Brazil get 1st win at the olympics & make last 8 as Argentina, South Africa & Mexico Bow Out

Brazil reached the quarter-finals of Olympics men’s football with an impressive 4-0 win against Denmark.

Gabriel Barbosa got the first with a scrappy finish before new Manchester City signing Gabriel Jesus volleyed in.

Luan then finished off a fine team move before Barbosa’s deflected strike ensured Brazil went through as Group A winners.

However, Argentina and London 2012 champions Mexico failed join them in the last eight.

Argentina finished third in Group D after they were held to a 1-1 draw byHonduras, while Mexico were beaten 1-0 by South Korea.

Brazil will play Colombia in the last eight, while Denmark still go through despite the defeat after a 1-1 draw between South Africa and Iraq meant they finished second in the group.

Germany finished the group stage in dominant fashion as they beat Fiji 10-0.

Freiburg forward Nils Petersen hit five goals, Schalke midfielder Max Meyler grabbed a hat-trick and Arsenal’s Serge Gnabry scored twice as Germany finished second in Group C to set up a last-eight match with Portugal.

The Portuguese finished top of Group D after drawing 1-1 with Algeria in Belo Horizonte.

Colombia progressed after beating Group B winners Nigeria 2-0. That result ended Japan’s hopes of going through as they finished third in the group, despite beating Sweden 1-0.

Quarter-finals: Brazil v Colombia; Portugal v Germany; South Korea v Honduras; Nigeria v Denmark

Written by David Kugonza