Mexico beat Brazil at Wembley to secure their first Gold medal of the 2012 London Olympic games. It was the Mexicans third straight win at Wembley with Oribe Peralta scoring a double for them which moved his tally up to four goals in the tournament. Hulk scored in reply for the Brazilians which turned out only to be a consolation for the South Americans.
Mexico kicked off, and in 30 seconds, it was 1-0. Manchester United's Rafael lost possesion and the ball fell to Peralta, who cooly slotted the ball past Gabriel's near post. After the goal, the game turned scrappy and both teams were making mistakes. This frustrated Brazil's head coach, Mano Menezes, who made a substitution on the 32nd minute mark, bringing on Hulk for Alex Sandro. The only good chance in the first Half fell to Chelsea's new signing Oscar, but he could only hit a shot into Jose Corona's gloves. Brazils wonder kid, Neymar, looked bright but he was wasteful in his play.
Brazil started the second half better with a Neymar shot from 25 yards which just went over the bar. Neymar missed a golden chance for Brazil when he leaned back and scooped the ball over the bar when he should of scored. This moment really summed up his day. Down the other end, another golden chance came and went, as Fabian went 1 vs 1 with Gabriel. Fabian tried going around the goalkeeper but the Brazilian held him up. The chance looked to be gone but Fabian tried an over head kick, which unluckily hit the bar. The game started to get more interesting, and in the 75th minute, it was 2-0. Fabian whipped in a Free Kick from the right, which found the unmarked Oribe Peralta who headed it in for his second of the game. It was very poor marking by the Brazilians, who were poor for most of the game. In the 90th minute, Mexico lost their concentration and Brazils best player on the day, Hulk, ran through and slotted it past the Mexican keeper Corona. Then, unbelievably, the best chance of the game came in added time when Hulk whipped the ball in which found the unmarked Oscar at the near post, but he could only head the ball over the bar, incredible miss! Oscar didnt impress at Wembley and Chelsea fans will be hoping this was just a one off.
Full time score : Brazil 1-2 Mexico
Scorers : Hulk, Peralta (2)
Referee : Mark Clattenburg
Attendence : 86162
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