In the end, it did come down to a very creative play for Brasil to seal the win against Germany: Rivaldo's marvelous move to let an incoming pass go through his legs to Ronaldo behind him fooled the German defenders long enough to let Ronaldo score.
World Cup 2002 is finally over; an incredible month of action that featured a courageous Irish team, tournament surprises Senegal, US, Korea and Turkey, a German goalie as tough as a wall and some beautiful attacking Brasilian football.
Personally World Cup also made me sick - not just once, but twice - as I was trying to stay up all night to watch the quarterfinals while travelling to New York for a week. Or maybe it was the Adidas "Got Fever?" ad line that got to me. Whatever the case I was burning with real fever on two separate days during my stay in the Big Apple.
It's time to go back to normal.
5:12:39 AM 
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