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    Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8
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    Brazil defended their Olympic men's football title following a dramatic extra-time victory over Spain at the Nissan Stadium.

    Substitute Malcom raced in behind and slotted home the winner after 108 minutes to hand Brazil the gold medal.

    Five years ago, Neymar scored the winning penalty as Brazil beat Germany to win their first gold on home soil.

    Mikel Oyarzabal's volley for Spain had ruled out Matheus Cunha's opener in the second half of normal time.

    In an enthralling contest between two of football's biggest heavyweights, Everton forward Richarlison missed a penalty and hit the crossbar.

    Spain substitute Bryan Gil also hit the woodwork with a stunning long range strike a minute before extra time.

    Brazil were competing in their third successive gold medal match at the Games - following on from the gold they won in Rio and a silver picked up in London 2012.

    The 1992 champions Spain were tipped for gold before the tournament started as they had a squad laden with players who featured in this summer's European Championship.

    Among them were Barcelona's Pedri and Eric Garcia, Villarreal's Pau Torres and Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Unai Simon.

    The Spaniards struggled to hit top form, despite grinding their way into the final, and did not show enough quality to snatch gold from Brazil.

    Line-ups

    Brazil

    Formation 4-2-3-1

    • 1Melo dos Santos Neto
    • 13Alves da Silva
    • 15Mota Filho
    • 3Santos Silva
    • 6Arana LopesBooked at 20mins
    • 5Douglas LuizBooked at 89mins
    • 8Guimarães Rodriguez Moura
    • 11dos Santos

      Substituted forVinicius Meninoat 112'minutes

    • 9Santos Carneiro Da CunhaBooked at 65mins

      Substituted forMalcomat 90'minutes

    • 20Rodrigues Parisi Leonel

      Substituted forCarvalhoat 105'minutes

    • 10RicharlisonBooked at 31mins

      Substituted forSampaio Filhoat 114'minutes

    Substitutes

    • 2Vinicius Menino
    • 4Queiroz de Alencastro Graça
    • 7Sampaio Filho
    • 12Oliveira Fraga Costa
    • 17Malcom
    • 18de Souza
    • 19Carvalho

    Spain

    Formation 4-3-3

    • 1Simón
    • 18Gil

      Substituted forVallejoat 90'minutes

    • 12GarcíaBooked at 27mins
    • 4Torres
    • 3Cucurella

      Substituted forMirandaat 90'minutes

    • 8Merino

      Substituted forSolerat 45'minutes

    • 6Zubimendi

      Substituted forMoncayolaat 112'minutes

    • 16González
    • 7Asensio

      Substituted forGilat 45'minutesBooked at 105mins

    • 11Oyarzabal

      Substituted forMirat 104'minutes

    • 19Olmo

    Substitutes

    • 5Vallejo
    • 9Mir
    • 13Fernández
    • 14Soler
    • 15Moncayola
    • 20Miranda
    • 21Gil
    Referee:
    Chris Beath

    Match Stats

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    1. Match ends, Brazil U23 2, Spain U23 1.

    2. Second Half Extra Time ends, Brazil U23 2, Spain U23 1.

    3. Offside, Spain U23. Carlos Soler tries a through ball, but Rafa Mir is caught offside.

    4. Substitution, Brazil U23. Paulinho replaces Richarlison.

    5. Attempt missed. Bruno Guimarães (Brazil U23) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Reinier.

    6. Attempt blocked. Dani Olmo (Spain U23) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

    7. Substitution, Brazil U23. Gabriel Menino replaces Antony.

    8. Substitution, Spain U23. Jon Moncayola replaces Martín Zubimendi.

    9. Goal! Brazil U23 2, Spain U23 1. Malcom (Brazil U23) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top right corner. Assisted by Antony following a fast break.

    10. Corner, Spain U23. Conceded by Nino.

    11. Foul by Juan Miranda (Spain U23).

    12. Antony (Brazil U23) wins a free kick on the right wing.

    13. Foul by Rafa Mir (Spain U23).

    14. Douglas Luiz (Brazil U23) wins a free kick on the left wing.

    15. Second Half Extra Time begins Brazil U23 1, Spain U23 1.

    16. Substitution, Brazil U23. Reinier replaces Claudinho.

    17. First Half Extra Time ends, Brazil U23 1, Spain U23 1.

    18. Bryan Gil (Spain U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    19. Foul by Bryan Gil (Spain U23).

    20. Malcom (Brazil U23) wins a free kick on the left wing.

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