Brazilian star Neymar is sitting in the middle of the Wembley Stadium pitch with his hands on his knees and staring in disbelief. The latest in a long line of Brazilian soccer virtuosos looks like he can't believe his heavily favored team just lost to Mexico in the gold medal men's soccer game.

Neymar was bottled up for most of the game, unable to use his famously quick feet to get free of Mexico's determined defense.

He just missed a goal in the 48th minute, firing a rocket from about 30 yards out that just went over the crossbar. He also sailed one high over the goal in the 59th, dropping to his knees after mishitting a perfect crossing pass.

The Mexicans surrounded him with two defenders for most of the game and even bloodied his nose in the second half when goalkeeper Jose Corona hit Neymar with an elbow while chasing a loose ball.

In the end, Neymar goes home from the Olympics like every Brazilian star before him — without a gold medal.

— Jon Krawczynski — Twitter http://twitter.com/APKrawczynski

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