Neymar and Gabriel Jesus inspired Brazil as they beat Honduras 6-0 to reach the final of the Rio 2016 men s football tournament, with Rogerio Micale s men now just one win away from the country s first-ever gold medal in the sport.
The hosts endured a difficult start to the tournament as they were held to goalless draws by South Africa and Iraq, but have been firing on all cylinders ever since seeing off Denmark and Colombia and they were once more in impressive form on Wednesday.
Neymar needed only 15 seconds to give Brazil the lead with the fastest goal in Olympic history, pouncing on an error from Johnny Palacios before beating goalkeeper Luis Lopez thanks to a touch of fortune.
The Barcelona attacker landed awkwardly after his goal and there were fears…