Olympics: Germany Ends Dream Team’s Hope For Gold
Nigeria’s hopes of winning gold at the men’s football event of the Rio Olympics were dashed on Wednesday night as they suffered a 2-0 defeat semi-final to Germany at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Captain Max Meyer opened the scoring for the Europeans in the 9th minute, after latching home a clever pass from Serge Gnabry that exposed the Nigerian defence.
Substitute Niels Petersen grabbed the second goal in the 88th minute to seal victory for the Germans and ultimately end Nigeria’s dream of re-living the Atlanta 96’ feat.
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Nigeria won gold at the 1996 Olympics with a 3-2 victory over Argentina, before winning silver in 2008, falling 1-0 to Argentina in the final.
The result means the Germans will play Brazil in the final on Saturday at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil earlier defeated Honduras 6-0 in the first semi-final clash to secure a place in the final.
The Dream Team will play Honduras in the third place match on Saturday as the two countries will slug it
