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Up-to-the-Second Score: Brazil 2, England 1 - FINAL FULLTIME MATCH REPORT
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90 +3' - Brazil advances to the semifinals with a 2-1 win, maintaining its unbeaten record against England at the World Cup. It will play Senegal or Turkey. England is going home. |
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90 +2' - Rivaldo wins a freekick in England's half, eating up the clock. |
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89' - Butt wins a header from Beckham's corner but it's over the bar. Four minutes of stoppage time. |
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87' - Scholes loses ball with England pressing forward. Brazil has the chance to break but it chooses to retain possession, forcing England back. |
85' - Mills tangles with Roberto Carlos on Brazilian left. Ferdinand booked for dissent. |
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84' - Scholes runs at Brazilian defense. He goes down on edge of box but the referee waves play on. |
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81' - Heskey wins another freekick on right. This time Beckham's delivery falls loose at back of box and cleared by Brazil. |
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81' - Beckham swings in a freekick from right. Scholes sends the ball back in from a clearance but Marcos claims. |
79' - Sheringham replaces Cole as England goes to three at the back. |
78' - Vassell replaces Owen, who has been carrying an injury. England has an advanced throw on right but thrower Mills called for offside on return pass. |
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76' - Scholes and Mills combine to send Beckham into the box, but he's well marked and can't work an opening. |
74' - Scholes booked for foul on Rivaldo. |
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73' - Mills turns well and shoots from right of box, winning a corner from a deflection. Campbell is called for pushing as he jumps at far post. |
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72' - Rivaldo hurt in collision with Campbell. Butt puts ball out so the Brazilian can receive treatment. |
69' - Edilson replaces Ronaldo. |
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66' - Ronaldo wins a freekick wide right of box. Roberto Carlos steps up but he hits the wall. |
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64' - Beckham swings in a corner. Rivaldo is hurt volleying the ball away. |
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62' - Scholes plays in Beckham, he tangles with Roberto Carlos and goes down in area but no penalty. |
56' - Straight red card for Ronaldinho for a stamp at Mills followed by a raised arm in the face in a 50-50 challenge. A harsh decision by the Mexican referee -- it looked accidental. Brazil is down to 10 men. |
55' - Dyer replaces Sinclair on England's left. |
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54' - The ball falls to Cole but he drags his shot and Brazil clears. |
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53' - Mills crosses to Heskey who beats his man to shoot but Lucio clears for a corner. That finally finds Scholes who wins a freekick off Roberto Carlos to right of box. |
48' - GOAL TO BRAZIL! Ronaldinho deceives Seaman with a chipped ball to back post. The England goalkeeper was advancing in anticipation of a cross and it drops over his head just underneath the crossbar. |
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48' - Scholes fouls Kleberson 40 yards out on right. |
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47' - Kleberson plays in Cafu on right but he's marginally offside. |
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46' - Heskey wins a freekick on right edge of Brazilian box. Beckham curls it in, Owen wins a header but he can't direct it anywhere near goal. |
45' - Brazil kicks off second half. Brazil has never lost to England at the World Cup and has won the World Cup whenever it has beaten England en route to the final. |
| Second Half |
45 +4' - Mexican referee Felipe Ramos Rizo brings half to a close. Rivaldo's late equalizer cancels out Michael Owen's opener. Brazil 1, England 1. |
45 +2' - GOAL TO BRAZIL! Rivaldo side foots past Seaman into far corner from left of box after Ronaldinho had opened up defense with a run from deep inside England's half. Rivaldo maintains his record of scoring in every game. |
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45' - Four minutes to be added to half. |
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42' - Seaman makes a good catch after Roberto Carlos' shot is deflected high in the air, with Rivaldo lurking underneath. But Seaman falls awkwardly and looks hurt. The England physio is on and Seaman is back on his feet but walking slowly. |
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39' - Mills' sharp defending denies Ronaldo a shooting chance from a deflected shot after he elects to take an extra touch inside England box. |
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38' - Heskey, running down right, turns in a low cross to front post, Marcos falls on it. |
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37' - Kleberson strikes one from range but it hits Campbell. England's midfield seems to be winning the battle in the center. |
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31' - Roberto Carlos smashes in an audacious shot from wide on the left, but it's wide of the near post. |
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30' - Heskey's header from penalty spot just drifts over crossbar after Marcos, expecting a knockdown to Owen, had been wrongfooted. |
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27' - Beckham fires a half volley over the bar after Heskey's header down set up his shot from outside area. |
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24' - Beckham has been carried off for treatment. But he's quickly back on the pitch. |
22' - GOAL TO ENGLAND! Owen pounces on loose control by Lucio after a short ball in from Heskey and lifts the ball calmly past Marcos into the net. |
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21' - Cole gets a cross in from byline on left but comfortably handled by Marcos underneath the crossbar. |
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18' - Rivaldo sets up Ronaldo to shoot from edge of the box. He tries a side-footed shot but it's straight at Seaman.
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18' - Ronaldo runs at England defense, using Rivaldo as a decoy. But Campbell reads the danger brilliantly to intercept. |
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16' - Rivaldo slides in late on Mills. He's perhaps lucky to escape a yellow card. After a long spell of Brazilian domination England has pushed play forward into the South Americans' half.
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14' - Seaman flaps at the cross and misses. Fortunately for England Campbell's head deflects it away from danger. |
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13' - Roberto Carlos' fierce strike deflects off wall for a corner. That's headed behind by Ferdinand for a corner on left.
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12' - Scholes is late on Ronaldinho, conceding a freekick 40 yards out to right of goal. |
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9' - A great pass from one wing to the other from Roberto Carlos to Cafu but the Roma man can't control it. Already wingback Cafu has twice been the furthest Brazilian forward.
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7' - Ronaldinho gets away from Cole and passes to Rivaldo on left. His shot deflects away off Mills and England wins possession. |
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5' - Rivaldo makes Brazil's first effort on goal after dropping deep to collect the ball from Edmilson. But it's a weak and wide shot from too far out to pose problems for GK Seaman. But Brazil is starting to control possession in England's half.
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3' - Roque Junior concedes a freekick wide right on Owen. Beckham swings it into the box but Heskey's header is straight at Marcos. |
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1' - England wins an immediate corner on left. GK Marcos punches it away.
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1' - England kicks off in Shizuoka, Japan. It's the first World Cup meeting between the two former champions since 1970. |
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Kickoff at 2:30 a.m. EDT; 6:30 a.m. GMT. Winner goes to the semifinals to face Senegal or Turkey; loser goes home. Brazil has brought in Kleberson to boost its midfield. Michael Owen is fit to lead England's attack. Brazil is in blue, England in white. (All references to "right" and "left" are from the perspective of the attacking team, unless otherwise noted.)
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