See the 2002 FIFA World Cup (qualification) article for a detailed description of the qualifications. Two European Cup Winners' Cups followed in 1979 and 1982. The 1980s were mixed for Barça. South Africa and Paraguay battled for second place in the group: the mutual duel ended in 2-2. South Africa needed a draw against Spain to progress, coming back from behind twice, but eventually trailing 3–2 in the 56th minute. Spain won its first game at a World Cup for the first time since 1950, beating Slovenia 3-1. However, during a friendly against South Korea, Zidane was injured to such an extent that he had to miss the start of the World Cup. Because the need was high, Zinedine Zidane was deployed, albeit heavily taped. Compared to the previous World Cup, Europe's seats fell from three to two, South America retained its title and Asia now had one seat in the semi-final. The tournament was won by Brazil, who defeated Germany 2-0 in the final to clinch the world title for the fifth time. Senegal and Uruguay had to decide which country would reach the eighth finals next to Denmark, Uruguay had to win.
France now had to beat Denmark 2-0 to reach the next round, France won 3-0 at the European Championship. The solid Danish team won 2-1 against Uruguay and drew 1-1 against Senegal, Jon Dahl Tomasson scored all the goals. Senegal took a 3-0 lead before the break, partly due to an easily given penalty kick and a goal tending to offside. The Dutch referee Jan Wegereef again gave an easily given penalty kick to Uruguay in the final phase, Álvaro Recoba converted the penalty kick. The fourth official (sometimes referred to as the fourth referee) in football assists in the administrative actions before, during and after the match, as determined by the referee. The referee gave a penalty kick, which was used by Rivaldo. The highest number of spectators in the Luigi Ferraris was reached on February 27, 1949 during a match between Italy and Portugal. Italy and Spain, two favorites defeated by South Korea, protested against a number of what they considered wrong decisions in favor of South Korea, such as the controversial red card of Totti (Italy) and the wrongly disallowed goals of these two countries. Very surprising is the team of South Korea.
China qualified for the World Cup for the first time and FIFA accommodated Chinese supporters by allowing China to play in South Korea. China · Cyprus · China AFC Winner Final Group B October 7, 2001 1st 1 N/A Ecuador CONMEBOL Nr. 2 CONMEBOL 14 November 2001 1st 1 N/A Slovenia UEFA Play-off winner 14 November 2001 1st 1 N/A He made his national team debut on 13 November when goals from Arturo Vidal and James Rodríguez drew Chile 1-1. Switzerland (on June 28, 2021) National team is eliminated. In June 2014, Barzagli was included in Italy's squad for its first FIFA World Cup. Later in his career he also played for Savona, Pistoiese and Sporting Lucchese. Fernando Torres scored the only goal in the 63rd minute, after Inter had seen Nicolás Burdisso leave the field after a second yellow card shortly before. In the second game against Uruguay, France quickly lost Thierry Henry, who was sent off after a charge. In the second half, France had many opportunities, but the team did not get further than a shot from Thierry Henry on the crossbar.
The team did not get further than a shot from Emmanuel Petit on the crossbar and qualification for the eighth finals was at risk. Brazil had had a turbulent World Cup qualification with six defeats and three national coaches, but it did have Ronaldo back, the star player having been out of action for more than two years due to injury. At that time, Paraguay was 0-1 behind against Slovenia, partly due to an early red card from Carlos Peredes and an error of judgment by goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert. Then things started to turn for Paraguay and they won 3-1, the last goal came in the 84th minute. Paraguay qualified for the eighth finals. In the ultimate final phase, Uruguay missed a free header chance, Senegal escaped and qualified for the round of 16. For the first time in history, the football World Cup is being organized by two countries, namely Japan and South Korea, and also for the first time this is not on the European or American continent, but in Asia. Brazil wins by two goals against Ronaldo, and is world champion.