Day -37 WorldCup2018
As unfathomable was the thought that Turkey could have beaten Brazil to
reach the 2002 World Cup final so was it also unthinkable that the
other surprise semifinalists, South Korea, could have beaten Germany.
The most unlikely semifinal lineups ever did in the end produce a
heavyweight final.
It could have been Oliver Kahn's final, the
best goalkeeper in the world at the time and a saviour (saver?) for the
Germans many times in this tournament. But in the
end it was Ronaldo's final, with a little help from an uncharacteristic
Kahn error. And the whole of the neutral football world probably gave
Ronaldo a mental standing ovation. For what he had been through since
1998 it was a beautiful moment to see him not back to his best (his
serious knee injuries may have slowed him down) but back to being a
winner. Who could begrudge him this moment, his moment?
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