(FIFAworldcup.com, Quoted)
Ronaldo's two second-half goals gave Brazil their fifth FIFA World Cup championship and firmly put the ghosts of the France 98 final to rest. It was a hard-fought and equally played match befitting a clash of world football's biggest titans, but Ronaldo had the touch of greatness that separated the two teams in Yokohama, Japan.
Ronaldo also lifts the Golden Boot with eight goals in the finals, three more than his next closest competitors, Rivaldo and Miroslav Klose. Both countries offered opposing but no less effective styles as each hit the woodwork once and created a fair number of chances apiece. The first-ever confrontation between the two teams was an entertaining and dramatic end to the Asian FIFA World Cup.
