On Thursday, football also began at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. A total of 16 teams are competing in the tournament, composed of football players up to 23 years old. Each team can have up to three older players in their ranks. In Group A, the host Brazilians started their campaign, with Neymar playing in their ranks. However, the tournament did not start very successfully for the hosts and they played a draw 0-0 with South Africa. In the 59th minute, the Brazilians took the lead when a South African player Mathobi Mvala was sent off, but it didn't help the Brazilian team. Led by Neymar, the hosts dominated the game and created chances, but they couldn't score the winning goal. Another draw was also recorded in the same group. The young Danish football players couldn't break down the Iraqi team and also played with a result of 0-0. Group C had much more action. The Honduras football team beat their peers from Algeria with a score of 3-2 and recorded their first victory in the tournament.
