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Neymer seals Olympic gold for Brazil

Brazil beat Germany 5-4 on penalties to clinch the Gold medal at the final of the 2016 Rio Olympics men’s football tournament, after the game finished 1-1 in extra time.Captain Neymar opened the scoring in the first half with a free-kick, but Max Meyer was able to equalise with a penalty right before the hour mark.Neither side was able to break the deadlock as the game went on into extra-time, with the clash proceeding to be decided via penalty shootout.And it came down to Neymar to net the winning spot kick, after Nils Petersen had his saved by Weverton.More to follow...