Not really, in both cases Zidane runs from the edge of the box, probably because the coaching staff spotted a weakness in Brazil set piece defense. The player that falls(Dunga) is trying to keep up with Zidane who is running at speed toward the goal and makes a sharp cut to the first post.
That 1998 World Cup Final: France 3 Brazil 0
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Paraguay got battered. It was a defensive display for the ages, but the better team went through.
The xylocaine explanation is the most reasonable one. And once he has a fit in front of everyone else it's only natural they'll walk through the motions on the pitch worrying about Ronaldo being on it when he clearly shouldn't have.
Lunacy, who came up with that shit?
Surely it's there as a sample of what completely ridiculous theories people can come up with.Can't remember if it was first or second header but one of them Roberto Carlos was a total statue on the line, just stood there and the ball went through his legs I think so that could've easily been kept out.
That was big money back then though.
Aye. Brazil's set-piece defending in the final was consistent with (a) how they defended crosses all tournament - i.e. shite and (b) a shellshocked team that lost its mental focus which is the most important aspect of defending set-pieces.
Probably a bit conspiracy theorist, but I don't think that the Nike forced Ronaldo to play angle is all that far fetched.
Ronaldo simply didn't look like he wanted to be out on that pitch - which for then the world's greatest player in a World Cup final seems a bit bizarre. Whole thing seemed to affect the Brazil side too. They played like they were shell shocked, and not in a 'rabbits in headlights' type scenario.
Ronaldo simply didn't look like he wanted to be out on that pitch - which for then the world's greatest player in a World Cup final seems a bit bizarre. Whole thing seemed to affect the Brazil side too. They played like they were shell shocked, and not in a 'rabbits in headlights' type scenario.
It wasn't a conspiracy ffs. Several members of the team, coaching staff and ronaldo himself have confirmed what happened. I don't know whats so unbelievable about it all, it was hardy the greatest brazil side.
Now that’s a possibility. A colleague of mine gained about 40 pounds due to being put on epilepsy medication.
It's actually hypothyroidism that he is suffering from.
https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/329...aldo-retires-ive-lost-the-struggle-against-my
Hmm! That’ll do it too, no doubt.
Why would they cover that up? There's absolutely no need to
As an epileptic I also find this kind of odd, cause first line treatments such as pregabalin don't cause this
Yeah, good point. I dunno.
Im argentinian...and Argentina wasn't favorite in that WC, as a matter of fact the only great players we had were only Simeone, Zannetti and Batistuta...and let me tell you that Batistuta never delivered at main stage in World Cups, he was really critiziced back then for his poor performances when facing strong steams at WC.
We didn't even deserve to beat England, we were given a penalty that clearly wasn't a penalty....
And Pasarella was criticized pre and post WC, because he always was an average manager.
France had easily better squad than us.
Brazil,Netherlands, and France had the best squads at France 98.
France had a great squad, the best of the tournament, along with Brazil and Netherlands.They hardly overperformed at that WC.
How can you compare France with South Korea? My god
Bit harsh on yourself there IMO, although I'd agree that France had a more solid spine and base than Argentina in '98.
Argentina were never winning that tournament mainly because of the draw - the route being England, Holland, Brazil, France. But I think you can add Veron to your list at that point in his career, he was certainly one of the best midfielders in France. Ortega had a great group stage but obviously fecked it up in quarter. Ayala too was about to kick on at Valencia and establish himself as one of the top centre halves in Europe. The likes of a young Crespo, Claudio Lopez and Kily Gonzalez were better than average supporting acts.
There is no such team as invincible looking at WC, let me remind you that Brazil 2002, a team that people love to praise here and there, needed help from the refeeres to pass Belgium and Turkey, and had a pretty even game against England, the only game where they looked really great was against that horrible and rubbish Germany team in the final (Ballack was the only great player they had, and he missed the Final) .