Soccer: Brazil get World Cup boost

Luizao scored the only goal of the game as Brazil gave their World Cup hopes a boost with a victory over Yugoslavia in Rio de Janeiro.

Luizao scored the only goal of the game as Brazil gave their World Cup hopes a boost with a victory over Yugoslavia in Rio de Janeiro.

But the biggest cheer of the night from the 57,000 fans was for the return of superstar striker Ronaldo, who started his first international for two years.

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