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Probably the highlight of what was said about the match was abbreviated in Zinedine Zidane and what he presented only against the midfield of Brazil made up of Gilberto Silva, Juninho, Kaka, Ronaldinho and Z Roberto, the quintet faced him and could not Do nothing.
But there was a game in which there were 22 stars on the field, a very close confrontation, the squad of its captain Zidane and its last captain, Cafu.
It was in the quarterfinals of the 2006 World Cup, in Frankfurt, Germany, Portugal and Italy, that they were waiting for the winning team of the two to face the semifinals.
The match was more like a repeat of the 1998 final, some talked about Brazil’s revenge, a special revenge on Ronaldo, but the confrontation was totally different.
Defending champion Brazil was again a candidate to win it again, especially since he has a consistent line of defense and a midfield that has enough creativity, and the presence of Ronaldinho and Kaka with Ronaldo supports that theory.
Before the confrontation
It was the fourth World Cup matchup between the two teams: Brazil won the title 5 times and France once.
France lost the 1958 World Cup semifinals in Sweden to Brazil, but won twice in Mexico 86 and in the final 98.
All expectations indicated that Brazil is better, won all four games before that match, scored 10 goals and received only one goal, from Japan in the group stage.
France
It was the least favored side in the confrontation, the second group after Switzerland and won against Spain 3-1 in the round of 16, perhaps slightly raising morale.
France tied with Switzerland and South Korea and then won against Togo, causing some to question the team’s capabilities a bit, but in return the experiences of Zidane and his teammates had a magical factor in outdoing Spain.
Dominique Feldfield, The Guardian correspondent in Germany: “We must make it clear that the level of France and its transformation only depends on the condition of Zidane, the player who seemed to be far from his level and speed before the tournament in the valleys.”
But what Zidane did in that match was like a symphony that will remain immortal in World Cup history.
“I was very angry that I couldn’t score some goals for Terry Henry because we didn’t play much together.” – Zidane
Zidane had announced before arriving in Germany that he would retire after the World Cup, meaning that every game he plays after the group stage may be the last of his career.
Somehow, what he presented against Brazil became the player’s best individual level in an elimination match.
Brazil
The Carlos Alberto Pereira battalion was loaded with stars among youth and talents, diverse and very powerful, enough to see the bank to find Julio César, Cicinho, Adriano and Robinho.
The victory with a goal against Croatia, then two goals against Australia, four against Japan and three against Ghana, made everyone nominate Brazil to reach the final.
Brazil has had 11 consecutive World Cup victories since France’s 3-0 defeat, and also won the 2002 title.
Cafu also has his own number in that tournament, since that was his twentieth match in the World Cup, but the problem is that if he receives a yellow card, it will make the player have more yellow cards in the history of the tournament.
The match
“The atmosphere was like Disney in the tunnel.” Fabian Bartese
When the 22 stars went to the tunnel, they were laughing together and happy, there was a moment when Zidane spoke with his Real Madrid teammate Roberto Carlos and also with Ronaldo Lima. Terry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Gilberto Silva were colleagues at Arsenal.
Florent Malouda, Eric Abidal and Juninho were classmates in Lyon, while Willie Sanyol joked with Lucio and Roberto at Bayern Munich.
This atmosphere had a different effect on each team. Claude Makelele spoke on the matter saying: “We were in the tunnel and we felt that we were really superior to them. We relaxed and laughed, and I think that made the game very close.”
Let’s look at the game together … a fun watch for everyone
