LONDON: The date is July 9, 2006, the venue Berlin’s luminous Olympiastadion, full to the rafters. Brazil and England are locked at 2-2 in the World Cup final with extra time looming.
Then, in the last gasps of stoppage time, the referee awards Brazil an outrageous penalty which they convert to retain their world crown despite furious protests from the English.
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