After its Wednesday semi-finals 1-0 victory over Turkey, the Brazilian national soccer team earned the right to play its seventh World Cup final, in Korea-Japan 2002.
Of the 16 disputed world cups, Brazil has won four and Germany three, but have never played each other in a final.
The team coached by Luiz Felipe Scolari seeks its fifth championship and the Germans to match the four-championship mark of the Brazilians.
Brazil's hegemony is threatened by the Germans and the fact the next World Cup will be disputed in Germany.
The force of the two national teams is proven. Brazil disputed the finals of 1950, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 1998 and won four of them (1958, 1962, 1970 and 1994).
On the other hand, the Germans have reached the final in nine occasions: 1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986 and 1990 and won three of them (1954, 1974 and 1990).
For the first time, Brazil will dispute its third World Cup final in a row.
In United States 1994, it won the championship through a victory over the Italians.
Four years later, in France 1998, the Brazilians lost against the French. This defeat was dramatized by the convulsions suffered by Ronaldo.
According to sports analysts, the Korea-Japan 2002 World Cup is a landmark in world soccer.
|
