One of the great stories of the 1998 FIFA World Cup France™ was the mystery of Ronaldo's health ahead of the Final with France. Defender Junior Baiano talks about the famous events the night before the contest and meeting the Zinedine Zidane-led 'Bleus' in Paris.
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The Ronaldo incident is true ! It wasn't like a cold or a headache. He actually had a seizure. However, France was outstanding and deserved to win. Plain and simple. This is coming from a Brazilian.
But very shocking result
please watch the game again and see the team attitude during the game. Ronaldo wasn't the whole team. Rivaldo Cafu Roberto Carlos etc ... that's why they are 11 not 1 . Zidane was alright . but you can not even compare Brazilian vs French Team . the best team of that world Cup was that Brazil who won against Netherlands that's all .
Miguel Barreto well if Ronaldo didn't have a fit, who knows Brazil beat the host nation
Yes and Brazil at that time was NOT only Ronaldo, it was Rivaldo, Denilson, Bebeto, Roberto Carlos .... Simply the best players of the planet, it would be a mistake to reduce that team at only one Roinaldo
I think it was the homecoming game. The "state de France" was especially build for this world cup and for the finale. Imagine the hype the French went through their head IF they've crushed the current champ? Entire France went crazy that night. Lol. It was epic for the French people.
Lol talking about France as if they were some underdogs, they had Zidane, Henry, Vieira, Deschamps, Blanc, Thuram and Barthez...
The way these videos are narrated is very biased. I take issue with the statement 'Ronaldo terrorised Scotland', when he scored exactly 0 goals against them and his team only scraped a win thanks to a rather cruel own goal. I find many historical encounters are easily misrepresented with cherry picked highlights and biased narration.
MMG 006 I agreed. Sorry for Ronaldo. But, France wasn’t pushed over. They had top quality players
Desailly, Petit, Lebouf ... great generation
Petit Petit Petit never forget the legend himself
@MMG 006 Very true but it could have been a different match if ronaldo hadn’t of played.
Zinedine Zidane is what went wrong for Brazil.
No the leaving of Romario was the wrong.
Romario Bebeto no, ronaldo is sick... look at his face...
+MOH DZ 3-0 tho
LOLMaster Ronaldo have a fit before the final
if romario was there zinedine would of get sick they didnt had replacment for ronaldo he was sick
The problem was Zidane, He was unstoppable!
And he proved it again in 2006! I've talked to many Brazilians about 2008 and its always a conspiracy with them. Ronaldo was poisoned. The players were bribed to lose. What about France? They won the Euro 2 years later for Christ's sake!
true genius yes
I give France credit against Europeans, but France received a very tired and hurt Brazil. TBH Brazil vs Netherlands was the real final of that tournament
delukard07 , Oh, buhuhu. Your excuse sounds pathetic. Looser😭😭
Exactly. Brazil likes to pretend that Ronaldo being unfit that day changed the fate of the World Cup but they won 3-0. You don't really have much of an argument when you concede 3 goals.
amazing how quickly people forget about that crazy French team: Zidane, Lizarazu, Vieira, Deschamps, Desailly, Pirès, Henry, Thuram, Barthez, Petit, Lebœuf, Karembeu, Trezeguet........ Ronaldo is probably my fab player of all time, along with Zizou, but that French team was too good, even with Ronaldo 100% it would've been incredibly difficult to beat France
They had many difficulties against Paraguay, Italy and Croatia...but I agree that was THE golden generation for France.
+Ali Alherz and brazil barely got past Hollande in the semis in penalties
Sure, that was a classic tight game.
+Ali Alherz indeed
+DRAMAKIN9 Holland played very defensively
at least it wasn't 7-1
This 3-0 defeat in the 1998 final was actually Brazil's largest ever defeat in a World Cup game until 7-1 came along :D
I totally agree with you, Romareo was a game change togther with Bebeto they were undefeatable. The stupid coach made the mistake. Romario was greater than all.
abshir2010 yes he was
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I would rather ask the same question for FIFA world cup final in 2014 in Brazil. Never seen them humiliated at home or abroad like that . As a big Brazil fan myself, it was devastating to watch .
Imagine if they still had Romario in the squad that will always be a what if.
it's better than 7-1 by Germany in World Cup 2014 in Brazil, their own land.
1998 and 2006 Brazilian WC team can never be compared with 2014 Brazilian WC team. Both 1998 and 2006 Brazilian teams were robust, sharp and looked to be invincible but both teams were victimized by Zinedine Zidane.
7-1 is the best ever
As a brazilian I'm sure you wanted to impress everyone by your statement. 7x1 is a fact as it's also a fact that we are still the only five times world cup champions and after a huge defeat like in 50's and 14's in our land we are energized to get a bunch of new wcs eventually
Ok, neymar and Thiago silva weren't even playing and you proud of that win.
But you must also acknowledge the fact that those days Brazilian was the only team consistently played back to back three world cup final 1994 1998 and 2002. Won 2-1. That impossible to repeat.
Whatever they still lost against France in 2006...
@@vicsiffs4132 germany didn't get past the group stages in Russia
8 years is a lot, u can't expect a team to still perform equally.
Brazil were not prepared to play the final, but if Ronaldo was fit to play as planned, I believe fate would’ve been different for Brazil. The people today have no idea what impact Ronaldo had on his team. He was the best player in the world at the time, won the Ballon D’or the 2 previous seasons. He was the most feared dribbler in the world, no one was close to his level, not even Zidane. If he was healthy in the final, I don’t think the France team could’ve handled him. Their players don’t have the ability to handle Ronaldo’s cleverness & trickery. In addition to that, Ronaldo’s explosiveness on the ball was unmatched. One superstar can carry an entire team, and no player was ever as big of a game changer as Ronaldo at his peak.
@@michaelfusmusic9447 i agree. ronaldo was the ABSOLUTE BEST player in the world which is why everyone feared him. yes zidane was good and so was that amazing french team in 98 however i do believe that the whole brazil team was completely thrown off by what happened to ronaldo. people think football is just a skill game. it is just as mental in order to win championships your mind has to be focused on the game, who knows if brazil would have beat france but i certainly believe things would have been different with ronaldo being 100%.
@@michaelfusmusic9447 copy n paste
In 1998, only Italy were close to win against France. 0-0 full time... and 4-3 on Pks. By far the most stressful match for France. I like Brazil, but they got flattened.
Only due to the distraction of Ronaldo and his circumstances…..On a different day,France would’ve been steam-rolled👍🏾
Ronaldo still walked away with two world cup titles ('94 & 2002). He is a legend nonetheless. This would have only made it three world cup titles in a row.
Not to be rude but brazil won with germany only because germanys best players were hurt or because they were suspended , otherwise germany would have won tho
@@tillyvejdb that some logic applies to Argentina in 1990
Ronaldo didn't play in '94.
@@bhutii I honestly wish he had, though he was only 18 at the time.
What went wrong..?? ZINEDINE ZIDANE
bullshit.. the french team would had won without zidane
qwer ris a
no, without Zidane France was not a stellar team. Edit: their defense and midfield were solid but their attack at that time was poor. I remember the games were kind of boring to watch. I watched to see Zidane lift the team all by himself.
Ya like they did win in 2006?
trust Zidane wouldn't have missed his pen like Trezeguet so the result could have been different
what happened? well... we lost to a great team. as a Brazilian i still remember that France team, not because of that game, but the whole tourment. Holland was great also.
I think Brazil was better overall in this tournament. They beat Holland. If France went to the finals with Holland, they will definitely lost.
@Welcome to the Mars and France beat croatia so yeah
@Welcome to the Mars yep
@@fightingforce8498 Italy lost at penalties against France. And France was at home. France, Brazil and Italy were probably the strongest. And then Netherlands, Argentina and England.
@Welcome to Mars in third place match, doesn't mean much.
It wasn't just Zidane and his goals, he score two via set pieces then the last goal was made when it was already over, the final was won mainly due to the defense and defensive midfield.
From a brazilian. That Brazil x France is in the past. France is a good team. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Is the way things happen.
Brazil is better actually.
True
The best game of Zidane's career. He absolutely dominated the Brazilians. They were never a great defensive team anyway.
what? zidane just headed the ball twice from corners, he didn't do that much, rewatch the game.
This tells you that at the World Cup level, all things have to come together to become champs. It just wasn't Brazil's day. Brazil has consistent talent and football winning history so they don't need to worry about their future in football.
that french team was amazing. what they lacked in firepower they made up with an amazing defense.
brazil was a good team, france was a good team too, especially with zidane at his peak on the French side. Brazil has won many world cups before already...did they expect to win again and never ever lose or what? In sport you can't always win, you're gonna lose sometime too.
the video is not even about the game... that's what you don't understand. it's about what happened with Ronaldo's health! It says in the video that even with Ronaldo fit to play, Brazil may still had lost. But the fact remains that something happened to Ronaldo that day that almost killed him, hours before the final, and nobody knows what, not even his teammates. And then i'm pretty sure he was not fit to play, but Nike forced it, cause they would lose money if he didn't, as sponsors.
@@FriendsBeren Exactly. 'One great mystery '
and I don't see any Brazilian saying four years later they won the world cup against Germany because they could't line up Ballack due to bloody yellow cards! give me a break
Esteban Mata Vargas no my friend Brazil was a gifted team you can not tell me about like could have just done something right now though Ronaldinho Kaka cafi rivaldo
Ballack was not that important to Germany as Ronaldo was to Brazil.
Fast forward to now, Germany got sent home
Germany beat Brazil 7:1, so whats your point Giovanni Cheng? And its not like Brazil are looking like wc winners. They are barely scraping through this WC. 98 Brazil team was unbeatable on their day, there is no doubt but now its just a shadow. Lead by a girl.
Mirasolov Klose Point is, Germany got sent home early this world cup
Its hard to defend when youre distracted by the fact that your greatest player and friend could possibly die right then and there.
If everything in a team relies on one player, it means the team is weak and deserve to loose.
🇧🇷 5-2 🇨🇵 (1958 FIFA WC Semi-finals) 🇨🇵 1-1 🇧🇷 (1986 FIFA WC Quarter-finals) (4-3)= "PSO" 🇨🇵 3-0 🇧🇷 (1998 FIFA WC FINAL) 🇨🇵 2-1 🇧🇷 (2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Semi-finals) 🇨🇵 1-0 🇧🇷 (2006 FIFA WC Quarter-finals)
Look at France's squad. Their players were better at the time. How could a fit Ronaldo rescue Brazil? He's a striker, not a defender. Brazil lost 3-0. Regardless if Ronaldo would have been fit or not, Brazil's defense would have still failed to cope with the talented players of France. France were simply better in all aspects.
Do you think that France players were better than, Rivaldo, Denilson, Roberto Carlos, Cafu, Bebeto and the poisened player Ronaldo.
Kaka Ima At that time yes. Those players were better in the 2002 World Cup.
DevinDaWhiteBoy I do not agree with you, Brazilian players were more better than the French, but they had their own problem, and leaving Romario was the most wrong of that wc, unless it could have another face.
"More better"
Tristan Raveneau Yes. Barthez, Desailly, Lizarazu, Blanc and Thuram was the defence FFS. These guys never lost any game when they played together for France. Not even your Ronaldos, Rivaldos and so on could compete with them. Deal with it.
Zidane played this team like a guitar. His hall control and distribution was awesome.
1998 Ronaldo could change entire games within seconds running through entire teams. Inspite of Zidane's brilliance I don't think it would be as easy if Ronaldo was fit.
Back then me and my friends we made assumptions that French team bribed the Brazilian to let them win because look at the goals France scored you would have not believed it but watching this video gave me a different perspective.
In retrospect I wouldn't have wanted them to win 3 World Cups in a row. And Zidane was a beast at that time.
==> TRUE ;)
They didn't win 1990...
@@ReanimatorsMutilations They won in USA 94, lost in France 98 (which the video shows), and they won in Korea/Japan in 2002. If Brazil would've won in 1998, that would've been three straight world cups right???? Know your facts before making dumb comments. They obviously didn't win in 1990.
@@thecrown_jul well EXCUUUUSE ME. The way the comment is worded makes it seem like it meant 98 would of been their 3rd in a row . All I said was that they didnt win in 1990. Guess what, that's a fact so go away ya ghoul
@@thecrown_jul if they’d have won in 98 that’s no guarantee they’d have won in 02. History would then have changed. Elementary chaos theory. It’s like when a team wins 2-1 but the opposition missed a chance at 0-1 to make it 0-2 saying the game would have been a draw. There’s no way of knowing that
Ronaldo suffered a 'cerebral convulsion' before the game. the Brazilian players were visibly altered with this episode. were not concentrated, because they feared that the ronaldo suffered another seizure in the field. France could have won anyway, but ronaldo's participation in the final has hurt the Brazilian national team. it is enough to see a move in which ronaldo collides with the French keeper and the leonardo is desperate with ronaldo.
Brazil was at that time 1.Current WC Winner 1994 (USA) 2.Current Copa America 1997 Winner (the equivalent of Eurocup in Europe) 3.Current Confed Cup Winner 1997 In a nutshell, they won EVERYTHING and reached the final of 1998 And the fault for losing to France was neither Ronaldo´s nor fatality. It was the coach´s fault for not taking Romario (Yes, that guy who won the world cup 1994 for Brazil with Bebeto and who was part of the team that won those 2 competitons of 1997) because of ¨personal¨ reasons, hidden under the pretext of injury, which was bullshit, because by the time Brazil played against Denmark in the quarter finals, Romario was scoring goals in the Brazilian League. Romário would have put Zidane in the shadows.
+PinkasBrown44 the fact that you really think that romario would have put Zidane in the shadows says a lot. First off that was a first class Brazil team ,and zidane demolished each member and ran the midfield like a titan a titan in fact that lifted and organized his own french team who were serious underdogs coming in btw. Regardless of romario it was zidanes day get over it.
+Ross Farley You're damn right it was zidan's day! As well as it was his turf. Other than that, there must be no comperison of him with Romario (or any other Brazilian player for that matter); zidan is nowhere around any of them!
+PinkasBrown44 or that france team was just great the Won everything from 1997-2003 (except for 2002 WC where zidane didn't play cause of an injury)
Plus another victory against brazil in the 03 confederation the " REMATCH" as every one said france still one
Romario was injured in 1998, that is why coach did not called him
French coach:"hey zizou, first plot on corners is their weakness, give it a try" ok coach... Second reason is the french goal keeper...
Ronaldo lost to France in 2006 wc quarter final again
==> Beaucause FRANCE played BETTER than BRESIL !!! ;) ( France - Bresil 2006 is the best match of ZIDANE ! ;) )
It's the accomplished zidane we see in 2006. "El maestro" is known for.
That was after destroying both kneew a couplke times, dude...
Really silly comment, Ronaldo at that point was way past his prime.
Tell them one million time again.
He isn't saying if that situation didn't happen Brazil would have won. He is just explaining how that situation turned the game into a very, very one sided contest. I am sure everyone can admit that had that not happened Brazil would have given more of a competition and the two time world player of year would have done more than take some hap hazard touches.
Usama Bhatti they rely too much on him
@@nellydavis7645Lmao no they didn’t, they had the Triple Rs up front both of the other two were amazing in their own right.
@@azhurelpigeon it didn’t matter at the time, they were relying on one dude.
@@nellydavis7645 Not really, it was a team effort. Sure usually Ronaldo was the striker, but it would be the other two who’d dribble through the defense to get him that a clinical pass that’d give him an open net
@@azhurelpigeon listen we can go back and forth all day. We share difference of opinions which is fine. Happy new year.
They played a tough semi final against (in my opinion) the best team in the tournament in the Netherlands. Also the Ronaldo saga seemed to leave their heads elsewhere, as it probably would if you saw your star player convulsing. I still maintain to this day if Holland had won that shootout they’d have beaten France in the final.
I believe the same about Croatia. Which should be a stronger argument as they went on to beat Netherlands
Whereas the french have a history in beating brazil. They are their bogey team.
They wouldn't defeat that drench tem
Brazil were not prepared to play the final, but if Ronaldo was fit to play as planned, I believe fate would’ve been different for Brazil. The people today have no idea what impact Ronaldo had on his team. He was the best player in the world at the time, won the Ballon D’or the 2 previous seasons. He was the most feared dribbler in the world, no one was close to his level, not even Zidane. If he was healthy in the final, I don’t think the France team could’ve handled him. Their players don’t have the ability to handle Ronaldo’s cleverness & trickery. In addition to that, Ronaldo’s explosiveness on the ball was unmatched. One superstar can carry an entire team, and no player was ever as big of a game changer as Ronaldo at his peak.
Ronaldo just ghosted, he wasn't up to the task. No wonder he was only a kid.
Plot twist, 2002 World Cup he scored two in the final. Just thought id mention it, since no one is talking about it.
As Brazilian our culture is e always to give unsubstantiated excuses because France still sent us home in 2006 with Thierry's goal.
It was by a free kick. They were lucky.
A team is more than a single player by definition. It's unfortunate that Ronaldo got sick as you want the best of both teams to compete, but it in no way invalidates what the French team accomplished during their home tournament. This is a rather poor excuse.
Poor excuse really? Let me ask have you experienced broken heart before, and in the midst of it you are supposed to carry a major assignment? How easy can that be. That was the case of the Brazilian players, not that Ronaldo was their only hope... they were much concerned about his health that winning the game was less if a concern to them.
They played a superior side. That's what went wrong.
Brazil will be always superior at football, nevertheless.
@@charliesouza5158 Lol the glory days of Brazil are over. You cuckolds are a big nation with a hefty population. And since Brazil is so poor you guys cant afford to do anything else other than play football. And yet Italy, a much smaller country where people actually have their own lives and do other things beside soccer, has only 1 trophy less. Also Germany, 4 world cups and the most finals in WC history (more than Brazil).
Charlie Souza say that to 7.1
@@mrstyles2329 lol. Neymar and Thiago silva weren't even playing and you must be proud of that. I see
We don't know what really happen to Ronaldo cause we weren't there or was not part of the Brazilian squad but we do know is that France won and that night the whole Brazilian squad wasn't focus on the game but only on Ronaldo, who didn't show up that night. You can't say that Junior or Brazil is only making an excuse for a lost because the whole world wanted to know what happen that day and that Junior was just explain what actually happen. Brazil took the lost and didn't want to talk about it but the whole world wanted to know, so saying that Brazil is just making an excuses when we all wanted to know what happen to Brazil that night just makes us dumb
Dude almost died, some things are even more important than the World Cup Final.
DanielSong39 almost died lol. Yeah right.
We do know what happened as it has been openly reported on many times.
@@sperrin what’s that?!
@@joegrinefine What's what?
why people that was 5 yrs old in 1998 are speaking? WHY?
I was like 11
why is ur grammar so bad? WHY????
Ranjiplays true
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Haha I was 5 XD I don’t really remember this match but I remember crying when France scored the third goal
Brazil faced their sworn rivals (France) , it seems they are destined to lose to France in every world cup , just like Germany is destined to lose to Italy in every world cup .
+yassiamy actually Brazil's sworn rivals in football is Argentina. And perhaps France a little bit ok lol
Jarbas Saint-Claire not now
Brazil did defeat France in the World Cup in 1958
Argyas , just like England is destined to lose to Germany in every major tournament
@@lucaslonchampt613 Yes and since 1958 Brazil has never beaten France in a tournament. While France has kicked Brazil in 3 World Cup (1986, 1998, 2006) and I can also add the Confederation cup in 2001...
the same thing that went wrong in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018! Conceding early goals and didn't know how to come back and stop opposition! in 1998 and 2006 - it was also Zidane!
But in 2010 they lost by a Sneijder's comeback, all the things was going okay until that
No matter what happened Brazil still number 1 with 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆(5) world cups *I pretty sure 2022 Brazil will take it.*
Com Tite e Neymerda??? Difícil
@@danielone8 don't worry he'll make it
dont forget BRAZIL LOST TO NORWAY IN GROUP STAGE 2-1
Sorry, they beat the champions curse. 😎
Damn!! I didn't know any of this. Yet I watched it and celebrated Zizou!!!
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France were phenomenal in the fine, and more than deserved their victory. I don't think Junior Baiano is making an excuse for the defeat, although it is certain that their top striker was a shell of his former self. I believe he is simply narrating the events of the previous day and there is no question the shock had a psychological impact on the team as a whole. But of course, I don't buy his argument that the team was so concerned for Ronaldo that there had been no prior focus on the task of beating France. We cannot take anything away from the fact that the Brazilians were outrun, out-passed and totally outplayed in the final. If anything, perhaps a fully fit Ronaldo would have been able to notch Brazil a consolation goal. I don't think it would have wrestled the title away from the host nation. The French played such a complete game.
Zidane was the one that went wrong
why ?
and he lost his cool in WC2006, france lost! So yes, Zidane was french's one man show
The French team did some voodoo from Senegal to bewitched Ronaldo and the Brazilian team
Why some brasilians won't forget that final ?!? You've Won The World cup 5 times now ... That's very good ! And France deserve it world cup 1998 !
Because that World Cup was the best
That's why because France have won
here in brazil,a lot of people say that world cup was sale for france...i don't believe,france deserved this WC
Canal do Aquiles romario wasn't there... that's why Brazil lost :D
+Vtecification They cheated everytime They host a tournament They reach The final sketchy
Once a commentaries said: "Two well match team but one little genius is the difference maker and put his team front" that was said about lionel messi against real madrid in a cup final where he scored a late winner in the last minutes of the game and won the same thing can be said about Zizu both teams were well match but all it took to win that match was 2 moments of pure magic from one of all time greats and not just the goals but the passes, skills, ball control players like Zizu on there day they are unplayable.
1998 team was top heavy. Bebeto doesn't fit into teams fast style but still kept his place being a legend. Defence only has Aldair and Junior Biano and the rest are more keen to go up field. France however were a solid team just like in 2018 WC in Russia including non goal scoring No.9.
" A colleague and a friend almost lost his life"??? LMAO. That escalated quickly!
He made up for it 4 years later. In 98 France were destined to win it. They had a great team and the bit of luck needed to win any knockout tournament.
France deserved to win. They were a great side that year. It doesn’t really matter whether Ronaldo was healthy or not. Give credit when the credit is due.
would’ve loved to see the 🇳🇱 vs 🇫🇷 in the final but oh well
Brazil missed romario's experience
"What went wrong for Brazil at France 98?" Zidane and his goals. That's it
I was watching that game it was unbelievable game zidane was another level
always the same with the brazilian team. their whole matchplan focuses on one offense player. same in 2014: the scorrer was injured and they got humiliated instandly.
France had a phenomenal team but I still think that some fishy stuff happened there! Even if medically fit, if a player isn't performing there's no reason why he can't be taken off, especially after having had a fit hours before! Anyone who watched this game saw that Ronaldo wasn't being himself, was the manager blind? Situations like these and the refereing in 2002 have taken away all prestige of the world cup.
If I remember it right, France was the better side that year 98. France only conceided 2 goals during the entire tournament. 1 goal vs Paraguay and 1 goal vs Croatia.
ZECHARIYE ISAAC Paraguay,in what planet was that?i remenber Denmark and Croatia scoring against them,no one else.
and Frances toughest opponents that world cup was Italy..that was the only team that really gave France a run for there money in penalties
@@freedomfighters9188 Well both teams played catenaccio and relied on their strong defense, so 0-0 was impossible to avoid.
The Brazil team was drained out of last ounce of energy in their previous gruelling match with the Dutch. The Dutchmen also had experienced the same outcome of being listless in the 3rd place match against Croatia, loosing 3-0. Looking into history, one can find similar fate of teams in the final after a gruelling 120 minute match, Italy 1970, 2012(Euro finals), West Germany 1982, Belgium 1986(after match with USSR).
Reminds me of E.T with the blanket and the bike :D
They always come up with conspiracy theories around Ronaldo's health...! On one side you keep calling this defending champions Brazilian team as the best one ever and on the other hand they started showcasing themselves as a bunch of crybabies without Ronaldo...!!?
That's not the point. All the players were dispirited, they were so focused about the health of one player rather than to winning the game in itself. They had no life in them. Have you ever experienced that before?
Wow, how unprofessional, making excuses because their poor savior was sick :'(
Explanations don't necessarily equate to excuses. If Ronaldo was healthy, I still believe France would have won, but barely. The game would have been more competitive, with France winning on a 1 goal differential. Even if Ronaldo did not play, sidelined due to injury or something of the like, the game would still have been more competitive than it turned out. But the dynamic within the locker room changes when a team suspects that the livelihood of a teammate hangs on the balance, especially when they witnessed the event as it unfolded. There is no excuse to be handed. Ronaldo shouldn't have played but the team still allowed him; management should have foreseen how Ronaldo's presence, after his incident, on the field would alter the focus of the rest of the team. But you cannot blame his teammates for not having their full attention on the game, especially when the game has little ramifications outside the pitch but the effects of the game on Ronaldo's wellness may have.
you know that he wasnt actually sick? he had a problem with his knee which could make him have a epilepsy at any moment, that was the problem
Brazil were paid to loose
i bet you were paid to suck at grammar
Ronaldo was a legend. He made a difference.
The Best ever!
Can you make a video like this for the 2002 Ronaldo at the World Cup where he made up for this Final? THANKS
The Brazilian football association and the doctors made a poor judgement. If tis story is true, they shouldn't have allowed him to play that game. They put his life and health in risk, poor poor decision!!!
Zidane's fan was so blind. Don't get me wrong!!! Zidane is a legend but he is not the best player in France Team at WC 98. He is not the most important key leading France to the final. With me, Zidane is really a great player at WC 2006, but not 1998. Except the final match, he is nothing special. Look again the previous match and you will see: why France beat Croatia and Italia??? And what did Zidane show off at that time??? In contrast, Ronaldo play like an important player leading the brazil team to the final match (4 goals, 4 assist and many phenomenon skills). Not just a merely striker, he is the center for brazil attack at that time. And you see when he was sick, brazil could not attack well. If Ronaldo was fit, Brazil could make a very competitive match with France. And remember, France won, but Ronaldo is the best player in WC 98.
Just gotta say that even in the Champs Elysees in Paris they put a huge picture of Zidane's face on the "Arc de triomphe" saying "thanks zizou". Even the french recognised that if zidane wasn't there in 98 France would not have won. The man is a legend and that is all there is to it.
no doubt zidane brilliant but he is so overrated depite he is playmaker he hadnot any assist at 98 just scoring two head ball from corner that can be performed by any defender didnt mean he was the one man army at 98
yea man zidane was nothing in wc98...he did nothing special.. just scored 2 goal from corner kick in sold final..thats true.. ronaldo was unstoppable as always !!!!
Lê Quang Thắng i agree with you,france won the title because of the defence just allowing 2 goals. When zidane was sent off against arabia,france could be eliminated by paraguay but blanc etc prevailed
The best german striker is polish
That France team was also exceptional. No shame in losing to them tbh.
That wasn’t how it took place, Ronaldo was slightly injured but the Brasília defense was not the best.
They lost, plain and simple.
and they were far better from the rest, that's simple! and maybe one of the best teams that Brasil have had in its history!
Ivan Jovanov absolutely not my friend, the best Brazilian team was 1982 team
France was way better that day, inspired and focused beyond anything that one could throw at them. I was supporting Brazil that day, but it was clear that Ronaldo was not well, and that he should have not been in the starting line up. At the end of the day, arguing about Brazil and Ronaldo is useless. France deserved to win, and win they did. Zidane became a leyend that day.
france juju my friend
And France played at home. That's a huge factor especially when the home side is one of the best national teams in the world. France were the favourites.
zidane the rise of a legend-made Brazil cry
The defeat at the 2006wc was even more cruel... Brazil had the great Ronaldinho and still they could did not take advantage of that. All the French players accepted Zidan as their leader, you could even see Zidan instructing them where to pass the ball, even Henry knew Zidan was the leader. Zidan took the freekicks and penaltys. When i recall the situation that Ronaldinho experienced with Brazil it was just horrible... Dinho had to watch as Cafu R.carlos Kaka Zeroberto ran in circles leading the team no where. Dinho had to watch as Juninho took freekicks.
It was Suzie, the same girl who cooked lasagna for the All Blacks before the 1995 rugby world cup final against the mighty Springboks
Everything went wrong for Brazil in that game, and the only one to blame is the "coach" named Zagallo. For years, the team showed that our defense was a shame! OK, we had Ronaldo, Romario, Rivaldo and others. But we saw in that France tournament in 97 that it could be not enough when the time to play the world cup arrived. Aside that part, Zagallo choose to let Juninho and Romario out of the tournament for reasons that nobody knows until this day. Not to mention the decision to put Ronaldo in the game since the beggining in the final match. The guy had problems that day, almost died, nobody gave a damn to that match after that. And in the field, the players were more concerned about what would happen to Ronaldo that to the game itself. I'm not denying France's effort, or saying that they only won because of Ronaldo mysterious ill state. They could had won even if nothing weird happened. But the whole world is sure that it wouldn't be by a 3-0 score, with Brazil unable to hold the Ball for more that 5 seconds...
Injury was an excuse for the press from stupid old stubborn Zagallo. When Brazil played Denmark on that World Cup, Romário was already playing again for his Club in the Brazilian League, fact
He coached the greatest World Cup team(1970 Brazil). You can't just disrespect him like that.
A SAD 😭 MOMENT FOR BRAZIL.
I feel for them
Not as sad as 7 x 1 my friend
France deserved that World Cup tbh. Brazil deserved it in 2002 and they got it but France deserved theirs.
Ronaldo Delima was born in Sep1976. WC France 98: June --> July.1998 so he was around 21 years old. He was the biggest start of universal Lookt at the 21 y old boys are playing now and compare to him!
The only current 21 yo you can compare to him are Haaland and Mbappe (when he was 21)
Regardless of whether France were unstoppable, we have to agree that it COULD have been very different had the Ronaldo incident not happened. I can fully understand how it affected the Brazil squad - when life is at stake, football is no longer the priority. But I'm sure the best part of the story is how Ronaldo bounced back 4 years later in Korea-Japan. Il Fenomeno =D
What went wrong for Brazil at France 98? the answer is simple, leaving Romario was the wrong, because if Romario was there in that night that game could have another face.
Do all of you believe this video? He wasn't just sick. He had a seizure as well.
They were playing against the rich country and the host, Brazil never played like the previous games before the final one
What excuse will they have for 2014 and 2018?
2014 was cursed and on 2018 they got hazard
France won that day definitely not because of Ronaldo's sickness. If you look closely at all the games of Brazil on that championship, you would clearly see it, that the weakest link of Brazilian team was an awfully bad defence in the air. Most of the goals that Taffarel missed were headshots. That's why France tried their best to play as much corners as possible: long bow->headshot->Zidane scores... twice! True dat, Ronaldo wasn't fit enough, but even if he was, it wouldn't make the Brazilian defenders to jump anyhow.
Brazil was all shaken by the events of that day
It's documented that on the team bus on the way to the game there was no singing and music like normal.. Everyone was deathly silent and worried about their teammate
And they were gifted the first corner very conveniently by roberto carlos.
If Brazil lost their head before the match then they weren't that strong after all. Very physical and technical team but weak in spirit. They deserved the loss, true champions keep their head up.
fuckin' hostile but at the same time it's impossible to postpone the final for Ronaldo, Brazil could have retain it,France barely survive then Brazil in the ko stages, if Romario was in that tournament they could have easily retain it anyway
Djokaef creative midfielder ❤
Well it was sad that Ronaldo was not well but still Zidane was on another class but still if ronaldo was on form it would have been a very exciting game between 2 of the best in there best form Ronaldo and Zidane also if ronaldo was on form I say the score would have been 3-2 France or 3-3 and Brazil on pens
Bartez, Thurman, Desailly, Le Boeuf, Lizarazu: one of the greatest defensive units ever, even without their defence captain. Yes Zidane, Petit and Deschamps in midfield and what about Henry?
Djorkaeff
So what went wrong with France in 2002 world cup specially the opening game!?
Senegal 🇸🇳
Pretty much the same thing. France lost Zidane just before the beginning of the tournament and lost confidence, juts like Brazil lost confidence when they lost Ronaldo. I mean, Ronaldo was in the pitch, but he wasn"t really there, as everybody knows.
Champion curse
France would get the same consecutive win denial 24 years later.
Fun fact: before the 2022 final, some of the French players got hit by virus (a few cases of flu-like symptoms)
Brazil had hard semifinal with overtime against holand, it cost some energy...
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It’s plain and simple - they choked. Even so, France would’ve worked harder in training and their gameplans probably turned out right
Brazil had a such an easy path to final. France was the deserved winner. Brazil lost one of their group match while France won all 3. France knocked out 2 quality teams (Italy and Croatia) to final while Brazil beat only a quality Netherlands team. If Brazil thought Ronaldo was not fit after being in the game, they could have subbed 15 minutes into the game. Stop trying to blame it on one guy. Soccer is played with 11 players. France deserved it. In my opinion the Netherlands team was even better than Brazil, and they should have been in the final instead of Brazil. Nevertheless, Brazil is a soccer powerhouse even to this day. No team wants to face them in the world cup.
In 1998 , even if i was marked as a traitor , i rooted for Netherlands ( i'm italian ) well, we all know that baggio almost got france, and after seeing a brazil without Romario dominating my beloved dutch team ( one of the strongest in fifa history in my opinion ) i realized how brazil was devastating, and probably would have won that world cup. The " almost gol " that Ronaldo missed after a 60 meters run makes me understand how a single player could single handedly drag a team on a whole different level , even if the team is already great ( Maradona 1986, Baggio and Romario 1994 ) and then in the final he was just disappeared. The france would have probably won anywais, as they did this year ( i rooted for belgium from the beginning btw, but france was superior , plain and simple) but i think Brazil would have make it at least a little less easy with a Ronaldo like the one we saw in the previous matches. I mean, at the time i was 11, i used to know pretty well ronaldo and also Zizou, both player was in serie a , but watching the final made my 11 years old brain thought that something was seriously going wrong with Ronaldo, all the match for me was really awkard to watch because it almost seemed that brazil was playing in 10 and Ronaldo wasn't even in the field. The last drop was the image of the poor Ronaldo struggling not to fall down the stairs when he was going out the Airplane , that was truly sad .
Frace won cos Croatia had played 2 extra times before the final. Croatians were titans.
Nothing, Brazil got Zidaned! Simple!
that french team was full of superstars, youngesters only know one name zidane and think he did all the work
Answer: Nike
you are right ..
oh yes.
Nike told Ronaldo: Just do it
César Cabrera Nike has nothing to with it
Jurij Fedorov uym
Even as a Frenchie to me the most impressive team back then was Holland, not sure if we would've won against them
The only time Brazil won against a competitive fixture against France was once in 1958. Let that sink in!
Who's more successful?
The only thing which would be different if Ronaldo was fit is that Brazil wouldn't have an excuse for the lose... like 2006
in 2006 Ronaldo was Fat.
Romario Bebeto Fat, but fit. No physiological problems. Playing condition will not cause worry among teammates, but a player's overall wellness will, especially if the player was a beloved teammate like Ronaldo.