Brazil National Team: A History of Glory in The World Cup Part 3

We have finally reached the story of Brazil's last World Cup title, 20 years ago in the tournament hosted by Korea and Japan.

World Cup 2002

Brazil reached the 2002 World Cup and was not a candidate to win the title unusually, in sympathy with its difficult campaign in the qualifiers, where Brazil came in third place behind leaders Argentina, and Ecuador who finished second.

Brazil was 13 points behind Argentina and one point from Ecuador and with a difference in goals from Paraguay the fourth

Brazil opened its matches in the tournament against Turkey, and the Turkish player "Hassan Sas" surprised everyone when he opened the scoring for his country at the 45+2 minute.

Before Ronaldo scored the equalizer for Brazil in the 50th minute in an acrobatic manner before Rivaldo scored the winning goal from a questionable penalty kick obtained by substitute Liuzao.

In a match that witnessed a controversial case, represented by the deception by the player Rivaldo, who represented that the Turkish player Albay Ozlan had hit him in the face with the ball, and the Turkish player was sent off as a result.

After that, Brazil beat China by four goals to nil, scored by Roberto Carlos, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, and Ronaldo.

Brazil concluded the group stage with a sweeping victory over Costa Rica 5-2, scoring for Brazil, Ronaldo, “two goals”, Rivaldo, Edmilsion, and Gunilson da Souza.

While Costa Rica's Paulo Wachope and Ronald Gomez scored for Costa Rica.

In the second-round match that was played on June 17, 2002, the Brazilian national team faced its counterpart Belgium, and the meeting was moderated by the Jamaican referee, Peter Prendergast, in the presence of a crowd of 40,440 spectators crowded in the stands of Kobe Stadium in Japan.

Brazil managed to beat its opponent after the match ended with a score of 2-0, Scored by Rivaldo and Ronaldo.

In the quarter-final match played on June 21, 2002, Brazil faced England.

The match was moderated by Mexican international referee Felipe Ramos, in the presence of a crowd of 47,436 spectators who crowded the stands of Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuri, in Japan.

Brazil managed to beat its opponent after the match ended 2-1.

Michael Owen opened the scoring for England, taking advantage of a fatal error from defender Lucio, before Rivaldo scored the equalizer after a wonderful skill break from Ronaldinho, who manipulated Steven Gerrard and Ashley Cole, before delivering the ball to his colleague Rivaldo, who deposited it to the right of goalkeeper David Seaman.

Continuing to scatter his magic, the Brazilian magician Ronaldinho scored a piercing goal from a direct free kick from about 40 meters, sent by a curve to defy goalkeeper David Seaman and announce the winning goal for Brazil

In the semi-final match that was played on June 26, 2002, the Brazilian national team faced its counterpart Turkey, and the meeting was moderated by the Danish international referee Kim Milton Nielsen, in the presence of a crowd of 61,058 spectators who crowded the stands of Saitama Stadium 2002, in Japan.

Brazil managed to beat its opponent after the match ended with a score of 1-0, scored by Ronaldo.

In the final match played on June 30, Brazil faced Germany in the match hosted by Yokohama International Stadium in Japan.

Ronaldo opened the scoring for his country, taking advantage of a fatal mistake by veteran goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, who failed to deal with Rivaldo's shot.

Before Ronaldo himself added the second goal for Brazil from an amazing tactical sentence with his colleague Rivaldo, to declare Brazil the world champion and declare himself the top scorer for the tournament with 8 goals.