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The hosts, France, take on Brazil in the Final at Stade de France.
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00:00Only informed when he got back himself from hospital.
00:03There's the side.
00:04Taffarelli in goal.
00:05The back four, Cafu, Aldaer, Junior, Baiano, Roberto, Carlos.
00:09In the middle of the field, Leonardo, Cesar Sempau, Dunga the captain and Rivaldo.
00:14And up front, of course, with Ronaldo, is the veteran, Bebeto.
00:21And he didn't stoop too well there either, did he?
00:23Here's the French team.
00:24Barthez in goal.
00:25They're back four.
00:26Number 15, Chiram.
00:27Eight, Desailly, five, Frank Lebervre, three, Lizard Larazou.
00:31The midfield players, 19, Karambo, seven, Deshaun the captain, ten, Zidane, 17, Petit.
00:38And in the front line, well, really, nine, Givache, supported by six, Yuri Djorkaev.
00:43The referee tonight is from Morocco, the first African referee to take charge of a World Cup final, Saeed Belkola.
00:51And we have an English linesman, Mark Warren, a 38-year-old policeman from the West Midlands,
00:56who will be on the near side of the pitch.
00:58The other assistant is from South Africa.
01:00And the fourth official is from Saudi Arabia.
01:03And there's the kiss.
01:04And that looks like Laurent Blanc, who's been allowed on the field, even though he's banned from the match,
01:09to go through the pre-match ritual for France.
01:13A bit of a passionate kiss with a lingering one.
01:16Blanc, though, giving Barthes the standoff.
01:19Well, if the game itself is half as good as the mystery surrounding Ronaldo,
01:24it'll be superb because that was bizarre.
01:26But now we've got to look at the two sides.
01:28I still think the fullbacks are very important in this game.
01:32Liza Rizou and Turan for France, Roberto Carlos and Cafu for Brazil.
01:36They're the two pairings that give the width to their respective teams.
01:40And whoever comes out on top on that particular battle should have a big influence on the final result.
01:50It doesn't get any bigger than this.
01:53The most important match in the world only comes to Europe once every eight years.
01:58At the most.
02:00We could have had this final in 1982.
02:03Those of you who know your World Cup history will remember then that a great Brazilian side was beaten by
02:07Italy
02:07and that a very good French team suffered the Schumacher incident.
02:13Sorry about the long wait.
02:1416 years on, we've got that final.
02:17France are in blue.
02:19Number 10 is Zidane.
02:21And on the far side, Turan, the hero of the semi-final.
02:29There's Aldair.
02:31Now, eyes close on Ronaldo early on.
02:34Is he fit?
02:38Givache has made a forward run for France in the first minute marked by Julio Baiano.
02:42And France could have a chance here.
02:44Well, that would have been the fastest goal in a World Cup final.
02:49Stéphane Givache of Newcastle United with the first attack for France.
02:54A bounce very high.
02:55Wouldn't come down.
02:56He did quite well in the end.
02:57Just tried to hook it.
02:58I wasn't sure that Tapparel might have come out to help his defender.
03:01But it's a great atmosphere.
03:03It's probably the noisiest I've heard the actual Stéphane de France so far in this tournament.
03:08It's bizarre before the actual mingling of the two sets of supporters was fantastic.
03:14The only difference is it's quieter in the commentary box now than it was an hour ago
03:17after all that shenanigans over the team sheet.
03:20But it is, as you say, the perfect setting.
03:23Here's number 17, Petit of Arsenal, up against CĂ©sar Sampal.
03:282, Cafu.
03:29Back from suspension.
03:3220, Bebeto.
03:38Free kick to France.
03:40Sure, KF was the player bundled down.
03:45Now, Le Boeuf.
03:47There hasn't been such a strong English interest in a World Cup final player-wise since 1966.
03:53Here's Givache.
03:58Dunga plays in Japan.
04:07Vardes has had a very good tour and dominated his penalty.
04:10Very much like that when there's a cross coming in, he doesn't hesitate.
04:13And if he can do that this evening, that would help his defence, particularly Le Boeuf.
04:17Chocoy up to Zidane.
04:18And Zidane danger here.
04:20Givache!
04:20Givache for France!
04:26Two chances.
04:29Great bit of play by Zidane.
04:31Givache is going down.
04:32Not sure if he got a whack, but it was a bad first touch.
04:35Ran away from him, and then he couldn't get in the shot.
04:38That's what they lacked.
04:39This is a little nutmeg through the defender's legs.
04:42Stumbled his way then into the defender.
04:45He had time and space.
04:48Junior Baiano was the number four who somehow got across him as Givache tried to shoot.
04:57Further forward now, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, and here's Leonardo with the back heel to Cafu.
05:07Rivaldo.
05:09Left foot always dangerous.
05:11Roberto Carlos outside him, even more so.
05:15Oh, I think that was a mishit cross.
05:18Unless Roberto Carlos had spotted Barthez with great vision, not properly on his line.
05:24No, I think you're quite right with the first.
05:28Oh, he gets so much of the ball, Cafu, for Brazil.
05:31This is Leonardo.
05:35Cesare Sampaio.
05:37Dunga.
05:38Ronaldo's pulled left.
05:44Taking on Churam, Ronaldo.
05:47Gets the cross in.
05:48Oh, and Barthez.
05:51Well, he does sometimes make it look all too easy.
05:55That little bit of ball juggling.
05:56But Bebeto was right next to him.
05:59And here comes Junior Baino from the back, and Bebeto's in a good position again.
06:03And so was Ronaldo on the left, who I don't think they saw.
06:08Don't survive, Deschamps offside, Givache, Trevor.
06:11It was dreadful knocked back by Bebeto.
06:13They outnumbered Junior Baino, pinched the ball, came forward, knocked it through Bebeto.
06:18A, should have known Ronaldo was clear behind him,
06:20and then tried to knock it back to Rivaldo and overhit it.
06:23But that should have helped Ronaldo, that original cross and run.
06:27There he is again, halfway through the first half.
06:31Rivaldo to Cafu.
06:38Desai came across to beat Leonardo.
06:44Here's Leonardo again.
06:45And here's Cafu again.
06:49He'll take a corner.
06:54This is the original cross.
06:56Well, Ted, very cash, just a bit of ball juggling on the goal line.
06:59Didn't go over it.
07:01Aldair has come forward for the corner.
07:03Junior Baino has stayed back.
07:05Cesar Sampaio is there.
07:15Oh, and there's the header by...
07:24Well, Aldair was the player that came in, but Rivaldo...
07:28Cesar Sampaio is there.
07:28Valdo.
07:33Carambeau.
07:34Turam.
07:37The two Real Madrid colleagues there again in contention, and Roberto Carlos let the ball...
07:42Oh, he's kicked the flag in his annoyance at the decision.
07:45A corner's been given, but that was dissent by Roberto Carlos.
07:51Moroccan referee decides to have a quiet word.
07:56Petit will take the corner for France.
08:02Carambeau's there.
08:03Desailly is there.
08:04Le Boeuf is there.
08:08Oh, and that's a goal!
08:12Zidane!
08:13Zinedine Zidane with the header from the corner.
08:19France have scored first in the World Cup final, and it's Zidane.
08:23His first goal of the World Cup.
08:28And what a time to get it.
08:3127 minutes gone.
08:33The corner taken by Emmanuel Petit.
08:36And Zidane gets his head on to that, and Tapparel is nowhere.
08:40He beat the defender in the air, and the man who scored the first goal ever in the Stade de
08:45France
08:45when it was opened at the beginning of the year against Spain,
08:48scores the first goal for France in the World Cup final against Brazil.
08:54Well, it was a clear header.
08:55It looked as if Leonardo should have been the one picking him up.
08:57He's not very good in the air, Leonardo.
08:59And Zidane has looked dangerous in those situations at the near post.
09:03Almost a similar position to where Rivaldo headed just a couple of minutes ago at the previous corner.
09:08So I just felt France should have been ahead at this stage.
09:12They've had two or three good chances.
09:14Brazil have played poorly.
09:15Looked very apprehensive, and you just wondered whether France have just wasted the opportunity to get at the champions.
09:21But now suddenly one goal up.
09:23Let's see what this Brazilian team are made of.
09:26Well, he is the hero of the French team, Zidane, and they've been waiting for him to make his impression
09:37on this World Cup in a big way,
09:38and maybe he isn't.
09:39Here he is again.
09:50Well, we were just talking, weren't we, about Brazil scoring from corners, and lo and behold, France have scored from
09:55one.
09:59Brazil have always been vulnerable throughout this tournament on crosses.
10:03That was a set-piece cross.
10:05Clive, of course, got an equaliser on the cross, and they do tend just to stand and watch rather than
10:10go and attack the ball,
10:12and that's what happened there.
10:14This is Cafu.
10:18So Brazil find themselves a goal behind, but they never seem to see much of a problem with that in
10:23the past,
10:24or indeed in this competition.
10:26They've usually gone up the other end and got one back pretty quickly.
10:28There's been some complaining from the French players that the supporters in the Stade de France are not enthusiastic enough,
10:34but I'm not so sure at the moment.
10:38There are, of course, a lot of Brazilians here too,
10:40and for the moment the huge Romario on the run.
10:45Romario beyond Desailles, Barthes came and just got there.
10:52Ronaldo is down.
10:55Barthes is also hurt, it would seem.
10:57There was quite a collision there, and it would be nice to see exactly what happened,
11:05because I think Ronaldo got the better of Desailles on the run-through.
11:10First time, what are we here, just over half an hour into the game,
11:13the first time he's turned the French defence, that's what normally we expect of him.
11:17Just bounced up high, Barthes did very well, made contact.
11:22He's really just caught his knees, probably into the upper part of his body,
11:27but it was just good to see Ronaldo turn the French defence,
11:30that's what we'd assumed he would be doing for most of the game.
11:34Good goalkeeping, it's got to be said.
11:42Lee Zarazu.
11:45And still.
11:47And Carambeau.
11:49And Carambeau with the shot, comes off Junior Bayano,
11:52comes to Petit!
11:54Wrong side of the post.
11:58Could have been 2-0, perhaps should have been.
12:01Goodness me, wasn't a good shot by Carambeau, but look where it landed up.
12:05Just set up when he controlled it, just got high,
12:08had to wait quite a long time, got closed down,
12:11as you say, on his right foot,
12:12but just clicked, didn't it, off the number four Bayano,
12:15so it should have been a corner.
12:17Yes, it was deflected by Junior Bayano, without a doubt.
12:23Petit should have had his corner, but he didn't.
12:26Another warning to Brazil, though, Roberto Carlos.
12:34Into the last three minutes of the first half in the Stade de France,
12:37the 1998 World Cup final.
12:39France 1, Brazil 0.
12:43Just coming into the picture, look at Ronaldo on the top,
12:45just jogging, just in those five yards or so.
12:49Here he is now, here he is now, Ronaldo.
12:51In the centre, Rivaldo and Bebeto.
12:54But, as you rightly said,
12:57he doesn't seem to be able to get going.
13:00He's reluctant to take up on those wide positions,
13:02because that's when he loves to get one against one on defenders,
13:05but you can see he is apprehensive,
13:08and it's just disrupting the whole Brazilian approach.
13:13Here's Rivaldo.
13:16Then they lose the ball.
13:17It's one back by Leonardo, only for a second or two.
13:19This is Carambeau looking for Jorkaia.
13:24Ronaldo still hanging out on the left wing.
13:38Forward by Turam.
13:40Oh, and Givache mistaken the defence by Brazil.
13:43Givache for France.
13:44Oh, what an opportunity in the World Cup final to make it 2-0.
13:51Well, this is straightforward poor defender, isn't it,
13:54but I know, again, it clears him.
13:55He just misjudges it totally.
13:57On his weaker left foot,
13:58he probably didn't realise how much time he had.
14:00All right, he was on target.
14:01It wasn't that well hit.
14:03Good save by Tafferil.
14:04Vital that Brazil didn't go too down at this stage,
14:06but, well, will that one come back to haunt him?
14:10Or can France reproduce the trick from the corner
14:12that brought the first goal?
14:14Desailly comes forward.
14:20Jorkaia is in there.
14:21So is Zidane again.
14:25Difficult one.
14:26Let's go all the way out to Givache.
14:29And still Givache in a corner on this side now.
14:33There's one French player whose confidence is virtually nil at the moment.
14:37I mean, they had a lot of time and space there.
14:39Again on his left foot.
14:41Should have got the crossing.
14:42We feel sympathy for him.
14:44Stoppage time at the end of the first half.
14:46Corners of France.
14:50One other one.
14:52And it's there.
14:54Zidane again.
14:58Well, would you believe that?
15:01Zinedine Zidane.
15:03Two headers from corners.
15:05Two goals for France.
15:06Brazil two down.
15:08And the World Cup
15:10just might be coming
15:12to a new country.
15:16Two goals up.
15:18Michel Platini on his feet.
15:21And Zinedine Zidane.
15:24Well, they can't say they weren't worn, Brazil.
15:27Where was the marking?
15:29Zinedine Zidane!
15:32Well, the marker was nowhere.
15:34It was a great header.
15:35I think it reflects the play as well, the second goal.
15:38They've reserved it.
15:40Totally dominated.
15:41Brazil, I have to say, have been very much a shambles.
15:44They look as if they lost it in the dressing room.
15:46Whatever went on beforehand seemed to put them on their heels.
15:50And they've been very poor.
15:52And there's some serious talk that's going to have to be done
15:54if they're going to rescue this as the holders.
15:57What drama we have now in the Stade de France.
15:59It's a free kick to Brazil.
16:01We're still playing the time added on.
16:03Now Roberto Carlos,
16:05who last year in Le Tournoir frightened the life out of Bartheon.
16:09It was one of the great free kicks ever seen.
16:13has put the ball down.
16:14Well, this is even further out than it was then.
16:19Wouldn't like to be in that wall, that's for sure.
16:22It's a critical moment.
16:23If Brazil got one back before half-time,
16:24they would still be very much in the fight.
16:40Roberto Carlos deflection and wide.
16:44So now Brazil have a corner.
16:50It's Deshaun.
16:56Rivaldo in the near-post area.
16:57Aldair is coming forward here.
16:59And they're all up with Barthez,
17:01who gets fouled surely there in the six-yard box.
17:10Well, the referee's looking again at his watch
17:11because he'd already played three minutes over here.
17:19Barthez quite brave in those situations,
17:21but there were a pile of people going in with him,
17:23notably Rivaldo here,
17:25who backs into the goalkeeper.
17:30Well, I mean, Jackie, what must he be thinking?
17:32What were the odds on him?
17:342-0 up half-time.
17:36That's the header.
17:37Again, right in the same position,
17:39near post.
17:40Who's marking him?
17:42I think it's still Leonardo again,
17:43but he wasn't anywhere near.
17:45But even if the person marking him doesn't get there,
17:48who is attacking the ball?
17:49The answer to that again is no one.
17:52Brazil didn't come out on the pitch
17:54to warm up before the World Cup final.
17:56Aliwa caught absolutely cold
17:57by Zinedine Zidane and France.
18:00He has scored both goals,
18:02both headers from corners,
18:03and put his country into a wonderful position here
18:06from which to win the World Cup for the first time.
18:09What can the four times world champions do about it?
18:12Ronaldo looks only a shadow of the player
18:15that we know he can be.
18:16There was obviously some dressing room unrest
18:18before the game,
18:19if one sword or another,
18:20with only ten of the players coming together
18:22and Ronaldo coming from hospital.
18:24But it's Zidane wearing the number ten
18:27that used to be Platini's shirt,
18:29and for that matter,
18:30Pelé's for Brazil.
18:31It's the number ten of France here tonight,
18:33who has made all the impact in the first half,
18:36so much so,
18:37I'm not sure he can quite believe it himself.
18:40It's France two,
18:41Brazil nil.
18:44So we have Daniel Snorn,
18:46but it's for Leonardo
18:47and not for Ronaldo.
18:49And, uh,
18:50it might just be worth making the point
18:52that twice before in World Cup finals,
18:54a team has come from two nil down.
18:57Germany did so against Argentina in 86,
18:59but still lost 3-2.
19:01And Germany,
19:02as they were,
19:03West Germany then,
19:03did so in 1954 against Hungary
19:06and won 3-2.
19:07So Brazil's task is not impossible.
19:09And I guess while we're, uh,
19:12just dwelling on a little bit of World Cup history,
19:14you wouldn't mind me mentioning
19:15that Zinedine Zidane
19:16is now one goal away
19:18from equaling Jeff Hurst,
19:19the only man to have scored a hat-trick
19:21in a World Cup final.
19:27Trevor, a word on the substitution.
19:29Well, it's a straight swap.
19:31I would have thought, uh,
19:32it'd be just a 10-minute run out
19:34to see, you know,
19:35from the manager's point of view,
19:36you want to see a fundamental change
19:37in the pattern of the match
19:39and, uh, some pressure,
19:40some invention,
19:41some danger from the Brazilian team.
19:43Otherwise, it meant that,
19:43but Mendo,
19:44I would have thought for Beto,
19:46assuming Ronaldo is good enough
19:47to carry on.
19:49Here's Desailly for France
19:51early in the second half.
19:53And nobody that far forward.
19:55Givache,
19:56once again,
19:57rather isolated.
20:11It's off ahead of Dunga.
20:20Well, one would like to have been
20:22in the Brazilian dressing room
20:23at half-time
20:23to have heard what was said
20:25because, uh,
20:26there's certainly a change
20:27of emphasis needed out there
20:28and Danielson,
20:29wearing number 19,
20:31has taken off the position
20:32at the moment
20:32just to the left of Ronaldo.
20:45Cafu.
20:48Bebeto.
20:49Cafu again.
20:56Free kick to Brazil.
21:02Desailly being spoken to
21:03for the challenge.
21:06And the card comes out.
21:07Desailly is yellow-carded there.
21:12I don't know if it was
21:13for the original challenge
21:14on Cafu
21:15or whether
21:15the fact he was disputing
21:17the free kick
21:17had been given.
21:19Well, the free kick
21:20for Brazil
21:20sees
21:21CĂ©sar Sampaio
21:22taking up a threatening position
21:23as he has before
21:24on these.
21:26Junior Baiano
21:27is there as well.
21:34Longish.
21:36And, uh,
21:37out on this side
21:38for a corner.
21:39It evaded
21:40Danielson.
21:44So it's Brazil's turn
21:46now to pack
21:46the penalty area.
21:51Roberto Carlos
21:52to take.
22:02And now
22:03Danielson.
22:05Going for the free kick.
22:06Referee won't have any of that.
22:09Oh, and Zidane's
22:10made a mistake.
22:10A bad one.
22:11And Roberto Carlos
22:12nearly taking advantage.
22:14And you have the feeling
22:15that France could be in
22:16for an uncomfortable
22:16ten minutes here.
22:18So often happens
22:19when a team goes
22:202-0 up
22:20early in a match.
22:21There's a period
22:22when the opposition
22:24either threaten to score
22:25or do so
22:27to put the game back
22:29on a knife edge.
22:31And Brazil
22:32look as though
22:32they mean business
22:33at the beginning
22:33of the second half.
22:34Bebeto.
22:39Desai.
22:40But as they
22:40overcommit themselves
22:41of course
22:42they're going to leave
22:42gaps at the back
22:43and this is Givache.
22:45And here's Zidane.
22:55Well, Barthez knows
22:56what to expect.
23:02Or does he?
23:04Roberto Carlos.
23:05Change of plan.
23:07Oh, and Ronaldo
23:08got away on the right
23:11and hit his first
23:12real shot of the match.
23:14And it was gathered
23:16by Fabian Barthez.
23:19At last
23:20Ronaldo comes to life.
23:23Well, it's got to be seen
23:24by his standards
23:25as a very good chance.
23:26There wasn't much
23:27to shoot at
23:28but he had time.
23:30It took a long time
23:31didn't he?
23:32I mean, he's hit it
23:33a good height
23:33for Barthez.
23:35He stood up well.
23:35It was Givache.
23:36Thank goodness
23:37for his sake
23:37that probably Ronaldo
23:39didn't score
23:39because it was poor defending
23:40but you just wonder
23:41if that's the chance
23:42that should have brought
23:43them back into the game
23:44that now we'll see them
23:46lose their championship.
23:47It was game on
23:48if he'd scored there
23:49for sure.
23:50Instead, France
23:51have possession.
23:52This is Jokias.
23:56Clever play by him
23:57but one man over
23:59was Kapu
23:59and it was one man
24:00too many.
24:02Now then,
24:02France about to make
24:03a change.
24:06Bob Hossien
24:07who is of Armenian descent
24:09will come on
24:10to replace Karambau
24:11who you may remember
24:12was carrying an injury
24:13after the semi-final.
24:16So,
24:1712 minutes gone
24:18in the second half.
24:28Barthes began to come
24:29for that
24:29and he's had to go back.
24:31Desai heads out.
24:32Rivaldo is there.
24:33Away Petit.
24:36And Brazil coming here
24:37with a stronger spell.
24:38Roberto Carlos.
24:39Oh, look how far
24:40the goalkeeper is out now.
24:41Oh, he's made a mess
24:42of that
24:43and it's going to be
24:43off the line
24:44by Desai
24:46from Bebeto.
24:49What was Barthes doing now?
24:51I mean,
24:52as you say,
24:52came such a long way.
24:54Didn't have to.
24:55Bebeto
24:55tried to keep it down
24:57but no power
24:58under side covering.
25:00Roberto Carlos
25:01forward for the corner.
25:02So was Cesar Sampaio.
25:05This is Kapu.
25:07That's out.
25:19And Brazil
25:20still not really playing
25:22like Brazil can.
25:23Here's Turan.
25:26Forward by Frank Leberth.
25:29Givache in pursuit.
25:31Oh, and a mistake
25:32in the defence
25:32and a chance for him.
25:33Oh, how many
25:34could he have had
25:35tonight, Givache?
25:37A hat-trick
25:39perhaps.
25:41Long ball
25:42by Frank Leberth here.
25:44Well, his distribution
25:45has always been excellent.
25:46Dunga is challenging there
25:48and he just knocks it back
25:49and Givache
25:50on his favourite foot.
25:51I mean,
25:52I think Givache
25:53looks as if he's
25:53going to warm up
25:54not before time.
25:56Well, if Givache
25:57had scored then
25:57surely the World Cup final
25:58would have been
25:59as good as over.
26:00This is Dunga.
26:02Brazil have another let-off.
26:03Roberto Carlos.
26:08Wasteful finishing
26:09by the French
26:10number nine.
26:13Well, look
26:14at least
26:14Denilsson has looked
26:15as if this title
26:17does mean something
26:17to him.
26:18Played short,
26:19Denilsson.
26:22Oh, he is
26:23in fact showing
26:24touches that others
26:25have not displayed
26:26tonight, Denilsson,
26:27but Djokaev
26:28has led the break
26:28for France
26:30and, oh,
26:31out of defence
26:32came Desailly.
26:33Now that's a tackle
26:34which may be
26:34in a red card.
26:35He's been booked
26:36already
26:36and Desailly
26:37is off.
26:39The third Frenchman
26:40to go in the World Cup.
26:43Desailly is sent off.
26:44Second yellow card defence.
26:46France are down
26:46to ten men
26:48and it's not over
26:49yet here.
26:52Zidane and Blanc
26:53sent off in earlier matches.
26:54Blanc missing tonight
26:55with suspension
26:56and now a third
26:57red card for the Frenchman.
26:58What was he doing
26:59making a challenge
27:00like this
27:00in the other half
27:01of the field?
27:03Well, it was a stupid
27:04challenge.
27:05It was a yellow card.
27:06I mean, what was he doing
27:07galloping down
27:07the right wing?
27:08He slid a 2-0 up.
27:10He's a central defender
27:12for an outstanding
27:13tournament
27:14and I don't think
27:14the referee was left
27:15with anything
27:16other than
27:17having to show
27:18the yellow card.
27:19Now, suddenly,
27:20can Brazil
27:21get back into it?
27:24But Bruncester
27:25down to ten tonight
27:27Cesar Sampaio
27:30Danielson
27:33and it could well
27:34be now
27:36a back-to-the-wall job
27:37for the French.
27:39Forward it goes
27:39from Dunga
27:42Cafu
27:44Ronaldo's in the middle
27:45and so is
27:45Bebeto there
27:47and Danielson
27:55well, you can see
27:55the cross come up.
27:56I mean, Bebeto
27:57with his height
27:58is never going to
27:59out-jump Turam
28:00and that's why
28:01the high crosses
28:02are not going to be
28:03fruitful.
28:04They've got to look
28:04at some other
28:04variation.
28:08Oh, we haven't heard
28:09a sound quite like
28:10this from the
28:10French supporters
28:11throughout the
28:11tournament.
28:12They know
28:12they're needed
28:13now.
28:15Dugary
28:16having gone up
28:17front to
28:18replace
28:18Givash
28:20just
28:21seconds before
28:22Desai
28:22was sent off.
28:23Come on,
28:24they need more.
28:26Oh, why give it
28:27away there
28:27when you're 2-0 up?
28:30This is
28:31Danielson
28:31and Turam
28:32trying to get
28:32back.
28:34And Trajans
28:35is the referee.
28:36Front's got away
28:36with it again
28:37and it's forward
28:37now for Dugary
28:38and he's onside.
28:39This could be the
28:39goal that clinches
28:40the World Cup.
28:41It's Christophe
28:41Dugary
28:42and he's put it
28:43wide.
28:44How many chances
28:45have they wasted?
28:47Have to bring on
28:48another striker.
28:49Trezeguet
28:50could be the
28:50next one to try.
28:51Put the ball
28:51in the back
28:52of the net.
28:52I mean,
28:53superb early ball
28:54from Zidane.
28:55Played him
28:55into space.
28:56Tafferol
28:56couldn't get there.
28:58Had so long
28:59to think about it.
29:00In the end
29:00it was a dreadful
29:01scuff shot.
29:03Vartes sums it up.
29:10Edmundo.
29:11Roberto Carlos.
29:15Edmundo again.
29:19And this is
29:20Danielson.
29:26Edmundo,
29:26great bit of
29:27individual skill
29:28on his left foot
29:29but once he hit it
29:29early,
29:30I think it just
29:31did clip the top
29:32of the cross car.
29:33That's a good picture
29:34isn't it?
29:34It's a relief
29:35all round.
29:38Well,
29:38there's some smiles
29:39down there now.
29:40Michel Platini
29:41who was in the
29:42French team
29:43that won the
29:43European Championship
29:44in 1984
29:45in Paris
29:46and is the
29:47joint president
29:49of the organising
29:50committee
29:51knows how close
29:52his fellow
29:53countrymen are now
29:54to an experience
29:55that he and his
29:57predecessors
29:57never had the
29:58pleasure of enjoying.
30:00This is Rivaldo
30:02for a very bedraggled
30:03Brazil.
30:06This is Turan
30:07for what may prove
30:09in a moment
30:09a very exultant
30:10France.
30:12Just got a bit
30:13carried away
30:13I think there
30:14as we enter
30:15the second minute
30:16of stoppage time.
30:18Bebeto.
30:22Another deflection
30:23and Barthez
30:24can't stop
30:24that one
30:25from going out
30:26for a corner.
30:29Have Brazil
30:30got all
30:31look
30:31they just
30:31can't stand
30:32the nerves
30:32can they?
30:36Corner to Brazil
30:38to be taken
30:39by Denilson.
30:49Well France
30:50could break here
30:50they've got the
30:51man each side
30:52Deschamps is the
30:53man on the right
30:53Petit is going
30:54through the centre
30:56Churam has made
30:57a run
30:57so has Vieira
30:58and here's
30:59Emmanuel Petit
31:00yes
31:02oh
31:03what a finish
31:06the French
31:07president
31:08leads the
31:09applause
31:10and for sure
31:11now the host
31:12nation
31:13has won
31:13the World Cup
31:17the stadium
31:18erupts
31:22and Emmanuel
31:23Petit
31:24who won
31:25the double
31:26with Arsenal
31:28has sent
31:29his home
31:30country
31:31into
31:32realms of
31:33delight
31:35in the third
31:36minute of
31:36stoppage time
31:37it was a
31:37fast break
31:38out of
31:39defence
31:39really
31:39Petit made
31:41the forward
31:41run behind
31:42the defender
31:42and slid
31:43the left
31:44foot shot
31:44wide of
31:45Taparelle
31:46to make it
31:47France 3
31:49Brazil 0
31:51a super goal
31:52super goal
31:53the Arsenal
31:53connection
31:54the area
31:55break in
31:55and that's
31:56the final
31:57bit of action
31:58France have
31:59won the World Cup
32:00for the first time
32:02and the country
32:03who started FIFA
32:05back in 1904
32:09here in Paris
32:12celebrate the
32:13ultimate achievement
32:14at the end of the
32:15century
32:16World Cup
32:17World Cup winners
32:18for the first
32:19time
32:24the two
32:25managers
32:26embrace
32:26Mario
32:27Zagallo
32:27sporting in
32:28defeat
32:28Aimee Jacques
32:30proves his
32:30critics wrong
32:31and Barthes
32:32he just can't
32:33believe it
32:35Zidane with
32:36two goals
32:37and even when
32:38they were down
32:39to ten men
32:40France refused to
32:41allow the world
32:42champions to take
32:43over the game
32:45Laurent Blanc
32:46the suspended
32:47centre half
32:51who always gives
32:53Barthes a kiss
32:54before the game
32:54well they'll be
32:55giving him more
32:55than one kiss
32:56tonight I would
32:57think
32:58embraces all
32:59round in fact
32:59here in the
33:00Stade de France
33:02and it's finished
33:03up
33:03one of the most
33:05convincing scorelines
33:06ever
33:07in a World Cup
33:08final
33:08Brazil themselves
33:09when they first
33:10won it in Europe
33:11in 1958
33:12they beat Sweden
33:13by five goals
33:14to two
33:18Brazil in 1970
33:20beat Italy
33:21by four goals
33:22to one
33:22but tonight
33:23they're on the
33:24receiving end
33:25of a three goal
33:26beating
33:34and what can you
33:35say
33:35about Ronaldo
33:37I think
33:38the face
33:38says it all
33:42that didn't even
33:43look to be the
33:44perspiration there
33:45because he just
33:46wasn't able to move
33:47around as he would
33:48have liked
33:48I don't think it
33:50was the right
33:50decision to play
33:51quite frankly
33:52for Beto and he
33:53were very ineffective
33:54but the whole
33:55Brazilian side
33:56started flatly
33:57whether it was to do
33:58with the build up
33:59whether he was going
33:59to play or not
34:00I don't know
34:00I think there were
34:01problems
34:01in the preparation
34:03in the dressing room
34:04they didn't start
34:05as if they meant
34:06business
34:06France took the
34:07initiative
34:08and they thoroughly
34:09deserve to be
34:10worthy winners
34:13well I must say
34:14it's a privilege
34:15to be here
34:15to see scenes
34:16like this
34:36and no words
34:37can express
34:37what they must feel
34:38at the moment
34:45president
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