France 3–0 Brazil and Ronaldo’s Lost Afternoon

OTD E0254 — 12 Jul 1998: France win their first World Cup, beating defending champions Brazil 3–0 at the Stade de France. This episode traces France’s long road from 1938, 1958 and Euro 84 to Aimé Jacquet’s 1998 team, Brazil’s reigning champions and Ronaldo the Phenomenon, both teams’ dramatic routes to the final, the shocking team-sheet confusion after Ronaldo’s pre-match medical episode, Zidane’s two headers, Petit’s stoppage-time goal, and how the night shaped France, Brazil and Ronaldo’s redemption in 2002.Ideas: [email protected]