Brazil coach Rogerio Micale dismissed any talk of revenge over Germany for his nation when they meet in the final of the men s Olympic football.
Saturday s decider at the Maracana has been talked about as a chance for Brazilian redemption following their 7-1 defeat at the hands of Germany in the semi-finals of the 2014 World Cup on home soil.
But not even Neymar, the man under pressure to deliver a first ever football gold for the host nation, was part of that team in Belo Horizonte as he missed out through injury.
That was the World Cup. This is the Olympic team, Micale told a media conference.
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 differen…