Mexico beat Brazil 2-1 to win the Gold Medal at the Olympics!!
By ram_cv
@ram_cv (16513)
India
August 11, 2012 10:55am CST
Mexico upset the applecart and beat Brazil 2-1 to win the Gold Medal at the Olympics. Peralta scored the two most important goals of his career to take Mexico to an unlikely gold medal. The Brazilian defense was really lackluster and there were gaping holes in the Brazilian defense which was exposed by Peralta. Hulk scored the consolation goal late in the game, but that was too little too late for Brazil who for the third time in Olympics end up with a silver.
Cheers!
Ram
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9 responses
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
11 Aug 12
i did not watch the game..
i did not watch the highlights too
so why the performance of Neymar, Lucas Moura, Oscar can`t support brazil team get gold medal?? any opinion from you, ram??
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
11 Aug 12
For a brief period at the end of first half and the start of the second half, Brazil played well as a team. During this period Neymar and Hulk seemed to be all over the Mexicans, but apart from that they were really lackluster. Mexico deserved to win this match.
Cheers!
Ram
@diezmara22 (818)
• Indonesia
12 Aug 12
This is a real bad dream for the third time Brazil because they get into the finals but they only take silver. This is a profound disappointment for Brazil are the favorites. I think the Brazil defender too mengggangap tidaka trivial and the concentration at the beginning of the game that resulted in broken 2 times their goal. It's ironic to brazil
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@sjlskl (3382)
• Singapore
13 Aug 12
And so, the Olympics gold medal continue to elude the Brazilian. As I have previously stated, thou Brazil is the overwhelming favourite, stranger things has happened before. Within seconds of the start, the strange thing happened and Brazil could not recover from it. So now, they will have to wait another four years. But first, the World Cup in 2014 which is to be held at their homeland.
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@moneywinner (1864)
• Brazil
12 Aug 12
That game was pathetic! If it's something good can come from this result is that maybe now Mano Menezes finally is fired from Brazil's team. The president of the CBF already don't like him, let's hope he changes the coach to maybe we have a chance to win the World Cup at home.
Of course he is not the only guilty for the silver medal, but first he is not even supposed to be the coach for this olympics, it should be Ney Franco. The selection of defense players was bad, ok Rafael had to be cut of the olympics, but have as goalkeeper reserve as Neto or Gabriel is the same thing as asking to lose. David Luiz should be one of the 3 players over 23 years. Either way, Neymar should show more (I'm not one of those fanatics that are blaming Neymar for this, he can't do everything alone..), Rafael should be out of the Brazil's team forever and I really hope this happens (he made two mistakes and then goes fight with Juan, we definitely don't need another stupid player as Felipe Melo), Sandro is the same thing but maybe he deserves another chance..
If Mano Menezes is not out of the Brazil's team..I see a bad future for Brazil in the World Cup!
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@moneywinner (1864)
• Brazil
12 Aug 12
Still nothing about the possible dismissal of Mano Menezes..probably because they have a friendly match this wednesday, if they lose again, I don't think he survive until the end of the week.
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@MIMO_Rulz_111 (2074)
• India
11 Aug 12
Once again Brazil fails to shine when most needed. Don't know what's with Brazilian football, they seem to win nothing these days.
@moneywinner (1864)
• Brazil
12 Aug 12
I don't think the problem is with their heads, they didn't forgot how to win, but we just need to face that we don't have best players in the world anymore..
In this olympics, the defense was bad since the first game and that was my fear in the final. The goalkeeper was probably the worst that ever represented Brazil's team and I really don't know what Mano could see in Sandro or Rafael..seriously, they are awful and they always will be! The only ones that can be on the world cup team is Thiago Silva and maybe Marcelo and Juan as reserves, the rest should go home and never more come back!
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@erricgunawan (611)
• Indonesia
12 Aug 12
Yeah, it's a little bit surprising, since everyone take on Brazil, I think.
But I like this, since I don't cheer for Brazil
Well anyway, the Brazillian is still a good team, since they can reach into the final, somehow.
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@microengineer (587)
• Indonesia
12 Aug 12
Congratulations for Mexico. May the best mentality and training win.
@jkct02 (2874)
• Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
11 Aug 12
"Something are just not meant to be"
This is the headline in our Malaysian newspaper when Lee Chong Wei, our badminton men's gold medal hope, lost again to Lin Dan of China for the second time in back-to-back Olympic finals, even though Lee Chong Wei had prepared well and was in fact needing only 2 more points to win the match.
Mexico 2 Brazil 1 - What a result for Mexico! I hope those young footballers will go on playing for their senior team and be a force in the World Cup in 2 years' time in where else but Brazil!
The samba boys will fight on in the next Olympic in their own home soil for the elusive gold medal.
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