Date: 21-06-2002
Stage: 1/4 final
Place: SHIZUOKA
Running time: 108 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 60fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/french/ korean/portuguese/spanish
My rating: ***
Notes: Cafù,R.Carlos,Ronaldinho,Ronaldo, Beckham,Scholes,Owen
MATCH SUMMARY
Friday, 21 June 2002, 15:30
Stadium Ecopa, Shizuoka
Attendance: 47,436
Meteo: Hot, humid conditions, 28°C
BRAZIL
Marcos
Cafu (c)
Lúcio
Roque Júnior
Roberto Carlos
Edmílson
Gilberto Silva
Kléberson
Ronaldinho
Rivaldo
Ronaldo
Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari (BRA)
57′ Ronaldinho
70′ ↓Ronaldo ↑Edílson
ENGLAND
David Seaman
Danny Mills
Ashley Cole
Rio Ferdinand
Sol Campbell
David Beckham (c)
Nicky Butt
Paul Scholes
Trevor Sinclair
Michael Owen
Emile Heskey
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson (SWE)
75′ Paul Scholes
86′ Rio Ferdinand
56′ ↓Trevor Sinclair ↑Kieron Dyer
79′ ↓Michael Owen ↑Darius Vassell
80′ ↓Ashley Cole ↑Teddy Sheringham
Referee: Felipe Ramos (MEX)
Goals:
23′ Michael Owen ENG
45′ Rivaldo BRA
50′ Ronaldinho BRA
Match overview
Brazil reached the World Cup semi-finals with a dramatic victory over England in Shizuoka. Michael Owen’s early strike gave England hope, but Rivaldo’s equalizer just before half-time and Ronaldinho’s spectacular free-kick winner secured Brazil’s passage. Despite playing with ten men after Ronaldinho’s dismissal, Brazil held on to advance.
Trivia
This quarter-final marked England’s exit from their best World Cup campaign since 1990. Ronaldinho’s winning goal from forty yards caught David Seaman off his line, becoming one of the tournament’s most memorable moments.
