RIO OLYMPICS MEN FOOTBALL FINAL: BRAZIL DEFEAT GERMANY 5-4 ON PENALTY SHOOTOUT TO EARN GOLD //....
Brazil 1-1 Germany (5-4 pens): Neymar the penalty shootout hero as hosts win Olympic gold
Barcelona superstar Neymar put Brazil ahead, only for Max Meyer to haul Germany level as the final went down to the wire
Neymar was the hero as Brazil won a first-ever Olympic football gold after a dramatic penalty shootout.
Barcelona superstar Neymar put the hosts ahead in stunning fashion with a 25-yard free-kick before the break.
However, Germany hauled themselves level in the second-half when Schalke's Max Meyer fired home into the bottom corner.
Neither side could find a winner in normal time as the game went into the added 30.
Nils Petersen saw his spot kick saved leaving Neymar to sweep home to spark stunning scenes of celebration.
Neymar was the hero as Brazil won a first-ever Olympic football gold after a dramatic penalty shootout.
Barcelona superstar Neymar put the hosts ahead in stunning fashion with a 25-yard free-kick before the break.
However, Germany hauled themselves level in the second-half when Schalke's Max Meyer fired home into the bottom corner.
Neither side could find a winner in normal time as the game went into the added 30.
Nils Petersen saw his spot kick saved leaving Neymar to sweep home to spark stunning scenes of celebration.
Olympic football may be a sideshow for most but it has been the main event for the millions of Brazilians that, throughout the competition, have crammed around TVs and filled stadiums at an Olympics when tickets have proved hard to shift.
The forward's stunning effort saw the home side boast the lead after a first half in which Germany hit the crossbar three times, with captain Max Meyer eventually levelling within 15 minutes of the restart - the first goal the hosts have conceded at these Games.
The scores remained level as extra-time came and went, but Die Mannschaft would not secure silverware at the ground that witnessed both their 2014 World Cup triumph and women's gold the previous day.
Instead, Nils Petersen's saved penalty allowed Neymar to end the five-time World Cup winners' long quest for men's football gold, bringing relief to a country whose complexities and problems have been reflected at times by their Olympics.
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