Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari responded by taking off Ronaldinho, a clearly tiring Ronaldo and Juninho.
Ten minutes from time and the Turkish fans were in celebratory mood, looking forward to a famous draw in their first World Cup game for 48 years.
But they were celebrating too soon. A foul on the left saw Carlos give substitute Luizao a chance, before Carlos followed up and blazed wide.
Then came the sickener for Turkey.
After a poor clearance from Recbar, Luziao again picked up the ball and charged toward goal. He was clearly pulled back but made a meal of it and went down in the box.
The offender, Alpay Ozalan, was given his marching orders and Rivaldo stepped up to the plate.
With three minutes of time left, Rivaldo skipped three times and slotted the ball the right-hand corner, just past a diving Recbar.
There was time enough for Sas to score, but his weak header was easily collected by Marcos.The game descended into farce in extra time when Hakan Unsul was sent off for stupidly kicking the ball at Rivaldo, who went down clutching his head as though he had been poleaxed.
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