Saturday, 1st July
France Knock Out The World Champions
 Brazil vs  France
in Frankfurt
Previous Encounters:
In seven previous encounters Brazil have only won two games and drawn three (although they
went out to France on penalties in the quarter-final at Mexico 1986).
France also won the France 1998
World Cup Final (3:0) and the Confederations Cup match in Suwon (2:1).
Brazil's wins were a 1992 friendly in Paris (2:0) and the Stockholm
semi-final (5:2) at Sweden 1958.
The Match:
Juan was probably lucky not to get a red card, just before half-time, for a two footed
sliding tackle from behind on Patrick Vieira as he ran towards the goal. But the Brazilian
will miss the semi-final; if they win here.
France had to re-take the free-kick, a little nearer, and Ronaldo was
booked for handball on the edge of the area (although they were in the area and it should
have been a penalty for France).
With the second free-kick blasted into the wall, the chance for France
to go into the changing room in front was wasted.
Half-time: (0:0)
Patrick Vieira headed wide from a Zidane free-kick, just after the
break, as France tried to get the advantage.
Zidane's 57th minute free-kick was much better, as Thierry Henry
slipped in at the far post; to volley France into the lead.
Four minutes later, Franck Ribery's trickery on the left almost forced
an own-goal from Juan.
After Ronaldo dived in the French area (another yellow card would have
ended his game), France broke on the counter-attack and Dida had to spread himself at the
edge of the area to stop the threat.
Ronaldo's dive worked two minutes from the end and earned Lilian
Thuram a yellow card.
Just ouside the penalty area, Ronaldinho wasted the free-kick and
blasted over the bar.
France ended Brazil's reign as World Champions.
Final Score:
Brazil
0 - France
1
 Goalscorers:
0:1 Thierry Henry (57)
Teams
Brazil: (Captain Cafu/Nelson Dida)
1 Nelson Dida; 2 Cafu, 3 Ferreira Lucio, 4 Juan, 6 Roberto
Carlos; 8 Kak�, 10 Ronaldinho, 11 Jose Ze Roberto, 17 Gilberto Silva,
19 Pernambucano Juninho; 9 Ronaldo.
France: (Captain Zinedine Zidane)
16 Fabien Barthez; 3 Eric Abidal, 5 William Gallas, 15 Lilian Thuram, 19 Willy Sagnol; 4
Patrick Vieira, 6 Claude Makelele, 7 Florent Malouda, 10 Zinedine Zidane, 22 Franck
Ribery; 12 Thierry Henry.
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo 
Substitutions:
63 Mins (Brazil) - 7 Adriano on for 19 Pernambucano Juninho
76 Mins (Brazil) - 13 Cicinho on for 2 Cafu
76 Mins (France) - 9 Sidney Govou on for 22 Franck Ribery
79 Mins (Brazil) - 23 Robinho on for 8 Kak�
81 Mins (France) - 11 Sylvain Wiltord on for 7 Florent Malouda
86 Mins (France) - 14 Louis Saha on for 12 Thierry Henry
 7 Yellow
Cards:
25 Mins - Cafu (Brazil)
45 Mins - Juan (Brazil)
45 Mins - Ronaldo (Brazil)
73 Mins - Willy Sagnol (France)
75 Mins - Ferreira Lucio (Brazil)
87 Mins - Louis Saha (France)
88 Mins - Lilian Thuram (France)
 0 Red Cards.
2006 World Cup Finals - Knockout Stage.
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