BRAZIL WAS THE WORLD CUP WINNER OF 1994. EVRYONE HAD HOPE THAT EVEN THIS TIME BRAZIL WOULD WIN THE WORLD CUP BECAUSE THEY HAD GREAT PLAYERS LIKE RONALDO, RIVALDO, ROBERTO CARLOS, DENILSON, AND ALL OTHERS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO QUALIFY FOR THE WORLD CUP BECAUSE THEY WON THE WORLD CUP LAST TIME.

IN THIS TIME IT WASN'T HARD TO QUALIFY FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF THE WORLD CUP. BUT AMAZINGLY THEY LOST WITH NORWAY IN THE FIRST ROUND. BUT THEY STILL QUALIFIED BECAUSE THEY WON THE OTHER TWO TEAMS. BY LOSING A GAME IN THE FIRST ROUND MIGHT HAVE DECREASED THE PLAYER'S CONFIDENCE. IN THE SECOND ROUND THEY HAD TO PLAY WITH CHILE WHICH WAS ONE OF THE VERY GOOD TEAMS IN THIS WORLD CUP. BUT FOR BRAZIL IT WASN'T TOO HARD TO WIN CHILE.

SO AFTER WINING CHILE BRAZIL HEADED TOWARDS THE QUARTER FINALS. AFTER WINNING THE QUARTER FINALS THEY HEADED TOWARD THE SEMI FINALS. IN THE SEMIFINALS THEY PLAYED VERY WELL WITH HOLLAND AND THEY WON THEM IN THE PENALTY KICKS. SO BRAZIL THEN HEADED TOWARDS THE FINAL WITH FRANCE. NOW PROBABLY THE PLAYER'S SELF-CONFIDENCE MIGHT HAVE INCREASED.

JUST BEFORE THE DAY OF THE MATCH THEIR GREAT PLAYER RONALDO HAD PROBLEMS WITH HIS LEG BUT HE STILL PLAYED THE MATCH BUT UNFORTUNATELY LOST TO FRANCE WITH A SCORE OF 0-3. THIS WAS PROBABLY THE WORST MOMENT FOR THE PLAYERS OF BRAZIL WHO HAD WON THE WORLD CUP LAST TIME AND THIS TIME THEY LOST SO EASILY IN THE FINALS. THEY LOST THE WORLD CUP OF 1998 AND THEY HAD THE SECOND PLACE IN THE WORLD CUP.