Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Brazil 1, Croatia 0

The defending champs and prohibitive favorites finally took the field. And, while they showed some of their singular brilliance, it was by no means a dominant effort. Croatia looked dangerous, but just couldn't finish. Perhaps that's what separates the best teams from the merely really good. The Croats simply didn't have anyone who could match Kaka's rocket into the side netting. Ronaldinho was predictably awesome. Ronaldo was fat, slow, lazy and, other than one shot from distance that skyed over the crossbar, invisible (which is impressive given his girth).

Goal scorers:

Kaká (44'), Brazil (1-0)

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