With the 1998 World Cup Final looming, the stage seemed set for Ronaldo – the world’s best player, the most complete striker in world football – to score the goals to confirm his status and inspire Brazil to a record-breaking fifth title. Instead, a zombified Ronaldo wandered ineffectually through the match as France ran out 3-0 winners. Ronaldo hadn’t been named on the original team sheet and then his name appeared on a second team sheet. Behind the scenes, there had been chaos and carnage in the Brazil camp. The chaoticbuild-up would become the subject of heated claim, counter-claim and conspiracy theories, leading all the way to parliamentary inquiries in Brazil.
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