00:00...from a free kick in a World Cup Final.
00:06I'm glad you listen to me sometimes, Wrighty.
00:08Anyway, it's a kick-off here for Brazil.
00:10We're about to start the World Cup Final of 2002.
00:14The first one of the new century.
00:17And it's Brazil straight away from the kick-off, pressing forward.
00:21Trevor Brookings hasn't had a chance to speak yet from earlier in the tournament.
00:24Otherwise, he wouldn't have played in this final, rather like Balak.
00:27Now then, Cleveson for Brazil.
00:30Ronaldinho coming in from the far side.
00:33Taken cleanly by Khan.
00:40Oh, and they've fooled them here.
00:41Neuville!
00:42Could have gone anywhere, really.
00:45Can Brazil smuggle it away?
00:46...up there for a set-piece, Germany.
00:48They could just create that one opportunity that could be crucial.
00:51And so could Brazil.
00:52Cleveson!
00:57In.
00:57In.
00:57In.
01:00And by Schneider as well.
01:02Good play by Germany.
01:04Closer is in the middle and so is...
01:05Closer's there!
01:06Oh!
01:06Well.
01:08Closer was close.
01:09Fantastically defended by Ed Milson at number five.
01:12This is closer.
01:15This is closer.
01:19Schneider did well.
01:20Closer and Neuville in the middle.
01:23Oh, and closer goes in.
01:25It's a goal kick.
01:26Oh, is it?
01:27No, it's a corner.
01:28Advantage played by the referee.
01:30And it was Ronaldinho who took advantage.
01:32And Ronaldo's in here.
01:38And you had to look twice to make sure he'd missed.
01:41Well, that was just the situation Brazil had waited.
01:44Well, opening 20 minutes for.
01:45Terrific ball from Ronaldinho.
01:47And what does he hit it with the outside of his left foot?
01:50He seems to have he's got caught in two minds.
01:53Shall I shoot from you guys?
01:54He's weak at foot.
01:58And it was Boda who came in at the back.
02:00And Metzelda's still in there.
02:03And Brazil once again not clearing comfortably.
02:07Near the halfway line.
02:08He's on the halfway line.
02:10Here he is again, Ronaldo.
02:11This is Ronaldinho.
02:12And Ronaldo's in here for Brazil!
02:14And Oliver Kahn is able to make the save at Ronaldo's feet.
02:19That's where they want him.
02:20Right near the penalty here.
02:22You've got to say, it's been a scrappy performance.
02:24Brazil, though, have had two golden opportunities.
02:29And now Jeremis.
02:31The shot's on for Jens Jeremis.
02:35Jeremis scored once in third.
02:38Yet to solve the puzzle.
02:40Oh, but here's Cleverson for Brazil.
02:42He's right in here, Cleverson.
02:46I'm afraid Cleverson rather clobbered the shot.
02:50Not his left foot.
02:52What the first indecision.
02:54I mean, I think the two pre...
02:55Ronaldinho.
03:00Cleverson now.
03:02Oh, he's hit the bar!
03:05A breathtaking effort from Cleverson.
03:08But Kahn can breathe again.
03:10Well, on his right foot.
03:12They probed away, didn't they?
03:14Worked it out to the left.
03:15They knocked it into that dangerous area.
03:17Oh, survived.
03:18Another scare.
03:21Ronaldinho back to Roberto Carlos.
03:23Driven low across.
03:25Anybody's hope would save Oliver Kahn!
03:28From Ronaldo again!
03:30This is a personal tussle now between the goalkeeper and the top scorer as the whistle goes for halftime.
03:39And Kahn has won it at the moment.
03:42Whether it's the Cleverson effort off the bar.
03:45But just then, Kahn on this occasion was beaten.
03:50But on the other three occasions that mattered, he got the better of Ronaldo.
03:54This was a ball in by Roberto Carlos.
03:56Right on halftime.
03:58The defender doesn't really get hold of it there.
04:02Metzelda.
04:03And it was Kahn again.
04:05They were excellent on the ball.
04:06You know, pushing forward more.
04:08Trying to get a grip and control into the midfield area.
04:11And certainly the supply then is going to be better for the likes of Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Rivaldo.
04:15So, can Brazil beat Oliver Kahn?
04:19That's the big question at the beginning of the second half.
04:21He's only conceded one goal, as I said, in the championship so far.
04:28Oh!
04:30Well, it was Jeremis.
04:33And everybody seemed to just stand still and gasp there.
04:39Brazil have some...
04:40Come on, eh! Come on, uh!
04:42Oh!
04:44But this looks like the Neuville.
04:47And it is Neuville!
04:49Oh! And they've hit the post!
04:51Germany.
04:53Well, I couldn't believe that he was going to shoot from that distance and get the power.
04:56But look, he goes round, swerving with the outside.
04:59And the faintest that touches by Marcos onto the post.
05:02Freed and Ronaldo tried a couple of step overs, but he couldn't sell the dummy.
05:05It's been played short to Roberto Carlos Edmilsson's arriving.
05:08Oh, and Kahn has saved it again.
05:10Unbelievably from Gilberto Silva, I think.
05:16Fantastic save.
05:20Drifted it.
05:21Roberto Carlos towards the far post.
05:24Two of them coming in and...
05:25He's really got...
05:26Look, there he is.
05:27Rivaldo is the first man, but it's Gilbert.
05:33Oh, well.
05:33Harman!
05:34Well, Dietmar Harman, the last man to score at Wembley.
05:42Foo.
05:45Ronaldinho.
05:45Oh, is that Cthul on the run again?
05:47And, oh, he played it across the six-yard box ahead of Ronaldo and Rivaldo.
05:53This is Schneider.
05:54Oh, stretching there was Neuville.
06:01It was unlucky.
06:02Schneider worked the opportunity well.
06:04Just clipped it in.
06:05Probably is a little bit firm.
06:06Neuville just tried to hook it and help it on.
06:09But it went too fast and it was passed him before he could get the touch.
06:12Ronaldo is to his right.
06:13But again, Ronaldo just runs into trouble.
06:16This is Harman.
06:17Ronaldo wins it back.
06:19Now can he find Rivaldo?
06:20Yes, he can.
06:21Rivaldo.
06:22Oh, it's come off guard.
06:23Rivaldo.
06:24Impressional in front.
06:25It's Ronaldo.
06:34A mistake by Oliver Kahn.
06:36After all the great saves he's made.
06:39And the man who pounces is Ronaldo.
06:41Ronaldo with his seventh goal of the tournament and his 11th in World Cup Finals.
06:48Rivaldo has the shot.
06:50Kahn fumbles.
06:51And Ronaldo makes up for 19-98 by steering in the rebound.
06:57It's Brazil 1, Germany 0.
07:01What an irony.
07:02Kahn has been magnificent.
07:04Spills it.
07:06The two R's to his left.
07:07Or two of the three, I should say.
07:09Rondinho's dropped back a bit here.
07:10Cleveson.
07:12Rivaldo's dummy.
07:13Ronaldo!
07:14It's 2-0!
07:15And Ronaldo is rampant now!
07:21Resplendent Ronaldo!
07:26Two for him.
07:28Two for Brazil.
07:30And is that their fifth World Cup?
07:3379 minutes gone.
07:36It's Brazil 2, Germany 0, and Kahn is crestfallen.
07:40That was a great goal.
07:43They just know how to suck you in.
07:45Now Linker.
07:48This is Torsten Frings.
07:50Oh!
07:50Chance!
07:51Great save by Marcos from Oliver Biottov!
07:55That's a great save.
07:57Well played there, Frings.
07:58He knocked it in and on the swivel Biottov.
08:00Free kick though to Germany and there's danger here and Marcos is caught out.
08:04He started to come and he wouldn't have got there.
08:06Oh, Jannino did well there.
08:09He's away.
08:10He's got Rivaldo to his left and Ronaldo's further over and he's played the wrong ball.
08:15Well, I think it was a right ball, but it was a bad ball.
08:17He was trying to square it to Rivaldo.
08:20Coach just running down the clock a bit here with another substitute.
08:24And Ronaldo actually will not be on the field when the match ends.
08:28But there's a roar going up to greet his departure.
08:35And Danilson takes his place.
08:37The Brazilian subs are off the bench.
08:39They're waving, screaming for the final whistle.
08:42The play goes on.
08:43Rivaldo is in the centre.
08:45Jannino is backing up here.
08:47This is Danilson.
08:49Little back heel to Jannino.
08:51And I make the three minutes now have elapsed.
08:59But Danilson doesn't want to know about that.
09:01He's trying to go past Asamoah now.
09:03Is the referee going to pick up the ball and sound the final whistle?
09:06And he does.
09:08And Brazil win the World Cup for the fifth time.
09:13And Ronaldo, the woe-be-gone figure of four years ago, is now a World Cup winner.
09:19In France, he made headlines because he's been in hospital.
09:25Tonight, he makes headlines as a hero.
09:29Scoring the two goals by which Brazil beat Germany
09:33in the first ever World Cup meeting between the two nations.
09:44Oliver Kahn is distraught.
09:46Brazil are delighted.
09:51Their supporters are delirious.
09:56Spontaneous skill still stirs the soul
09:59for football lovers everywhere.
10:03And, well,
10:04no wonder they're carrying him off on their shoulders.
10:09What a storybook finish to the World Cup.
10:11Well, they were beginning to say it was the tournament of the underdog.
10:21But Ronaldo is top dog.
10:22And he's also top scorer.
10:24With eight in the championship.
10:26The winner of the golden boot.
10:27The best record for a striker
10:29for over 30 years.
10:32And indeed, the first time since 1970,
10:36since the brilliant Brazilians won a World Cup final in normal time.
10:42Trevor Brookings.
10:42Well, great celebrations and nobody could begrudge Ronaldo.
10:49I mean, when you think of what he went through four years ago,
10:52when we scurried around that commentary position,
10:56because he was in and out,
10:57and then he was in.
10:58Never, ever really recovered over the last three or four years.
11:01And suddenly, he's going to be in the headlines all over the world.
11:04Well, that's certainly true.
11:07And just one little thing here,
11:09little point is that Brazil also make another little piece of history now.
11:12From their point of view, it's unfortunate.
11:14They do not qualify automatically for the next World Cup by being holders.
11:18The rules have been changed.
11:20They will have to qualify
11:21once all these celebrations die down.
11:25And Germany, as hosts next time,
11:27have automatic qualification.
11:29That's a slight back-to-front end to the evening.
11:32But just look at this.
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