It’s gold that only matters

RIO DE JANEIRO. — Brazil won the entire Olympics — or so it felt for fans dancing in the streets after Neymar fired the winning penalty for football gold. Drivers of cars and trucks hooted and crowds in countless bars across the city screamed in a Saturday night delight.

At one open air bar along Rio’s iconic Copacabana seafront, every man, woman and child leapt from their seats, hugging, pouring beer and, because this is Brazil, dancing samba between the tables and on the sidewalk.

“The champions are back, the champions are back!” they chanted.

Even after two weeks of hosting South America’s first Olympics, nothing could compare for Brazilians to winning their first Olympic football title. — AFP.

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