Total recall / Day 17

Bookings: Brazil: Leonardo 45, Cafu 90; Chile: Fuentes 36, Tapia 45.

90 minutes in a nutshell: The first 10 minutes suggested a shock was not out of the question, but how they deceived. Once the deadlock was broken, Brazil rode roughshod over a Chilean team who didn8217;t play badly but were powerless to prevent what was happening to them. Clinical in the first period, exciting in the second, the world champions bounced back from defeat to send a chilling message to the pretenders to their throne.

Boy done good: Roberto Carlos created havoc whenever he got the ball. If he wasn8217;t leathering it dangerously towards goal, he was beating opponents willy-nilly with pace and control. His may not have been the most accomplished of several outstanding Brazilian performances, but it was the most exciting.

Two left feet: Rivaldo embarked on a run from box to box, casually taking out the wholeChilean team on the way. He passed to Junior Baiano who had time to set the seal on a move which would have been remembered for all time. The ball clanked between his hoofs and the beauty of the preceding run was sullied forever.

Magic moment: Rivaldo8217;s run.

Mr Sitter: Brazil could have had a hatful, so there8217;s a nice selection to pick from. When Bebeto ruined Roberto Carlos8217; good work by letting the ball run under his foot with only the keeper to beat, he set the precedent for Brazil8217;s second-half profligacy.

Shiver the timbers: Ronaldo smashed Nelson Tapia8217;s left-and post with a superb drive and watched in agony as the ball ran along the face of the goal.Turning point: Cesar Sampaio8217;s 11th-minute header made sure that there would be no shock result. Before that, Brazil8217;s edgy display suggested that there would be a closer game than the one we subsequently got.

Ref-er-ee! Monsieur Batta did well not to send off Tapia when he dragged Ronaldo down for Brazil8217;s penalty. Tapia wouldn8217;t have deserved itand, anyway, it kept the score in hand.

Terrace talk: Brazil: quot;Look, we don8217;t care how well you8217;ve played, just win it.quot;

Chile: quot;Hello? Hello? Does anyone remember us? We were out on the pitch, too8230;quot; Pre-Quarter Final: Italy 1 Norway 0

Goals: Italy: Vieri 18.

Bookings: Italy: Moriero 38, Di Biagio 83, Maldini 90;

Norway: H Flo 35, Mykland 54, Rekdal 63.

90 minutes in a nutshell: Italy played no better and no worse than the Norwegians, but two deciding rubbers went their way. Christian Vieri beat off a challenge from Dan Eggen to coolly roll the ball inside the left-hand post and Pagliuca denied Tore Andre Flo8217;s superb header. Cesare Maldini, the World Cup8217;s oldest playboy, goes through to the quarters, while his counterpart Egil Olsen, the tournament8217;s highest-profile communist, goes home.

Boy done good: Luigi Di Biagio strode around the centre circle dictating play. And, it8217;s unlikely that the ball Di Biagio fed to Vieri for the goal will be bettered this summer.

Two left feet: Flocaused Italy no end of trouble down the right wing and forced Pagliuca into making a wonder save with a second-half header. But when set free during the second half with just one to beat, he stood still on the spot until a posse of Italian defenders came along and took the ball away from him, making sure to do it quietly so as not to awake the poor dear.

Magic moment: The impressive Eggen chipped a ball over the Italian back line to Erik Mykland who immediately whipped his cross back into the box. Flo rose majestically to power a header down but Pagliuca scooped the ball off the line with one-hand, a save as important to Italy as Vieri8217;s goal. Top football all round.

Mr Sitter: A perfect in-swinging Stig Bjornebye corner evaded every Italian body, falling towards Henning Berg who was unmarked on the far post with an open net a yard away from him. It skittered off his head for a corner.

Turning point: Pagliuca8217;s save 8212; scooping it off the line with one hand 8212; 20 minutes from time. Thereafter Norway8217;schallenge began to fade.

Ref-er-ee! Francesco Moriero took down a high ball whilst in space near the halfway line, instantly creating a two-on-one counter-attack which would have probably ended in a goal. Unluckily for the Inter midfielder, Mr Heynemann saw a Norwegian defender in the same half of the field so sublime skill was rewarded with a booking for a high challenge.

Terrace talk: Italy: quot;Sorry, Egil, but some teams are more equal than others.quot;

Norway: quot;Why can8217;t we play Brazil every match?quot;