Football game France - Brazil (1998)

Finale of the Football world cup 1998, the meeting France - Brésil was held on July 12th, 1998 with the Stade de France with Saint-Denis in front of 78.000 spectators.

Reference mark

Arrived finally of " sa" World cup, the France showed throughout the competition an impressive control, conceding only 2 goals in 6 meetings, including one on penalty against Denmark. But offensive animation, weak point of the Blue since of very long months, continues to pose problem. After a beginning in brass band at the time of the hen matches against teams of low level, France had all the sorrows of the world to demolish Paraguay, did not manage to mark against the Italy and suffered in an unexpected way against the Croatia. The absence for suspension of the Libéro Laurent Blanc, capable of decisive rises and excellent of the head, is still an offensive asset in less for France.

Logical favorite of the competition, the Brésil for its part showed the defects and opposite qualities of France. In spite of its star Ronaldo who does not appear on his best level, Brazil has an impressive firepower in attack and seems able to mark at any moment. Conversely, in defense, the central hinge made up of Aldair and very feverish the Junior Baiano showed the possibility for large gaps, while the spectacular rises of odd the Roberto Carlos on the left side sometimes seemed as dangerous for its partners as for its adversaries. But Brazil has all the same satisfaction to be itself found a new hero at the very least unexpected in the person of his goalkeeper Taffarel, determining against the Netherlands in semi-final.

Break into leaf of match

  • France -: 3-0 (2-0)
  • Final of the World cup, played the July 12th 1998 with the Stade de France of Saint-Denis, in front of 75.000 spectators
  • Referee: Mr. Said Belqola Morocco
  • Goals: Zidane (27 '), Zidane (45+1'), Small (90+3')
  • Warnings: Junior Baiano (34 '), Deschamps (38 '), Desailly (48 '), Karembeu (56 '), Desailly (68 ')
  • Expulsion: Desailly (68 ')

Composition of the teams

Team of France (569e match)

57e, Alain Boghossian - (Italy) 76e, Patrick Vieira - () 66e, Christophe Dugarry -

National sport selector: Aime Jacquet

White suspended, Jacquet replaced it station for station by Frank Lebœuf in central hinge. For the remainder, Jacquet is faithful to its traditional diagram with three recuperators mediums used with the Euro 1996 and again since the quarterfinal against Italy. Deschamps evolves/moves in the axis while Karembeu and Petit are shifted on the sides. Zinédine Zidane is seen entrusting the animation of the play and Djorkaeff evolves/moves in a free role of electron in support of Guivarc' H alone at a peak which was preferred in Christophe Dugarry.

Team of Brazil

  • Taffarel -
  • Cafu - (Italy)
  • Junior Baiano -
  • Aldair - (Italy)
  • Roberto Carlos - (Spain)
  • Leonardo - (Italy)
46e, Denilson - 74e, Edmundo - (Italy) National sport selector: Mario Zagallo

Brazil aligns its standard team, without surprise. However, on the first sheet of match communicated to the press a few hours before the match, it is Edmundo and not the Ronaldo star who was announced with the point of the attack. Simple blow of bluff intended to sow the disorder in the French spirits? One will learn at the conclusion of the meeting that victim of a curious faintness with loss of consciousness the morning even of the match, Ronaldo was really very dubious for the final.

Account of the match

Accepting responsibility for as of the kickoff the play, dominating outrageusement the battle of the medium ground, France street with the attack of the goal of Taffarel. In the space of a few minutes, Stephan Guivarc' H finds himself twice opposite with face with the Brazilian gatekeeper. First of all following a long air balloon of Deschamps, then on a luminous opening of Zidane at the conclusion of a beautiful work of Djorkaeff. But twice, Guivarc' H does not manage to find the framework.

Whereas the match tends to balance and that Brazil makes a success of some dangerous incursions into the French camp, the Blue ones give the pressure on their adversary. Wedged near the post of corner, Roberto Carlos thus concedes a kick of largely avoidable corner with the 27e minute. Drawn by Small Emmanuel, the corner finds the head of Zidane which opens the score. 1-0 for France.

Whereas the first half touches at its end, Guivarc' H still loses a duel vis-a-vis Taffarel, which deviates a striking of the Auxerre-native attacker in corner. Drawn again by Small on the right-sided, the corner is released by Brazilian defense. New corner, left side this time, drawn by Youri Djorkaeff. Dissociated with the right in the middle of Brazilian defense, without very having to jump, Zidane registers head the second French goal. 2-0 for France.

As of starts second period, the Brazilian selector decides to play the attack with excess. Medium ground relay runner, old the Parisian Léonardo yields its place to unforeseeable Denilson, fears for its remarkable quality of dribble. Increasingly pressing, the Brazilian ones create for themselves a gold occasion when shifted by a sumptuous transversal of Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo is in position to strike with the goal almost with bearing end. But closing the angle perfectly, Fabien Barthez blocks the striking of the Brazilian attacker, particularly amorphous since the beginning of the meeting.

The fate of the match seems ready to rock with the 67e minute with the eviction of Marcel Desailly, the owner of tricolor defense. Already informed a few minutes earlier in not very clear circumstances, Desailly receives a second yellow paperboard synonymous with expulsion by irregularly taclant Cafu at the conclusion of a rageuse rise on the right-sided of the ground. Jacquet then makes leave Djorkaeff to replace it by a defensive medium (Vieira), while Emmanuel Petit slips at the station more than unusual for him of center back in the place of Desailly.

Reduced to ten, the French undergo the attacks of Brazilian more than ever turned towards the offensive with the entry of a new attacker, impetuous Edmundo, called " O Animal"! But time turns without Brazil not arriving to really worrying the French, if it is not following a beautiful sequence of Denilson whose striking touches the top of the transverse bar of Barthez.

Whereas the prescribed time is completed, Denilson obliges Thuram to concede one énième corner left side. But badly drawn, the corner is recovered by Chistophe Dugarry which can start the counter-attack. Dugarry serves Vieira, which passes immediately to Petit launched alone towards the Brazilian goal. The cross striking of Small avoids Taffarel left to its meeting and finishes in the nets. 3-0. France becomes world champion of football for the first time of its history.

Anecdote

The third goal registered by Emmanuel Petit at the time of this final is also the 1000eme registered goal of the history of the blue ones.

The Trois-zéro expression

In reference to the score of this match, a popular expression was born: Trois-zéro .
It was often employed by the supporteurs of the team of France by stressing “ And one and two and three zeros! ” in order to propose the performance of their team and to throw the doubt about that of Brazil. This expression thus does not mean anything in itself but evokes, in an almost désincarnée way, a memorable match for the French spectators who followed it (See the film 3 zero of Fabien Onteniente left in 2002).

A parodic adaptation of the song “If you go to Rio” of Dario Moreno also had its small success some time:

if you go to Rio,
does not forget that you ace taken trois-zéro…

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