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...legacies to live up to?like their victorious PelE-inspired side of 1970. The 2002 team won all their first-round, Group C matches and then defeated Belgium, England and Turkey to make the final. Even when they played poorly, they prevailed. Their three "Rs"?Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Rivaldo?provided the World Cup with breathtaking and controversial moments...
...them combined for one of the best goals of the tournament in Brazil's quarter-final match against England?a scintillating Ronaldinho run, finished off by a showpiece Rivaldo left-footed flick. (Earlier in the tournament Rivaldo provided the tournament's most distasteful piece of gamesmanship when he feigned a face injury from a ball struck by Turkey's Hakan Unsal that had hit him on the leg. The Turk was sent off for a second yellow card offense?an incident that earned Rivaldo heavy criticism and a not-so-heavy fine...
BEST GOAL Rivaldo's opener in the second-round encounter with Belgium was a stunning example of perfect footwork. The Brazilian No. 10 positioned himself at the edge of the 18-yard box for a looping cross from Ronaldinho on the right. His back to goal, Rivaldo received the ball on his chest, let it drop, trapped it with his right foot, swiveled like Baryshnikov and smacked it with his left, past a diving goalkeeper. It was a feat of pure Brazilian magic. Honorable Mention: Senegalese Papa Bouba Diop's scrambling game-winner against France in the opening match...
...WORST DIVE Italy's Francesco Totti's extra-time tumble in the South Korean penalty area earned him a yellow card?his second of the game?and expulsion. Dishonorable Mention: Rivaldo's shameful theatrics in Brazil's first game against Turkey...
...them combined for one of the best goals of the tournament in Brazil's quarter-final match against England - a scintillating Ronaldinho run, finished off by a showpiece Rivaldo left-footed flick. (Earlier in the tournament Rivaldo provided the tournament's most distasteful piece of gamesmanship when he feigned a face injury from a ball struck by Turkey's Hakan Unsal that had hit him on the leg. The Turk was sent off for a second yellow card offense - an incident that earned Rivaldo heavy criticism and a not-so-heavy fine...