About this episode

The episode explores the mysterious circumstances surrounding Ronaldo's performance in the 1998 World Cup Final.

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. The Brazilian National Anthem is from https://nationalanthems.info/ ‘Pavane Op 50’ is by Abydos_Music from https://pixabay.com/music/solo-piano-pavane-op-50-gabriel-faure-350779/ All other music is from the YouTube Audio Library X @MatthewOkot @WorldCupRamble Subscribe to World Cup Rambling on your podcast platform.

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Okot

Topics covered

• 1998 World Cup
• Ronaldo
• Brazil
• France
• soccer history
• conspiracy theories

Keywords

• Ronaldo
• 1998 World Cup
• Brazil
• France
• soccer
• team sheet
• conspiracy theories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brazil National Anthem, France

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