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Olympic Match Report: Brazil vs Honduras 17 August 2016

Olympic Match Report: Brazil vs Honduras 17 August 2016

Neymar

Olympic semi-final

Result: Brazil 6-0 Honduras

Date: 17 August 2016

Venue: Estadio do Maracana

Neymar bagged two goals and three assists for Brazil, as they defeated Honduras 6-0 to advance to the Olympic Games final.

The hosts broke the deadlock inside the opening minute through Neymar, who managed to bundled home from close range.

Neymar was certainly a target man for the Hondurans, as they committed a number of fouls on the Barcelona superstar in the opening 20 minutes.

It was no surprised to see the tight marking on Neymar, as the Brazil captain was instrumental in his side's second goal in the 26th minute, as he thread a fine pass to Gabriel Jesus, who slotted home with an impressive finish.

Jesus got his second and Brazil's third after 36 minutes, as Neymar turned provider once again to play in the Manchester City forward, who smashed the ball into the roof of the net.

Brazil managed to added a fourth goal five minutes into the second half, as an un-marked Marquinhos slotted home from close range, after some poor marking by the Hondurans.

Honduras struggled to carve out openings throughout the clash, but the hosts bagged their fifth goal in the 79th minute when Neymar teed up Felipe Anderson for the easiest of tap-ins.

Neymar rounded off the scoring in the 90th minute, as the Barcelona forwarded netted his second goal from the penalty spot, after Luan was brought down in the box, 6-0.

 

 

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