Brazil is searching for an worldwide title with superstar Neymar as the main man. With the past failures in the past to secure a gold, the Brazilians are looking for a strong start against South Africa in today’s men’s soccer in the Rio Olympics.
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In the other Group A match in Brasilia, Iraq and Denmark also played to a scoreless draw, leaving all four teams tied.
Neymar is by far the biggest name taking part in the football competition and has been tasked with restoring pride to Brazilian football after a catastrophic 7-1 defeat to Germany on home soil at the 2014 World Cup.
In contrast to the vast swaths of empty stands across the six cities being used to host the men’s and women’s football tournaments on the opening two days, the hosts commanded a near-capacity 70,000 crowd.
Brazil vs South Africa soccer game kick off time is at 3:00 PM ET, TV Channel Schedule is on NBCSN and live streaming online is available through NBC Sports Live Extra. It would be stunning if South Africa can produce a competitive match against Brazil in today’s schedule.
But the little-known South Africans matched them until they had Mothobi Mvala sent off 10 minutes into the second half.
Moments later they were in trouble again at the other end of the field as Mothiba beat Weverton to a corner, but he couldn’t keep his header down and the home side once again survived.
“Barcelona striker Neymar had two of Brazil’s best chances, forcing keeper Itumeleng Khune to make diving saves to thwart two rasping drives from outside the box”.
However, South Africa resisted to add problems on the field for the hosts to a Games build-up already marred by doping scandals and fears surrounding the Zika virus. Surely, Neymar was one of the players in the past Olympics, and he wants to show forth that he can lead his team into a triumphant way.
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But the Manchester City-bound forward arrived a second too late to convert the chance.
