Ronaldinho’s red card expulsion breaks up Brazil’s three-musketeer attack team for next Wednesdays semifinal match. With today’s victory, superstitious Brazilians can cite the fact that each time Brazil beat England in World Cup play, in 1958, 1962 and 1970, Brazil went on to win the tournament. Today’s match pitted what may have been the tournament’s best defense, England’s, against the best offense, Brazil’s. Until meeting the Brazilians today, the English had only allowed one goal in four games.
If today’s stadium is any indication, more and more Japanese fans, adrift since their knockout loss on Tuesday, are migrating to the yellow, blue and green colors of the Brazilians. About one quarter million Brazilians, largely of Japanese descent, live in Japan, the third largest foreign group, after Koreans and Chinese. Gilberto Silva, a Brazilian midfielder, said today: ”Brazil are not here on holiday. We showed we can win.”
June 22, 2002. By James Brooke(Shizuoka)
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