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<span class="vitstoryheadline">Ronaldinho says his ejection undeserved</span>
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<span class="vitstorydate">06/22/2002</span>
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<span class="vitstorybyline">From Staff and Wire Reports</span>
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    Brazil's Ronaldinho was ejected for a tackle on Danny Mills just outside 
    the English penalty area. He stepped on Mills' foot, and referee Felipe 
    Ramos of Mexico ruled intent to injure.

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      &quot;Everyone on the pitch &#8211; even the English player who took the foul &#8211; 
      said it wasn't deserving of a red card,&quot; Ronaldinho said.
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      But playing 10 on 11, Brazil's defense, often a weak spot, was 
      impenetrable. Goalkeeper Marcos barely touched the ball in the final 20 
      minutes.
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      &quot;They are better than us at keeping the ball and I think that was the 
      difference,&quot; England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said.
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      <i>Associated Press</i>
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      <b>English keeper also roamed too far in '95 </b>
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    SHIZUOKA, Japan &#8211; The winning goal in Brazil's 2-1 victory over England in 
    the quarterfinals came on a 35-yard free kick from Ronaldinho that caught 
    goalkeeper David Seaman off his line. It wasn't the first time that 
    happened.

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      Seaman gave up a similar goal in the 1995 European Cup Winners' Cup 
      final.
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      Against Real Zaragoza in Paris, the Arsenal goalkeeper was caught off 
      his line and beaten by a 50-yard lob by the Spanish team's midfielder 
      Nayim. The goal came in the dying seconds of overtime, sending Arsenal 
      to a 2-1 defeat.
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      The Brazilians may have remembered the incident. Ronaldinho said team 
      captain Cafu had told him that Seaman &quot;always plays up off his line.&quot;

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      <i>Associated Press</i>
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      <b>Has Reyna played his last game for U.S.? </b>
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    USLAN, South Korea &#8211; The loss to Germany on Friday might have been Claudio 
    Reyna's final game with the U.S. national team.

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      The U.S. captain, tired of repeated flights from Europe to World Cup 
      qualifiers overseas, isn't sure he wants to commit to another four years 
      of travel. Reyna, who will be 32 at the time of the 2006 tournament in 
      Germany, said he expects to decide &quot;in the next couple of months.&quot;

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      <i>Associated Press</i>
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      <b>U.S.-Germany climax gets bonus ABC coverage </b>
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    ABC provided some unexpected bonus coverage of the United States' loss to 
    Germany on Friday morning.

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      The network interrupted <i>Good Morning America </i>at 8 a.m. to pick up 
      the ESPN feed of the game.
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      Viewers who do not subscribe to cable were able to see the final minutes 
      of the 1-0 in the World Cup semifinal.
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      The network returned to <i>Good Morning America</i> at 8:22 a.m.
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      ABC will rebroadcast the game in its entirety on Saturday, beginning at 
      12:30 p.m.
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      <i>Barry Horn</i>
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