Olympic Soccer Men's Final 2016: Live Results, Analysis for Brazil vs. Germany

And to think that a week-and-a-half ago, it looked so helpless for the hostingBrazilans. After slogging through scoreless draws against South Africa and Iraq in the group stage, Brazil have scored 12 goals in their last three games, including a 6-0 drubbing of Honduras in the semifinal. Still yet, to allow a goal in the tournament, the Verde-Amarela will face the upstart Germans with gold medals on the line.Germany, meanwhile, are the tournament's highest-scoring team with 21 goals scored in five games. Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry leads the way with six of those goals, and will look to do more damage against the stout Brazilian defense.Many will remember the last time these two nations met: the infamous 7-1 manhandling the Germans gave the host country in the 2014 World Cup at Belo Horizonte. But outside of Brazil and Barcelona superstar Neymar, no players on either team were part of the regular lineups for those sides. Neymar also missed that game with an injury.It will truly be a clean slate on Saturday for the two teams that have no doubt been the tournament's most impressive.Can Germany continue its assault on international football, adding a gold medal to go with its World Cup crown (additionally, the German women defeated Sweden 2-1 to win gold on Friday)' Or will the Little Canaries finally be able to give the host nation and its fans the glory that was denied them at the World Cup'Coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. ET, and we'll be with you from start to finish with the live action.
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