Saturday, August 20, 2016

Brazil soccer gold will be the memory Rio never forgets (Reuters)

2016 Rio Olympics - Soccer - Victory Ceremony - Men's Football Tournament Victory Ceremony - Maracana - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 20/08/2016. Neymar (BRA) of Brazil (2nd R) and teammates pose with their gold medals during the medal ceremony. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

By Stephen Eisenhammer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - In Brazil it will be the Olympic moment everyone remembers. It will be Weverton, an almost unknown goalkeeper in Brazil who was selected at the 11th hour, diving to his left to stop a penalty from Germany's Nils Petersen, a save that helped win Brazil's first Olympic soccer gold. It might also be the moment that changed Brazil's relationship with the Games and the way it will be remembered.


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