London: Mexico won their first football Olympic gold medalon Saturday, stunning Brazil 2-1, thanks to Oribe Peralta’s double strike.
Peralta struck after just 30 seconds and the Mexican striker sealed one of the all-time great Olympic upsets when he scored again late in the second half.
Brazil once again failed to end their long wait for a first football gold medal.
Brazil, bronze medallists in Beijing in 2008, lost in the Olympic final in 1984 and 1988 and their failure to win gold has rankled with such a proud football nation for decades, AFP reported.
Meanwhile, South Korea beat rivals Japan 2-0 in the bronze medal match to claim the country’s first Olympic football medal.
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