Olympics football competition sees Ivory Coast proceed to the quarterfinals, mostly thanks to a goalless draw with Brazil in the second round. Brazilians continue their path towards the medal, aiming for gold, given that they came with quite a roster.Germans are packing their suitcases and returning to their homeland after a disappointing performance at the Olympic football tournament.In the last round of Group D, Brazil defeated Saudi Arabia (3:1) and advanced to the quarterfinals, where they are joined the team of Ivory Coast, as the west Africans team remained undefeated against Germany (1:1) and retained the second position in their group.Brazil reached the victory against the tough Saudis only at the end of the match. And that is thanks to the best, and at the same time the most efficient player in Tokyo, Richarlison – Everton striker first scored two to add to his tally. In the first round, Richarlison scored three against the Germans, now two and was scoreless only against the Ivory Coast.In the elimination round, there will be no Germans, who paid the cost to a convincing defeat by Brazil at their tournament opener (2:4). After they expectedly defeated Saudi Arabia, they needed a victory over Ivory Coast, but they were not even close to it. Sturdy Africans allowed only a 1:1 draw.Group B sees South Korea (they defeated Honduras 6:0 in the last match of the group stage) and New Zealand (who remained undefeated against Romania which was enough) proceed to the elimination stage.
