Sunday, August 7, 2016

Soccer: Mexico's Gutierrez scores four in Fiji rout (Reuters)

2016 Rio Olympics - Soccer - Preliminary - Men's First Round - Group C Fiji v Mexico - Fonte Nova Stadium - Salvador, Brazil - 07/08/2016. Erick Gutierrez (MEX) of Mexico reacts after his second half goal against Fiji. REUTERS/Fernando Donasci

By Andrew Downie RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Fiji got their first goal in a major soccer finals on Sunday but Mexican striker Erick Gutierrez got four to give the holders a 5-1 win on a day that Portugal struggled to beat Honduras and Germany shared the points in a thrilling game with South Korea. Fiji, who have never made a World Cup finals and are competing in their first Olympics, looked to have recovered from Thursday's 8-0 drubbing by South Korea when Roy Krishna put them ahead in the 11th minute.


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