Olympics-Soccer-Malcom grabs golden glory for Brazil


  • Football
  • Saturday, 07 Aug 2021

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Soccer Football - Men - Gold medal match - Brazil v Spain - International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan - August 7, 2021. Players of Brazil celebrate winning the gold medal after the match. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

YOKOHAMA (Reuters) -Brazil retained their 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 from Antony and got the better of Jesus Vallejo before driving the winner into the far corner in the 108th minute to ensure Brazil repeated their Rio 2016 triumph.

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