Two years ago, World Cup hosts and tournament favourites Brazil suffered their heaviest ever World Cup defeat as they fell 5-0 behind inside 29 minutes on their way to that 7-1 thrashing by the Germans.

Before the Olympic final, Brazil coach Rogerio Micale tried to play down talk of a "revenge" victory.

He pointed out that none of his players were involved in the World Cup semi-final - with the Olympic squads only able to feature three players aged older than 23.

"That was the World Cup, this is the Olympic team,'' said Micale. "Neymar never played in that match so there is nothing that could generate any type of feeling that we have to take revenge.

"It is a different time with different players and ages."

Nevertheless, the capacity crowd created a fantastic atmosphere in the Maracana and got the result they desperately craved.

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