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Michel Platini admits 1998 World Cup draw was designed to make France vs Brazil final possible

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Former UEFA president and French legend Michel Platini says that the 1998 World Cup draw was designed so that the host nation didn't meet Brazil until the final.

France beat Brazil 3-0 in Paris 20 years ago, thanks to a brace from Zinedine Zidane and an Emmanuel Petit strike to lift the trophy for the very first time in front of an adoring home crowd.

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