The final match of men's football.
The final penalty kick of the shoot-out.
One final chance for redemption.
After painful decades of falling short,
will Brazil's agony continue
with yet another crushing defeat?
Or is it possible for one Olympian
to save the soul of his beloved country
and change history forever?
Wait for it...
Hi, there, my name is Nile Wilson,
Olympic gymnast and average footballer.
If football is the soul of Brazil,
then Maracaná Stadium in Rio is the heart.
Built when the country hosted its first World Cup,
it would end up hosting an endless parade
of iconic triumphs and heartbreaking losses.
It's now 2016,
the heart is the site for the gold medal match
and Brazil have made it there again.
This time, the game comes down
to a penalty shoot-out.
Each team has scored their first four.
It's Germany's turn.
...for Germany steps up.
Denied by Weverton!
The roof, if there were one,
would have been completely off now!
Wait till I tell you what led to this legendary moment
in Olympic history.
At age ten, Neymar watched in awe
as his beloved Seleção won Brazil's fifth World Cup title.
Twelve summers later, he was not only on the team,
but their star.
And Brazil was set to host the World Cup again.
The nation finally had a chance to wash away the bitter taste
of their stunning loss to Uruguay in 1950.
Two games away
from their unprecedented sixth World Cup title,
every heart in Brazil stopped.
Neymar's third vertebrae was broken.
Despite moving on to the semi-finals
to play Germany without Neymar,
Brazil didn't just lose at home,
they were crushed 7-1
in front of the whole world.
These penalty kicks are their purgatory.
Only 11 meters away from heaven
or hell.
Wait for it...
Long before the back of the nation was broken,
the young Brazilian was killing it,
almost pitch-perfect in every single game.
By the ripe old age of 14,
Neymar signed with Santos, his favorite team,
and quickly went from Brazilian star to international fame
when he moved on to play for Barcelona.
He racked up the cups in every single league he played.
The only mountain he had yet to climb
was a major title with Brazil.
Wait for it...
So here we are in 2016.
Neymar and his teammates
hope to heal their devastating wounds
by bringing home that one elusive prize,
an Olympic gold medal.
Brazil had been on the brink before.
Back in 1984, they finally made it to the finals,
but lost to France.
Four years later, they fell short again,
losing the final match to the Soviet Union.
U.S.S.R. GOLD MEDAL
ATLANTA 1996 SEMI-FINALS
In 1996, Brazil was ahead 3-1 with minutes to go
when Nigeria completed one of the greatest comebacks
of international football history.
And in the 2012 London Games,
a shell-shocked nation watched Mexico
turn Brazil's dream of gold into dust.
Now it's 2016.
After beating Colombia
and Honduras,
the stage is set for a gold medal match.
And who are they playing?
Germany.
Brazil not only had the chance
to avenge their country's most soul-crushing loss,
but also would have a chance to accomplish the one thing
they have never, ever, ever done.
Win Olympic gold.
Brazil's heart is racing
as the entire country watches and prays.
It is all up to Neymar.
...goal in the semi-final.
After the Weverton save,
he's gifted Neymar the opportunity
to conclude it here.
Neymar of Barcelona, of Brazil...
Do you think you had to wait a long time?
Neymar went on a 24-year journey
to end Brazil's 116-year gold-medal quest.
It takes a special heart and a unique passion
to train for a lifetime just for one moment of glory.
That's what makes the Olympic Games
so extraordinary and worth the wait.
You won't believe how many more Olympic moments
are so worth the wait.
Woah!