Brazil vs Germany Highlight

Brazil vs Germany Highlight

From the bowels of the Maracana a loud and terrifying noise went up: a guttural, feral roar that seemed to swallow the stadium whole. The Brazilian players sank to their knees, almost too physically tired and too emotionally drained to celebrate. Brazil, a country that regards football as its birthright, were Olympic football champions for the first time in their history.It took until day 16 for these Olympic Games to find their voice. Or at least their Brazilian voice, as almost 80,000 fans present and many millions more in the suburbs and favelas of the world’s fifth largest country exhaled a cry of exultation, of gratitude, but especially of relief. Of the 306 gold medals on offer, this was the one they craved above all others. After two hours of nerve-shredding grief and a penalty shoot-out of the shrillest tension, it was finally in their grasp.