Ronaldinho - Olympics 2016
Today is the day, the Olympic Finals. Its the surprising matchup between four time finalist Brazil and first finalist Iraq.
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Today match will be the Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho or famously known as Maracanã and it will feature a majority of the Brazil fans. Brazil ended up in the finals after a very difficult path as they had to go through Germany and Argentina. Iraq had a amazing run as they finish 2nd in their group and went through Ivory Coast and Australia.
Of Course since Brazil is hosting the Games, the fans are at the street celebrating
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and the fans are at the stadium waiting for their nation to play.
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Here are the lineup for both teams:
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Our squad features virtually the same starting lineup that was played throughout the Olympics. The only different is that Fabinho was not able to play due to suspension for number of yellow cards. Our team will heavily depend on Neymar and Oscar to lead the team. Thiago Silva will be the leader in the back four.
As the officials go to the middle, they signal both goalies to see if they are ready. Brazil will start the game.
*TWEET*
1st minute: Gabriel starts the game by passing to Oscar. Oscar moves back to Doria and he plays it first time to Malcom. He runs up and finds Barbosa open. Barbosa crosses the ball in the Iraq area, Mohammed Jabbar misses the header and the ball lands to Neymar. He first time to the open Oscar and shoot....
SAVED BY MOHAMMED HAMEED!!! Ronaldinho cannot believe that he did not score that.
7th minute: Corner for Brazil. Neymar sets up and kicks it. Talisca jumps over Zerjawi and heads it to the net...
MISSES THE NET!!!
14th minute: Jorge has the ball and sprints pass Zerjawi and crosses the ball in the box. The ball manages to find Malcom and he heads it...
JUST GOES BY WIDE!!!
15th minute: Malcom gets the ball and passes to Oscar. He looks up and finds Neymar open. Neymar passes the ball through the left wing and Jorge collects it. Jorge crosses the ball to Malcom. He tries to kick it with his right foot...
MISSES THE NET!!!
19th minute: Freekick for Brazil after Osama Rashid fouled Oscar. Neymar takes the freekick and taps it right to Thiago Silva. He shoots....
BLOCKED BY SHERKO KAREEM!!! The ball goes to Malcom who takes a long shot...
SAVED BY MOHAMMED HAMEED!!!
29th minute: Oscar took the ball passed Ali Adnan and gave the ball to Marquinhos. He goes up and crosses to the box. Neymar heads it...
SAVED BY MOHAMMED HAMEED!!! Ronaldinho cannot believe that his team is missing all of these opportunities.
31st minute: Throw-in for Brazil. Thiago Silva throws it to Gabriel Barbosa. He hits a 30 yard ball to the left for Talisca and he volleys...
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!! What a strike by the Brazilian youngster. After chances and chances, Brazil finally gets the goal. Ronaldinho is running down the pitch with his arms in the air with joy.
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32nd minute: Iraq kicks off.
41st minute: Ali Adnan clears the ball but Marquinhos picks up the loose ball. He finds Talisca open and passes to him. Talisca waits for Jorge to flank him and passes up to him. Jorge immediately makes a low cross to the near post. Oscar picks up but can't find a space to move forward so he passes down to Talisca. Talisca finds Gabriel Barbosa with a low pass into the area. Barbosa beats the defender and finds open space. He shoots...
HE SCORES!!! What a play by the Brazilian team as they make it 2-0. Ronaldinho is very but very happy at the moment.
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42nd minute: Iraq kicks off
45th + 2 minute: Referee ends the first half.
Brazil is dominating the game with the two goal advantage. Iraq will need a miracle if they want to win gold. Brazil only need 45 more minutes to win their first ever gold medal.
The officials are back in the field and Iraq will start the 2nd half. Iraq will do two subs with Vladimir Khamees replaces Ali Qasim and Dhurgham Ismail replaces Osama Rahid.
*TWEET*
48th minute: Freekick for Iraq after Talisca upended Mahdi Kamel. Dhurgham Ismail takes the freekick and plays it inside the Brazilian area. Amjad Radhi got up to head it...
JUST GOES BY WIDE!!!
50th minute: Yellow card for Sezer Yalcin after tripping Gabriel Barbosa.
52nd minute: Dhurgham Ismail passes to Ali Faez. He laid it forward to first time to Ali Adnan. He run and plays a pin point pass to Dhurgham Ismail. He hits a speculative long range shot...
SAVED BY JEAN!!! Iraq with two good chance early in the half.
57th minute: Zerjawi heads to clear the ball. Humam Tariq gets the ball and plays it forward to to Amjad Radhi and starts a counter attack. He plays the ball to the right up to Sherko Kareem. Kareem leaves the ball to Mahdi Kamel. He shoot the ball from the edge of the box...
JUST OVER THE BAR!!! Iraq with another chance. They are putting the pressure on Brazil.
59th minute: Brazil makes some movement. Thiago Maia comes off, Danilo goes in.
62nd minute: Iraq makes changes. Mahdi Kamel comes off and gives it to Mahmoed.
68th minute: Thiago Silva and Sherko Kareem chased after the ball. Silva wins it and manages to outpace Kareem to pass the ball to Neymar. Neymar and Gabriel Barbosa exchanges passes. Neymar reclaim the ball, surges pass Zerjawi and crosses the ball to the area. Oscar jumps and heads...
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! Oscar makes it 3-0 for Brazil. They are so close in winning their first gold medal. Ronaldinho is jumping up in the air.
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72nd minute: Brazil make a sub. Kenedy replaces Malcom.
85th minute: Brazil makes their final switch. Jorge leaves for Douglas Santos.
90th + 3 minute: The fans are cheering and Ronaldinho cannot hold his excitement. He wants the referee to end the game. Brazil is holding the ball in the middle of the pitch, passing to to each other trying to waste time.
*TWEET* GAME IS OVER! BRAZIL WIN GOLD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR STORIED HISTORY! RONALDINHO MADE IT POSSIBLE!
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Final
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