In the 1998 World Cup Brazil was shocked by France 3-0.
Brazil worked its way through the round of 16 by defeating Chile, Denmark, and the Netherlands. Before the French team could advance to the championship game, they had to beat Paraguay, Italy, and Croatia.
The heavily favored Brazilians were defending the title they won in 1994, and were seeking their fourth World Cup title; having the won previous championships in 1958, 1962, and 1970. The French on the other hand, had never made it to the finals.
Zinedine Zidane broke the ice for the French with a header at the 27 minute mark. He scored on another header, three minutes before the end of the first half. At the 68 minute mark, the officials invited France’s Marcel Desailly to leave the game, but the French managed to keep Brazil off the scoreboard even though they had to play the last 22 minutes a man down.
The World Cup came back to France after 60 years. The tournament’s founding father Jules Rimet would have been proud to see his home country organize and later win what had become a monster event since his influential time way back in 1930.
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