Neymar got his second goal of the match with a 92nd-minute penalty after Palacios fouled Luan.
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After changing over, defender Marquinhos struck the fourth goal off a flag-kick taken by Neymar in the 50th minute.
However, it was Manchester City s new 27 million pound ($36 million, 31 million euros) wonder kid Gabriel Jesus who piled on the pain for Honduras with two more goals before the break. With Chelsea’s John Obi Mikel leading the way, the junior Super Eagles will be hoping to become the first African Olympic football champions since Samuel Eto’o’s Cameroon won gold at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
Brazil reached the final after a sensational 6-0 win over Honduras on Wednesday, including Neymar’s fastest goal in the Olympic history.
Brazil will also have another shot at Germany, after being brutally beaten in the 2014 Federation Internationale de Football Association world cup, where the Germans humiliated the South American club in a 7-1 contest.
But Brazil know they have a Neymar in the mood, in his biggest game for his country since the World Cup quarter-final against Colombia two years ago. Not one player who took to the field in Belo Horizonte just over two years ago will play in the final.
The result means the Germans will play Brazil in the final on Saturday at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Neymar is the best or second best player (behind Lionel Messi of Argentina) in world football, so controlling him is not easy. He also added that: “We are mentally and emotionally ready to play at Maracana”.
Only the gold will be enough for a talented Brazilian team playing at home and considered the main title-favorite in a tournament played mostly with under-23 squads and very few stars.
“Today again his goal at the start did us a lot of good”.
That’s how long it took in a semifinal game for Brazil’s Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (better known as Neymar) to score, as it set the stage for the definitive 6-0 victory of Brazil over Honduras.
When asked how he would describe his captain’s ability, Brazil’s Olympic coach Micale said: ‘A monster! It has never won the gold. Nils Petersen grabbed his sixth goal of the tournament as he tied another German, Serge Gnabry, at the top of the scoring charts. The most famous Brazil win coming in the 2002 World Cup final.
“I still believe in Brazilian football and when you have a star like Neymar, you have to be grateful because he rings you to a higher level”.
The men’s national teams from Brazil and Germany will face off on Saturday in the final at the Rio Olympics.
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Chelsea ace Mikel came close to scoring a contender for goal-of-the-tournament after the half hour, but after turning two defenders, he saw his effort charged him down by another defender.
