Team Brazil athletes celebrate during their gold medal ceremony following their win in the gold medal match against Team Spain in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Nissan Stadium.
Brazil retained its Olympic football title with substitute Malcom scoring an extra-time winner in a 2-1 victory over Spain in the men's gold medal match on Saturday.
After the game ended 1-1 in normal time, Malcom raced onto a diagonal ball and got the better of Jesus Vallejo before driving the winner into the far corner in the 108th minute to ensure Brazil repeated its Rio 2016 triumph.
"This was the most important goal of my life," a beaming Malcom told reporters, "It is such a unique moment."
Dani Alves, Brazil's 38-year-old captain, who had led the team as an over-age player in a bid to win a major global tournament with his country, collapsed to his knees at the final whistle and buried his face in his hands.
"My captain, Dani, he's unbelievable, he helps everyone. He lifts us up. He's unbelievable, I don't have words for him," Brazil's other goal scorer Matheus Cunha said.
The Brazilian players made up for the absence of fans in the 65,000 Yokohama stadium by going through the full repertoire of celebratory songs after the final whistle.
Source: (Reuters)
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