Five
times world champion the overwhelming favourites Brazil once
again failed to pick the gold in Olympics football, they yielded to Mexico by
1-2 margin, Oribe Peralta scored twice in either half of the match. The
Olympics once again denied the best footballing nation once again. Mexico stunned
the crowd at Wembley to pick their first gold in Olympics football. After 1984 &
1988 another final loose for Brazil in Olympics football.
Mexico
deserved to be the winner at Wembley they got their first goal just after the
kick off following a poor defending of Brazilian defender Rafael, Oribe Peralta
of Mexico scored the fastest goal of the Olympics history in the 29th
seconds of the match, he scored once again in the 75th minute & secure the
gold for his side, there was another desperate attempt by Brazilian No. 12
Hulk, but he could score one goal in the dying moments of the game & minimize
the deficit only.
The
most of the match was dominated by the solid defenders of Mexico which forced
Neymar complete off color in the match & few faults like school boys in
Brazilian defence made the situation easier for the Mexican side. It can be
said Brazilian side is never known for their defence but there was a visible
lack of penetration in their attacking third also.
Questions
will arise regarding the poor tactics of the Brazilian coach Mano Menzes why he
did not start with Hulk & Alexandro Pato from the beginning minutes ? In the
other hand Mexican coach Luis Fernando Tina showed supremacy of composing his
defenceline from the beginning, its time for Brazilian Football Federation to
think about Mano Menzes regarding the upcoming 2014 World Cup 2014 in their
homesoil.