Brazil beat Germany after penalty shoot-out in men's football to win Olympic gold

Football
By Reuters | Aug 21, 2016
Neymar hands Brazil football gold medal

Neymar delivered Brazil's first Olympic men's football gold medal on Saturday with the winning penalty in a 5-4 shootout victory over Germany after the sides had drawn 1-1 after extra-time in a thrilling game at the Maracana stadium.

Brazil's talisman and danger man is the obvious threat and he is well watched here by Bender (left) and his team-mate

Neymar had put Brazil ahead with a superb free kick after 27 minutes but Germany captain Maximilian Meyer got an equaliser after an hour to take the game into the extra period.

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