Trouble, confusion and conspiracy: What really happened in the 1998 World Cup final?

Brazil lost 3-0 to France's hosts in the July 12th 1998 final.

After 34 goals scored for a season for the Inter Milan team, including a Cup final U n EFA. Ronaldo was 21 years old at the time.

Fans, reporters and commentators including John Motson of the BBC were shocked with the news 72 minutes before the start of the final match.

Ronaldo was widely predicted to be the best attacker in the world who had left Fiorentine Edmundo in reserve.

Brazil's players still did not appear before fights after rumors claiming that Ronaldo suffered from a thigh injury and a stomach disorder.

Mottson said “I've never seen anything like it in my career. The scenes in the commentators' chambers were in complete chaos”.

Despite concerns, Ronaldo played his 90 minutes in full.

Ronaldo's biggest involvement in the game was the clash with French goalkeeper Fabienne Barthez.

Only after Brazil's friend, Ronaldo decided to take a nap.

But he was disturbed by sudden movements in his body, caused by a non-volunteer muscle contradiction.

Ronaldo had talked about “Four Four FourTawo” “decided to rest after lunch, and the last thing I remembered was to go to bed. After that, I had concessions. I was surrounded by players and later by Dr. Lidio Toledo. They didn't really tell me what I had”.

I asked if they could leave because I wanted to sleep. Leonardo then asked me if I was able to take a walk in the hotel garden where we were staying and explained the entire situation”.

Ronaldo claims he has rejected Brazilian coach Mario Zagalo's decision to rest in the 1998 final against France.

All medical examinations did not say it was an abnormal”, Ronaldo explained. “After that we went to the stadium with a message from Zagalo saying you won't play. I had the test results on my hand with Dr. Toledo giving me the green light. I met Zagallo in the stadium and said: “I'm fine. I'm not feeling any pain. Here's the test results, they're fine. I want to play”.

The giant business company Nike is accused of having strongly influenced Ronaldo from the first minute.

According to former Brazilian attacker Edmundo, Nike, who was Brazil's main partner and Ronaldo, who had great influence on the staff of the Brazilian team.

Nike's “People were present 24 hours a day, and they could have influenced technical staff”, Edmundo said.

The investigation into the sponsorship of the 270 million-year-old sports giant caused claims that Nike had forced Ronaldon to play despite his injury, said “DailyMail”, the Periscope broadcast.

Another theory says that Brazil had sold the 1998 World Cup final.

On the other hand, Jorge Kayur proposed another theory, perhaps Ronaldo deliberately injected his knee.

Either way, four years later, Brazil will win the World Cup that took place in South Korea and Japan, defeating Germany by 2-0./Periscopi/