goals demanded by the Brazilians [Applause] and Adriano a man who struck 25 for his country is one of those in here for this drops awkwardly for honoree who can't make tracks [Applause] I'm sure what Henry Sanger to the referee but he's [Applause] said something however of course the other thing that could happen is that France might get a second goal on a breakout like this one Ribery still Roberto Carlos across Ribery that was a good tackle they weren't about to let him do to Brazil what he did to Spain kill Roberto Carlos who's got a boot across his shin he went into the tower he just went over awkwardly on his ankle actually but he did his job in curbing ribbery's intentions 64 minutes played in Frankfurt Brazil nil France one and whenever you say a score line like that shockwaves reverberate around the footballing world nobody ever expects Brazil to lose but Raymond Dominic his side will feel that they have a bit of an Indian sign on Brazil remember they beat them in that 1998 final so convincingly as well three nil and they've only ever lost to them once and that was 48 years ago in competitive action now then it might be something here good running uh stabbed Away by Gilberto Silva to Ronaldo he'll power on but he forgot to take the ball with him and the breakout is on the other end here but it's a poorly laid pass for Terry Henry can't get to that expect plenty of ebb and flow now [Applause] and it should flow towards the French goal now [Applause] Adriano big and powerful and Ronaldinho getting away the ball is good the second one isn't it just won't find zeroberto again the Brazilians claim back pass and again the referee shakes his head [Applause] Michael early what a good game he's had handsy Dan malouda they looked as he down as a real Outlet to France he really has rediscovered his zest in the last two games and he's here on the ball now movement ahead and then he turns and checks spins drags it back rolls it out inviting for Sanyo the French have a corner again Roberto Carlos showing his stunts and critically winning the ball France will slow it down they know the talk the clock is ticking away to their advantage well there is plenty of time for Brazil to come back yet they're not world champions for nothing Ribery with a corner for the French it flashes through the area out they come and Adriana will race onto the pass and he'll get inside the French half Ronaldo's across the 18-yard area still is Adriano he has a flashing left boot and he uses it now to bring in of all people kafu down the left wing then Ronaldinho cappu a second time goal kick ball came off the captain of Brazil where's the step over from Ronaldinho taken on by cafu and Viera back doing a manful job for the French good decision from the official is it really going to be France Portugal in the semi-final [Applause] Ronaldinho clever ball in Adriano oh well he know whether he's fainting that he looks like he's got a bang in the face the referee saw nothing wrong and adriano's not made anything of it so the play will continue with Cafe now back in his rightful spot onto Kaka I'd love to see kakaro Ronaldinho really come alive in This World Cup finals but it's not happened yet and one wonders if it's ever gonna happen or whether they've just had too much football and become rather stale [Applause] kafu's long throw ribbery's got to do it all by himself [Applause] verus caught free kick against his old Arsenal colleague Gilberto Silva there Vieira Henry's goal is 36 for France which splits these two teams right now 21 minutes remain Gilberto Silva for Roberto Carlos Dominic is wafting his arms around in the technical area Renault Ronaldinho is trying to conjure up some magic for Brazil a longer ball will locate capu who looks at it thinks about it has allowed himself to get closed down though so they go all the way back to the halfway line almost and now it's Juan Ronaldo still Ronaldo is there a surge left from him he's gone to ground and he's got nothing for it and now all of a sudden we've won on one at the other end Henry against Lucio Andres Ballin Ribery and Dieter makes it absolutely crucial intervention two nil Brazil even Brazil might not have come back [Applause] well Dita served Brazil uh by stretching himself spreading himself and making sure Ribery didn't get a shot away and making sure he didn't give away a free kick or a penalty as well that's the way it's going to be now Brazil trying to attack as often as possible in these closing 20 minutes France trying to exploit space on breakaways with Henry and Zidane they've got the bit between their teeth not sure how you say that in French [Applause] can they find a second goal well there's certainly a Poise about France right now [Applause] they look as though they know how to retain a lead finding Zidane Henry not booked in the opinion of the referee Brazil hang on again and then they Sally Forth with Ronaldinho [Applause] they're not about to let him do anything in fact he's lost The Possession Henry may get a shot away here but it only warms the fingers of Dida uh the crowded fever pitch now I did say that goals always change matches and raptieri on Regal as really breathe life into this contest which was forgettable for 45 minutes Roberto Carlos taka run over the ball but it was only picked up by a Frenchman and zidane does his runaround routine he's rolling off the ball as nobody in the world can do it like him not even Ronaldinho and here they use him again and he sends the ball flying across the field to immaculately it's virtuoso stuff from Zinedine Zidane and he'll retire happily friends win the World Cup now it's Thierry Henry seen a gap tries to go racing through it maluda's across the center won't get to him [Applause] now that might be trouble for Samuel it's a yellow card certainly as he fended away we're around there and uh no doubt about it that's a yellow card he fended off Kaka illegally Nathaniel is the first French player book tonight [Applause] you surely can't get away with this I don't think I went out the arm definitely obstructed the opponent now it's Ronaldo for Brazil so Keen of course in his fourth World Cup finals to make yet another appearance in the final itself the hero four years ago in Yokohama Ronaldo he scored both goals remember but for at the moment Brazil won't be there [Applause] zidane seems to be just magnetizing the ball surrivery ornery too far thank you French are going to bring on Sydney govu any moment now the man from Leon will be a part of the game you probably get 15 minutes of action and a very very important 15 minutes as well for France and what an important 15 for Brazil too [Applause] a Gloom will descend over South America tonight if Brazil go out [Applause] cheeram's underneath this one but they're making a bit of a meal of it the two of them but 24 hours on from Argentina's elimination this would be seen as a Calamity for South American football if Brazil lose as well Henry [Applause] uh Lucio's got tearing into him this is going to be another yellow card I imagine for yet another Brazilian and that's three of the back four book tonight as Lucio also collects the yellow card to go into the referee's book alongside Cafe Juan and Ronaldo four Brazilians booked and surely the signal for govu to come on for the French [Applause] once they've checked on the condition of Thierry Henry [Applause] Brazil too are making a switch down there and Cafe will come off and I wonder if this is the last time we'll ever see Cafe in World Cup finals the man who's played a record 20 games [Applause] will give way for these closing minutes to cecino the young Pretender who was brilliant in Germany last summer in the confederations cup the former Sao Paulo player now at Real Madrid well they need an injection of Youth and pace and brilliance and govu 2 coming on and he is actually going to take the place of Ribery well I didn't think they'd take zidane off so Sydney govu of Leon who's a another flyer from for Ribery who gets a warm hand from the French they've really taken to him in his last performances still only one eight caps for Friends Frank the Ribery but he's made a big impact in the last couple Brazil have also got robinho worn up and ready to come on but they'll delay that substitution for a second or two zidane with a free kick for the French who have 14 minutes to play out to retain this one goal advantage that would guarantee them that semi-final berth against the Portuguese [Applause] 13 minutes Thierry Henry's goal on 57. and gaville is going to play through the center with Henry on his right it would seem at the moment I know they're switching roles now here is cecinia with his first touch of the ball but it's not a bad one because he's brought Kaka into play Kaka covered by Galas but Brazil really have got nowhere when you consider that barter is still hasn't had a shot to save tonight that's a remarkable statistic in any game evolving Brazil that the opposition goalkeeper has not made a saveto it's a useful ball in well it's a useful bit of Defending to keep it away as well and now there is that switch that I was referring to Robin you want for Kaka who frankly has been disappointing his tournament started well with a goal the winner against Croatia but what a moment for young robinho to come in with 12 minutes left in which to get a goal for Brazil here he goes robinho they call him the new garincha Lucio thumps it straight against the French boots and honorary unable to break away because Roberto Carlos was there towering header from the little man foreign s to make substitutions too just to slow things down that's what sides want to do at a time like this and they will shortly uh bring on Silvan wiltude [Applause] another former Arsenal and Bordeaux player well they have to counteract robinho here for Brazil a little over 10 minutes left for Brazil to get that one elusive goal robinho's in the thick of it others in yellow R2 the French must battle away to preserve their lead Roberto Carlos Ronaldinho oh huge ball from Roberto Carlos which is well defended superbly done by Abigail and uh this must be trouble I would have thought certainly a free kick against maluda but no card and Brazil want to get on with it we've been playing for exactly 80 minutes to the second it's Ronaldinho for Brazil the trail by a goal the crown is in danger of slipping off its head it's across from robinho to cecino four yellow shirts convergency penalty area it drops the Ronaldinho big chance here sperm rabinho's in the thicker things already but he can't find the target [Applause] but the suburgency about Brazil as you would expect there to be since rabinio's entry he's already had three or four touches on 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 on for cap number 85 for his country foreign taking down uh well done referee he's in there very sharply tempers are going to get frayed in these closing minutes so the urgency of the Brazilians there are better going for the ball caught zidane but he's hard to do anything else really from that position friends are on their way at the moment on route to the semi-final unless Brazil can find a goal and they've not got long in which to do that gavu gets head to ball sort of stole in there but that's a free kick against the French and against Thierry Henry who always gives that look as if he's the innocent party [Applause] it's a rare event for Brazil to go through 90 minutes without scoring at least once they have 10 goals in the four previous matches but they've rarely looked like scoring one tonight Rubino down he goes free kick for them no janinio there to take free kicks anymore Gala says he was going for the ball but then they always do so that [Applause] they've got the powerful figure of Adriano up there Lucio once scored in a European Cup Final for Bayer Leverkusen he's another in here Brazil with seven players inside the French penalty area they need a goal however they ever needed one more desperately not for a long time that's for sure [Applause] but the Brazilians will just be starting to think that the French have a hoodoo against them [Applause] it's amazing how that does happen in football some teams are just unable to beat other teams the French uh similarly positioned whenever they play Spain they usually come out on top as we shell the other evening and it's slipping away for Carlos Alberto Pereira oh he's got the wise old head alongside him Mario sagalo [Applause] Dominica looks to the heavens again I wonder if he sang a little prayer there [Applause] Germany Italy Portugal through France poised to join them in the last four of this outstanding World Cup finals but Brazil was something to say yet robinho zereberto will be pursued and harried it's a chance for Ronaldo he's dragged it wide those golden boots didn't have a golden touch [Applause] once again there was a Frenchman getting across his line of vision and that's what opponents have to do and how well Sydney govu did it once again friends slow it down with a potential substitution and very very slowly I think they're withdrawing the goal scorer Thierry Henry will play no further part well Dominic must have considered the penalty shootout if Brazil were to get a go we could have extra time under penalties Louis Saha of Manchester United is all in place of already of Arsenal well this is France and Saha who's not played since the game against Switzerland in The Opening match is on now [Music] so Saha govu will toward all on for France with four and a half minutes the distance between them and a semi-final place [Applause] to Ronaldinho just keeps the ball in [Applause] for Adriano well it wouldn't appear to be a way through there but Adriano does his best and gets the corner well they might as well send deeder up because they need a goal everybody but Dina will be forward Roberto Carlos will hover around the edge of the area he's in from Ronaldinho Away by Bart as he was fouled free kick friends flailing arm from the French goalkeeper it mattered not that Lucio dispatched the shot high and it came off Roberto Carlos and Saha was standing in an offside position and might be booked here for time wasting Years sir within 60 seconds of his arrival he's got a yellow card [Music] Second French caution tonight Brazil three and a half minutes away from being eliminated from having to wait four more years to try and win back the World Cup that's the way it stays Brazil designated as the home team for this match so the scoreline is Brazil nil France won they'll try again Ronaldo he's got to find a way through he's finding a way through brilliantly he's got the free kick has he and they're all saying no it's a yellow card for Lillian chiram he reckons uh Ronaldo threw himself the referee's got a smile on his face whatever chiram says it's a free-kick for Brazil 22 yards from goal and maybe he did throw himself jiram didn't make any contact Downey went so easy nowadays well two minutes from time Lillian shiram inkling of Hope for Brazil is this the moment that the World Cup dream is rekindled but says frantically points the finger it's such a massive moment in the game this one Ronaldinho has barely had a free kick all five matches in the world cup to take from his favorite position well if ever there was a time for him to prove that he is the best footballer in the world it's right now [Applause] maybe it will become at the 89th minute cometh Ronaldinho is two feet from his line it's Ronaldinho it's too high and maybe Brazil's dreams have just gone gone down the sink it wasn't a bad one that it curled a foot too high bartez hadn't moved much barely a limb France are now a minute away from their Victory plus whatever time is added by the official from Spain and govu's powering into the penalty area and he's got a corner has he or a goal kick a goal kick means Brazil must Rush [Applause] cecino [Applause] it was a ground that held happy memories until tonight for Brazil with a victory in the confederations cup but Frankfurt may be seen as uh The Darkest Hour for a long while here they're all calling for it up ahead the tour figure of Adriana will attack the ball it will drop to Samuel he'll boot it as far as he possibly can it drops to see Dan who scored in the last minute against Spain he's played his man in it's Saha Dita makes the save Brazil is still alive and there are three minutes of added time the crescendo of noise and excitement around Frankfurt play on says the referee it's Ronaldo speeding Away by barters and they just can't get in there before gallus clears Ronaldo is thwarted no more glory for him just yet [Applause] why wasn't it like this in the first half oh it's gonna go wide from the outstretched boot of zereberto's cecinios crosses deflected outside the posts and it flew off his boat and out for a goal kick and their batas could only Parry Ronaldo's shorts but there was nobody really to close in on it calm down says rim on Dominic how can you calm down as a time like this two minutes of added timer left a mistake by Gilberto Silva and friends have the ball no they don't they've lost it and Away goes to Ronaldinho one last thrust from the world champions [Applause] and still oh the free kicks given against Ronaldinho he's a guest he can still smile seems a two-footed challenge on Sanyo France are almost there uh within breathing distance of the Finishing Line Henry trezegate they believe the French have done it and what celebrations they will be here in Frankfurt from the French if they hold on now with a minute exactly remaining Gilberto Silva across they've got to try and get the ball up to either Adriano or this man Rubinos turning on the magic now Ronaldo no free Kick this time and out they come all the white shirts Zidane can they finish it as they did the other night stillsy Dan plots it through and uh there was a foul there there was a push but there are 30 seconds remaining and surely not even Brazil can score a goal in these 30 seconds now [Applause] and the streets of Rio well they'll be deserted later tonight I imagine unless they're gonna go from this it's up there now for Bartos he'll Klingon for dear life flag had gone up well the likes of Roberto Carlos and Ronaldo were beaten eight years ago in the World Cup final by France and they've had to taste defeat again France have done it Ronaldo's World Cup career is over Senator zidane has led from the front once more and a single goal by Thierry Henry has guided France into a semi-final meeting with Portugal in Munich against all the odds Brazil have tasted defeat for the first time since that 1998 Final in Farrah 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's gonna be an all-european semi-final lineup final score Brazil nil France one [Applause] [Music]

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Length: 100min 30sec (6030 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 13 2022