ULSAN, South Korea — Rivaldo scored on a penalty kick in the closing moments, lifting Brazil to a 2-1 victory over Turkey.

        Rivaldo converted in the 87th minute as the four-time world champions rallied from a goal down. He rocketed his penalty kick into the right side of the net after the referee called Alpay Ozalan for pulling down Luizao. Ozalan, Turkey's back defender at the time, was ejected.

        Ronaldo, Brazil's other top attacker, connected in the 50th minute, deflecting Rivaldo's curling cross from the left side past Turkish keeper Rustu Receber.

        In other games Monday:

        • Mexico 1, Croatia 0, at Niigata, Japan — A penalty-kick goal by Cuauhtemoc Blanco in the 61st minute lifted Mexico.

        The penalty also resulted in the first red card of the tournament, for Croatia's Boris Zivkovic, who stuck out his right leg on the advancing Blanco while making no contact with the ball. Referee Lu Jun showed no hesitation in ejecting Zivkovic and pointing to the penalty spot.

        • Italy 2, Ecuador 0, at Sapporo, Japan — Christian Vieri scored two first-half goals to give three-time champion Italy a methodical victory over Ecuador.

        Vieri used his powerful left foot to redirect a cross from Francesco Totti in seventh minute. Twenty 20 minutes later, Vieri took control of a long pass and again beat Ecuador goalkeeper Jose Cevallos.

        ENGLAND: Captain David Beckham, coming off a broken left foot suffered in April, played only 60 minutes in England's 1-1 tie with Sweden on Sunday, and now there is concern how long he can go against tournament favorite Argentina.

        “Hopefully, he can play more on Friday,” England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said. “He did very well for 35-40 minutes, but he was tired after that. After not playing for eight weeks, it might be dangerous to play more. But there's no reaction, no problem.”

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