It will be Brazil-Germany for the gold medal in men's soccer on Saturday at the Rio Olympics, the matchup everyone wanted, a rematch (of sorts) of the Brazil-Germany semifinal at the 2014 World Cup.
Neymar led Brazil, which has never won the gold medal in men's soccer, with the first and last goals in a 6-0 victory over Honduras at Rio's Maracana Stadium. Neymar's first goal
came after only 15 seconds, the fastest goal in Olympic history.
Gabriel Jesus scored two goals in the first half and
Marquinhos and
Luan scored in the second half as
Brazil raised its haul to 11 goals in the last three games after opening the Olympics with a pair of scoreless draws.
Germany defeated Nigeria, 2-0, on goals by
Lukas Klostermann
and
Nils Petersen.
Men's Soccer Schedule:
SEMIFINALS
Aug. 17 in Sao Paulo
Germany vs. Nigeria
Aug. 17 in Rio de Janeiro
Brazil vs.
Honduras
BRONZE-MEDAL GAME
Aug. 20 in Belo Horizonte
Game 5 loser vs. Game 6 loser
GOLD-MEDAL GAME
Aug. 20 in Rio
de Janeiro
Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner
Men's Soccer
Results: QUARTERFINALS
Aug. 13 in Brasilia
Germany 4 Portugal 0.
Aug. 13 in Salvador
Nigeria 2 Denmark 0.
Aug. 13 in Belo Horizonte
Honduras 1 South Korea 0.
Aug. 13 in Sao Paulo
Brazil 2 Colombia 0.
GROUP A
Aug. 4 in Brasilia Iraq 0 Denmark 0.
Aug. 4 in Brasilia Brazil 0 South Africa 0.
Aug. 7 in Brasilia Denmark 1
South Africa 0.
Aug. 7 in Brasilia Brazil 0 Iraq 0.
Aug. 10 in Salvador Denmark vs. Brazil
Aug. 10 in Sao Paulo South Africa vs. Iraq
Standings
PTS TEAM W-T-L +/- 5 Brazil 1-2-0 4/0
4 Denmark 1-1-1 1/4
3 Iraq 0-3-0 1/1
2 South Africa 0-2-1 1/2
GROUP B
Aug. 4 in Manaus Sweden 2 Colombia 2.
Aug. 4 in Manaus Nigeria 5 Japan 4.
Aug. 7 in Manaus Nigeria 1 Sweden 0.
Aug. 7 in Manaus Japan 2 Colombia 2.
Aug. 10 in Salvador Japan 1 Sweden 0
Aug. 10 in Sao Paulo Colombia 2 Nigeria 0
Standings
PTS TEAM W-T-L +/-
6 Nigeria 2-0-1 6/6
5 Colombia 1-2-0 6/4
4 Japan 1-1-1 6/6
1 Sweden 0-1-2 2/4
GROUP C
Aug. 4 in Salvador South Korea 8 Fiji
0
Aug. 4 in Salvador Mexico 2 Germany 2.
Aug. 7 in Salvador Mexico 5 Fiji 1
Aug. 7 in Salvador Germany 3 South Korea 3
Aug. 10 in Belo
Horizonte Germany 10 Fiji 1
Aug. 10 in Brasilia South Korea 1 Mexico 0
Standings
PTS TEAM W-T-L +/-
7 South Korea 2-1-0 12/3
5
Germany 1-2-0 15/5
4 Mexico 1-1-1 7/4
0 Fiji 0-0-3 1/23
GROUP D Aug. 4 in Rio de Janeiro Honduras 3 Algeria 2.
Aug. 4 in Rio de
Janeiro Portugal 2 Argentina 0.
Aug. 7 in Rio de Janeiro Portugal 2 Honduras 1.
Aug. 7 in Rio de Janeiro Argentina 2 Algeria 1.
Aug. 10 in
Brasilia Argentina 1 Honduras 1
Aug. 10 in Belo Horizonte Algeria 1 Portugal 1
Standings
PTS TEAM W-T-L +/-
7 Portugal 2-1-0
5/2
4 Honduras 1-1-1 5/5
4 Argentina 1-1-1 3/4
1 Algeria 0-1-2 4/6
It would be bad if the Germans beat Brazil right?
It could happen the Germans are not Honduras.