Emotions ran high as Brazil won its first-ever Olympic gold medal for men’s soccer Saturday.
Neymar scored Brazil’s final penalty kick against Germany to win the Rio 2016 final shootout 5-4, following a 1-1 draw in regulation time.
His goal sparked tears of joy from himself, his teammates, fans and people all across the world.
The only thing better than winning #Gold?
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics)
Winning Gold at home.
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It was sweet revenge against a German side who shamed the Brazilians at their own World Cup in 2014 with a crushing 7-1 semifinal defeat.
A Copacabana street cafe, right before Neymar buried the penalty that gave Brazil gold pic.twitter.com/FKKGQx7BNu
— Travis Waldron (@Travis_Waldron)
As Rio de Janeiro’s
Here are some of the best posts we’ve seen:
NEYMAR IS STILL CRYING
— 샤티아다 (@eunkkwang)
I'M STILL CRYING
EVERYONE IS CRYING
BRAZIL IS CRYING
The norwegian commentator @TV2Wikestad started crying tears of joy when Brazil won.
— André Østgaard (@AndreOstgaard)
I'm literally so happy for Brazil I'm crying
— $unny!! (@sun_knee_uh)
HE'S CRYING.. ITS MAKING ME TEAR UP.. I HATE SPORTS... brazil never won gold before this is so emotional
— nick christine (@warmgrape)
so we're all watching our tvs and crying together, right? this is nice.
— Holly MacKenzie (@stackmack)
brazil. i'm not crying. pic.twitter.com/LuXfpAMNEa
— RustBelt Rebel (@RustBeltRebel)
I watched the penalties and I've been crying for a solid 15 minutes. I'm so proud of @CBF_Futebol #Olympics #Brazil pic.twitter.com/BZiMoodPvi
— Bella RaeAnne (@BellaRaeAnne)
Seeing Neymar cry gave me allergies, someone come get these dust mites outta here
— Aaron West (@ayyy_west)
Neymar wins gold for Brazil he's crying this is all too emotional for my poorly self good night
— Hobbie Stuart (@HobbieStuart)
BRAZIL WON THEIR FIRST OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL AND NEYMAR SCORED THE WINNING GOAL I STARTED CRYING SO MUCH YALL pic.twitter.com/dFVfIPuXUV
— Crystal Peralta (@CrystalPeraltaa)
I'm crying tears of joy what a game!
— #GoldenBoysOfRio (@BrazilEdition)
O Brasil Ganhou Da Alemanha
— ஜHello, Susaneஜ (@AdeleLovatto)
Neymar Chorando
Ouro Para o Brasil#Futebol pic.twitter.com/Zbf6mjD27E
mano, eu to rouco DE TANTO GRITAR e agora to chorando pq mt orgulho do meu país pic.twitter.com/Z7Upurrnn7
— João (@shisniper)
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