| Live Match Commentary |
Up-to-the-Second Score: Brazil 4, China 0 -- Final Match Report
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90'+3 - Final whistle. Brazil, with six points and a plus-five goal differential, appears headed to the second round. China (0-2) moves on to face Turkey on Thursday still in search of its first goal. |
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86' - China continues to attack in search of its first World Cup goal, but Brazil does well to maintain the clean sheet. |
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76' - Gilberto Silva's charging shot saved by Jiang Jin. |
75' - China's final substitution: Qu Bo in for Hao Haidong. |
72' - Edilson replaces Ronaldo as Brazil's final substitution. |
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71' - Ronaldo with two chances from near the penalty spot. Jiang Jin saves them both. |
71' - Ricardinho replaces Juninho for Brazil. |
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69' - Shao Jiayi rips a freekick to the near post, Marcos deflects it for a corner kick. |
69' - Roque Junior cautioned. |
66' - China sends in Shao Jiayi for Qi Hong. |
62' - Yang Pu replaces Ma Mingyu for China. |
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61' - Zhao Junzhe fires a shot from 18 yards off the far post. |
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60' - Moments after his scoring chance, Cafu is back in his own end putting a stop to a Chinese counterattack. |
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59' - Juninho springs Cafu in the box with a diagonal ball, but Cafu's touch around the charging Chinese goalkeeper rolls just out of reach before he can tap it into the open net. |
55' - Goal Brazil. Ronaldo slots home a cross by Cafu. Rivaldo started the scoring play with a perfectly-placed 50-yard pass to Cafu. |
46' - Second half kicks off. |
| Second Half |
Half - Edilson replaces Ronaldinho for Brazil. |
45'+2' - Halftime whistle the only thing that can stop the Brazilian attack. |
45' - Goal Brazil. Ronaldinho converts the penalty kick after Ronaldo is taken down by two defenders inside the box. |
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43' - Ronaldo header over the net off service from Ronaldinho. |
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37' - Ma Mingyu's dangerous shot is deflected for a corner kick. |
32' - Goal Brazil. Ronaldinho drops a short cross into the box, where Rivaldo one-times a shot into the open net from close range. |
24' - Ronaldinho booked for diving, despite having his shirt pulled by Du Wei just outside the penalty box. |
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20' - Cafu and Ronaldo on a two-on-one breakaway for Brazil. Cafu elects to shoot, and Jiang Jin makes the save. |
15' - Goal Brazil. Roberto Carlos bombs a freekick from outside the right corner of the box. Jiang Jin given little chance on the well-placed shot by the Brazilian winger. |
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13' - Brazil appears a bit surprised at the approach taken by Bora Milutinovic's Chinese squad, which has begun the match seeking to take its opportunities to attack rather than pack it in on defense. |
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9' - Juninho serves a bending cross that is caught by Jiang Jin. |
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4' - Du Wei's deflected shot easily saved by Marcos. |
1' - Match under way. |
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Kickoff at 7:30 a.m. EDT; 12:30 p.m. GMT |
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