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France Does It Again

No one, not even the French fans, dreamed that France will knock Brazil out on a quarterfinals match, but they did! Germany 2006 brings us a new world champion now that Brazil is out of the tournament. Brazil showed less than impressive performance and the very enthusiastic France sent the South Americans home with the final scored at 1 ? 0.

Brazil wasn`t themselves during World Cup 2006. They played against Australia, Japan, Ghana and Croatia, beating all of them, but Brazil`s first real challenge was on Saturday when they met the former world champion France. Brazil`s weak performance throughout the tournament was enough to get them this far, but it was clearly not enough to match France.

France opened Germany 2006 in a very weak note, and at some point it was expected that they wouldn`t even make it to the second stage, but France showed that they are still a soccer powerhouse. The last time France beat Brazil was 8 years ago during World Cup 1998 that was held in France. Both teams met at the final and France was victorious 3 ? 0.