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CNN Sunday Morning

Brazil Wins World Cup Final

Aired June 30, 2002 - 09:09   ET

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: In the World Cup final, Brazil wins after a scoreless first half, Brazil scored twice in the second to shut out Germany, and then players, half of them anyway, and fans went crazy, both in Japan and in Brazil.

CNNs Alessio Vinci is in Berlin, and Harris Whitbeck is in Rio de Janeiro. No doubt both of them are partying.

Hi guys.

HARRIS WHITBECK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi Kyra, this is one tough assignment I have here on the beach of Copacabana in downtown Rio de Janeiro.

Fans have gone absolutely crazy. They were a little bit nervous in the first half and after Rinaldo, the star of the Brazilian soccer team, scored not once but twice. The mood just changed dramatically. People have been singing, dancing, jumping up and down. Several samba schools had been on standby ready to take to the streets and start parading, dancing and playing. The traditional drums and music here.

This party is going to last a long time. I can guarantee that people are very happy, singing a traditional song where they express their love for Brazil and their pride in their country and in their soccer team.

This is the fifth time that Brazil has become the world soccer champion and people here say it's the company's birth right. Soccer is the national past time here. People are very, very proud; very, very happy. Not the same mood, I'm afraid, in Berlin where CNN's Alessio Vinci has that story -- Alessio.

ALESSIO VINCI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Harris, well, you can imagine the scene here in Berlin, in downtown Berlin, in Potomac (ph) Square, quite different from what you are witnessing there in Brazil. And indeed, throughout Germany there is a sadness, there is, of course, disappointment for this missed opportunity.

However no desperation among German supporters who they knew that the Brazilian team was a stronger team. Although many of the German supporters and the German officials here had put all of their hopes in Oliver Kahn, the star German goalkeeper, and indeed it was tragically because of a mistake by the German goalkeeper, that Rinaldo, the Brazilian striker, managed to score at the first goal, and eventually led Brazil to this victory.

You may hear still the crowd behind me, mainly because there are still a group of -- a small group of Brazilian supporters who are still celebrating here in downtown Berlin, in Potomac (ph) Plaza.

The Germans also managed to still wave some of their flags. There is a lot of camaraderie here between the two opposing factions. The Germans are mainly are very happy with the way this whole World Cup went. They were not the favorite ones, they were happy their that team brought them all the way to the final. They knew that Brazil was hard to beat. They also know that -- many will host the next edition of -- be among the favorite. Back to you, Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right, Harris Whitbeck and Alessio Vinci, with the World Cup final results, Brazil wins.

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