{"id":367270,"date":"2024-02-12T00:58:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T01:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=367270"},"modified":"2024-02-12T20:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T20:03:00","slug":"reigning-gold-medallists-stunned-in-paris-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=367270","title":{"rendered":"Reigning gold medallists stunned in Paris qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brazil<\/a> will not defend its Olympic<\/a> men's football<\/a> title after losing 1-0 to its regional rival Argentina.<\/p>\n

In the decisive South American Olympic qualifier, Luciano Gondou scored the winner for the Argentina under-23 team coached by Javier Mascherano.<\/p>\n

He headed a cross from Valentin Barco past goalkeeper Mycael in the 78th minute at the Brigido Iriarte Stadium in Caracas.<\/p>\n

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Brazil won gold in men's football at the Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n

South America's Olympic qualifying for men's football offered two spots in Paris. Paraguay ended on the top of the table of the final group stage with seven points in three matches after its 2-0 win against host Venezuela.<\/p>\n

\"Brazil's<\/p>\n

The Paraguayan team, which didn't have star players like its two bigger continental rivals, also beat Brazil to secure its spot for France.<\/p>\n

Argentina finished the tournament with five points, two more than Brazil, which only managed to beat Venezuela in the final stage.<\/p>\n

Argentina had the upper hand in the first half but the defensive stance of Brazil, coached by Ramon Menezes, didn\u2019t help bring much emotion to the match. World Cup winner Thiago Almada hit the post in the 16th minute.<\/p>\n

Argentina\u2019s Leandro Brey made the best save of the game in the 61st, when substitute Gabriel Pec struck hard from close range. Brazil did not keep up the pressure, with striker Endrick once more playing below par. And then Gondou's header made the difference between the two teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe deserved this. We didn't lose a single match at the qualifying," said Gondou, who scored four goals in the tournament in Venezuela. \u201cWe suffered, we waited for this goal, but at the end we got it."<\/p>\n

Brazil last failed to make the men\u2019s football Olympic tournament in 2004.<\/p>\n

\"Brazil's<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a very bad feeling, we prepared well for this,\u201d Brazil midfielder Andrey Santos said. \u201cWe struggled to keep the ball throughout the tournament. It didn\u2019t go as we expected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Argentina won the men's football gold at the games in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, with Lionel Messi leading the team in Beijing.<\/p>\n

Paraguay's surprising spot in Paris came after Diego G\u00f3mez scored from the spot early in the second half and Marcelo P\u00e9rez pushed the ball with his head to an empty goal in the 75th minute after a bizarre mistake of the Venezuelan defense.<\/p>\n

Paraguay's men's football team has given the small South American nation one of its few medals in Olympic history; a silver in 2004 after losing the final against Argentina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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