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      Team GB boxer Ben Whittaker wins silver after losing Tokyo Olympics final against Arlen Lopez

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      BEN WHITTAKER’S quest for Olympic gold ended in a convincing defeat by Cuban Arlen Lopez in the light-heavyweight final. The 24-year-old from Darlaston, West Midlands had to settle for silver as he was out-boxed by Lopez, the middleweight champion from Rio five years ago.  
      Ben Whittaker won Olympic silver in Tokyo after losing against Cuban Arlen LopezCredit: Reuters
      Ben Whittaker was beaten by split-decisionCredit: Getty
      Ben Whittaker devastated in defeatCredit: Reuters
      Cuban coaches console Ben WhittakerCredit: Getty
      It left Team GB still waiting for a first boxing gold of the Tokyo Games, despite claiming a haul of six medals.  
      Lopez, far busier in his workrate, earned the decision of four of the five judges, with the rangey Whittaker unable to make much impact.  
      Earlier, super-heavyweight Frazer Clarke was stopped in the final round of his semi-final against the giant Uzbek Bakhodir Jalolov.
      Jalolov reopened a deep cut over the Brit’s eye, which he had suffered in his quarter-final win. 
      The big man from Burton is captain of the British team – who still have two chances of gold, through flyweight Galal Yafai and women’s middleweight Lauren Price, who are both through to the semi-finals.
      And Clarke, 29, said: “It’s not the fairytale I wanted but I’m proud.
      “The last six months I’ve made more sacrifices for boxing than I had in the previous 18 years. 
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      “Maybe I could have carried out the gameplan a bit better but Jabolov is a great fighter.
      “I’m a little bit gutted, I wanted to get to the final, but It’s been an absolute pleasure to captain these guys.
      “I’ve been captain on paper but there are 11 captains.”
      Team GB captain Frazer Clarke took Olympic bronzeCredit: Reuters
      Frazer Clarke embraces giant Uzbek Bakhodir JalolovCredit: AFP
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      Sky Brown, 13, wins Team GB’s first skateboarding medal as she claims bronze at Tokyo 2020 Olympics despite two falls

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      SKY BROWNBrown made Team GB history early this morning by becoming Britain’s youngest Olympian at the age of 13 years and 28 days.
      Sky Brown became Britain’s youngest ever Olympian this morningCredit: Getty
      Sky Brown in action in the women’s skateboarding prelimsCredit: Getty
      The teenager posted an impressive score of 55.26 in her first run of the prelims.
      But her opening run in the finals didn’t go to plan as she fell off attempting a kickflip indy.
      Brown’s earlier handiwork, however, saved her as she scored a 47.53 to occupy bronze position.
      The kickflip indy proved to be Brown’s nemesis again in her second run as she failed to land the trick, although she did end turning in a score of 47.37.
      But she showed composure beyond her years to nail the trick at the third time of asking and successfully complete her run.
      That run earned her a score 56.47 and put her back into bronze position.
      Brown was made to sweat in the Tokyo heat as she awaited Misigu Okamoto’s final run.
      But the 15-year-old could only muster a 51.99, a score that prompted a heartwarming embrace between Brown and her father Stuart.
      Speaking after the prelims, a delighted Brown said: “That was insane.
      “It’s crazy to be here. It’s awesome to be here.
      “I didn’t really think about the scores but I’m really stoked with that score.
      “I have some other tricks but I just really want to enjoy the time of being in the Olympics and make good memories.”
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      Which events are in the heptathlon at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and how do athletes earn points?

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      IF doing one track and field event was not enough – a number of athletes decide to do SEVEN.The heptathlon is a women-only event and competitors earn points for their performance in each discipline.
      Katarina Johnson-Thompson will be going for gold at Tokyo 2020Credit: PA
      Belgium’s Naffi Thiam won gold last time out at Rio 2016Credit: EPA
      World champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson will be targeting more success as he will bid for gold at Tokyo 2020 against 2016 champ Naffi Thiam of Belgium.
      And what British athletics fan could forget Super Saturday in 2012 when Jessica Ennis-Hill won a magnificent gold medal?
      What does the heptathlon consist of?
      All heptathletes are scheduled to take part in seven different events with the first four completed on day one and the remaining three on day two.
      The woman’s heptathlon consists of:

      Day one: 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m sprint
      Day two: Long jump, javelin, 800m run

      The long jump combines speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point.Credit: Sportsfile
      For the high jump, competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it.Credit: Sportsfile
      The heptathlon is a set of events that take course over two days measuring the key components of strength and versatility of these mega-athletes competing at the Olympics.
      The event’s unrivalled empress is American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who set the world and Olympic record in 1988 with a score of 7,291 points.
      The 7,000-point barrier has only been breeched on 10 occasions, six of those coming from Joyner-Kersee herself.
      Since then, no other competitor has come within 250 points of breaking her mark.
      London 2012 – Jessica Ennis wins heptathlon goldCredit: The Sun
      How is it scored?
      This is where it gets a little bit complicated.
      The rule of thumb is that a high-level performance in each of the seven games should score a competitor approximately 1,000 points per event.
      There are three different equations to create the scores for each event in the heptathlon, those being:
      Running events (200 m, 800 m and 100 m hurdles)

      Jumping events (high jump and long jump)

      Throwing events (shot put and javelin)

      Yes, if it seems like you need an advanced degree to set this up, you’re right.
      The heptathlon’s scoring system was devised by Dr. Karl Ulbrich, an Austrian mathematician.
      P is the number of points scored, T is the competitor’s time, and a, b and c are Ulbrich’s specially derived coefficients. These coefficients can change for each event.
      Ulbrich’s formula is used to allow comparisons from past and future heptathlon’s, rather than just awarding points relative to placement.
      The scoring changes also make it more difficult for less-rounded athletes to win the event based on their dominance in one or two events.
      Losing by three-tenths of a second in the 200m run is the rough equivalent to losing by three feet in the javelin throw, and so on – so it is a competition of the best overall athlete over seven events.

      Who to watch out for
      Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson – or KJT as she is nicknamed.
      Johnson-Thompson recorded her best ever finish at a World Championships in 2017 – finishing fifth in London.
      The Liverpool born athlete then followed up that success by winning heptathlon gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia to claim her first global senior outdoor title.
      And in that same year she also claimed a heptathlon silver medal at the European Championships in Berlin behind Belgium’s Nafi Thiam.
      The 28-year-old’s best score of 6981 points is a British record and the ninth best heptathlon score in history. More

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      Tokyo 2020: GB’s new athletics star, and 800m record-holder, Keely Hodgkinson still manages to have fun off the track

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      OLYMPIC silver medalist Keely Hodgkinson has put in the hard yards on the track – but still manages to enjoy herself off it.The Team GB star, 19, smashed Dame Kelly Holmes’ British record as she came a shock second in the Tokyo 2020 women’s 800m final on Tuesday – less than a second behind winner Athing Mu.
      A stunned Keely Hodgkinson takes silver in the Women’s 800m in Tokyo
      Keely still manages to have fun off the track as she enjoys nights outCredit: Instagram / @keely.hodgkinsin
      The teenager has enjoyed holidays in Dubai, Italy and PortugalCredit: Instagram / @keely.hodgkinsin
      Hodgkinson shares regular snaps with her 48k followers on InstagramCredit: Instagram / @keely.hodgkinsin

      A remarkable final saw three British athletes take part, with Jemma Reekie narrowly missing out on a medal in fourth sport and Alexandra Bell finishing seventh.
      But it was a moment to savour for Hodgkinson, who was stunned with her second-place finish and a sensational time of 1:55.88.
      The Leeds Beckett university student told the BBC of her conversation with Athens double gold-medalist Holmes before the race – and Hodgkinson could not believe she had broken her record.
      The Wigan-born athlete has enjoyed a quick rise to the top, and her Instagram page has documented every step of the journey, from British champion to silver at the Tokyo Games.
      Her social media also shows off a vibrant lifestyle, including trips to destinations such as Dubai, Portugal and Italy.
      Hodgkinson also displays photos fun nights out – but there are frequent running pics too, including one in the Lake District.
      The teenager has more than 48,000 followers on Instagram but that number is rapidly increasing after her success in Tokyo.
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      Hodgkinson will likely turn her attention to going one better at the World Championships in America next year.
      But on home soil reigning Olympic champion Mu will be tough to beat.
      The 19-year-old bossed the 800m final from start to finish and recorded a winning time of 1:55:21.
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      Japan 0 Spain 1 LIVE REACTION: Marco Asensio’s extra-time goal sends Spaniards to first Olympic final since 2000

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      SPAIN beat Japan 1-0 after extra-time in their Olympic football semi-final in Saitama thanks to Marco Asensio’s late goal. Follow all the action with our live blog below…
      SPANISH EXUBERANCE
      Quite excited it seems, the Spanish admin. Quite right, too.

      GOING AGAIN
      Both teams still have something to play for.
      Japan will face Mexico on Friday for the bronze medal.
      Saturday’s final will be Spain vs Brazil.
      Good that all four teams experienced extra-time too, no excuses!

      HALA MADRID
      Two Madrid stars with the crucial moments of today’s semi-finals

      OLYMPICS FINAL
      So it’ll be Spain vs Brazil for the Olympic gold after this extra-time win.
      Marco Asensio’s goal with a few minutes left of extra-time the difference.
      What a final that promises to be!

      PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!
      FULL-TIME: JAPAN 0-1 SPAIN AET

      JAPAN 0-1 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      120+3′ Spain go up the park after winning the header and are 3v1! The final ball is poor and Japan clear up the park.
      Yoshida is still up the park and flicks on for Ueda who flicks a cross in before the flag is up.
      That should be that!
      JAPAN 0-1 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      120+1′ Spain have a corner and continue to run the seconds away.
      JAPAN 0-1 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      Three minutes added
      JAPAN 0-1 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      117′ Rafa Mir is shown a YELLOW CARD before Spain win a free kick at their own corner flag.
      Looking to run the clock down now the Spanish.

      JAPAN 0-1 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      Booked for his celebration as he wheels away with his shirt spinning above his head!
      A moment of class from the Real Madrid star.
      He picks the ball up on the right side of the area, works it onto his left foot and bends it into the far corner away from Tani.
      Superb finish from the only bit of quality in 117 minutes.
      GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!
      MARCO ASENSIO LOOKS LIKE HE HAS WON IT FOR SPAIN!
      JAPAN 0-0 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      114′ Oyarzabal with the ball on the left of the box and somehow works his way into the six-yard box but his final ball is blocked.
      Great play but he should be doing better.
      JAPAN 0-0 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      110′ Great chance for Japan!
      Moncayola with a poor header away and it lands at Miyoshi’s feet inside the area. He takes one touch to steady himself then fires it at goal.
      Moncayola makes amends with a great block, throwing himself in front of the ball.
      JAPAN 0-0 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      110′ Soma with a burst of pace to go round the outside of Vallejo.
      The full-back catches the winger with his studs on the bottom of the shin and gets a YELLOW CARD.
      Dangerous position, wide on the left of the box.
      JAPAN 0-0 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      108′ Itakura with another important touch from the next Asensio cross.
      It comes back to Soler 25 yards from goal but his effort is wild and miles over the bar.

      JAPAN 0-0 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      107′ Yoshida is forced out wide to deal with Asensio.
      But the defender does well to block the attempted cross.
      JAPAN 0-0 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      Spain change at the break:

      OFF – Cucurella
      ON – Miranda

      PEEEEEEEEP!
      Back under way. Prove me wrong chaps!
      WE KNOW WHERE IT’S GOING
      Just go straight to penalties now.
      Neither side is going to score here.
      PEEEEEEEEP!
      HT in ET: JAPAN 0-0 SPAIN

      JAPAN 0-0 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      105′ Oyarzabal hangs a ball up this time and Tani collects comfortably.

      JAPAN 0-0 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      One minute added
      JAPAN 0-0 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      104′ Cucurella with another good ball from the left to pick out Rafa Mir.
      The forward is on the penalty spot though and doesn’t generate enough power in the header and it’s an easy stop by Tani.
      JAPAN 0-0 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      CLOSE!!
      102′ It’s Japan who push forward this time down the left.
      Maeda splits the centre-backs and meets the cross from the left, seven yards out and heads over under pressure!
      JAPAN 0-0 SPAIN – EXTRA-TIME
      101′ Great chance for Rafa Mir again.
      He shows good power to drive into the box towards the right before striking at goal. A sliding Itakura gets in another fabulous block.
      Rafa Mir again had Puado in space waiting for a pass across goal.
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      Amazing moment Keely Hodgkinson discovers she’s broken Kelly Holmes’ 800m record as she storms to Olympics silver medal

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      TEENAGER Keely Hodgkinson was seen shouting “what the f***?” after winning Team GB’s first Olympic 800m medal for 17 years and shattering Kelly Holmes’ British record.The 19-year-old from Leigh, who is studying criminology at Leeds Beckett University, finished second behind American star Athing Mu – also aged 19 – in a new GB mark of 1:55.88.
      Keely Hodgkinson broke the British record to win silver in the 800-metre finalCredit: Reuters
      The teenager was in tears as she reacted to the stunning performanceCredit: BBC
      And the Brit broke down in tears on TV while thanking her coaches and family for their support after being caught on camera mouthing her shock after crossing the finish line in a brilliant second place.
      It is a fast track here in Japan and Mu ran the quickest time by an American woman over two laps in 1:55.21.
      It was a stunning display by Lancashire lass Hodgkinson, coached by Trevor Painter and former athlete Jenny Meadows, and she came into position down the back straight.
      This is the same site where Ann Packer won 800m gold at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
      And it is the first medal won in this event by a Brit since Kelly Holmes did the middle-distance double at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
      Hodgkinson was in tears as she said after the race: “I wanted to leave it all out there and I did that.
      “It’s going to take a couple of days to sink in but I’m so happy.
      “I’m speechless, obviously Kelly Holmes is a legend. I’ve looked up to her and even spoken to her in the past couple of days, she’s a lovely person and I have no words for that.
      My friends will be like, ‘What’s she crying for?!’, but it means so much.Keely Hodgkinson
      “I want to thank my amazing team, my family that made so many sacrifices for me, Trevor and Jenny, they’ve put so much belief in me.”
      Though she won the indoor title at the Europeans in Poland in March, it is fair to say that few outside of athletics circles were aware of Hodgkinson’s talents or her potential.
      The fact she has done it so quickly and achieved a medal at this level shows she has an incredibly bright future.
      To put this into context, it is the first medal in this event since Kelly Holmes at Athens 2004 and time of 1:55.88 beats Holmes’s British record which had stood since 1995.
      When asked what the medal meant to her, she pointed to her tears and replied: “This, because I don’t cry!
      “My friends will be like, ‘What’s she crying for?!’, but it means so much and thank you to everyone who’s sent messages and supported me from home.
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      “I can’t believe it. If the Olympics were last year, I wouldn’t be here. But it’s definitely given me a year to grow and compete with these girls.”
      Scot Jemma Reekie, nicknamed the Sloth by team-mates, tried desperately to hold onto the bronze and even produced a personal best of 1:56.90.
      But she was pipped in the closing metres by American Raevyn Rogers in a personal best of 1:56.81, and Team GB’s Alex Bell came home seventh.
      Hodgkinson paid tribute to her family and coaches after the raceCredit: Reuters
      Kelly Holmes won gold in the 800m 17 years ago at Athens 2004Credit: Getty Hulton
      American star Athing Mu dominated the race to take goldCredit: Reuters
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      Team GB’s Pat McCormack wins Olympic silver after being outclassed by Cuban Roniel Iglesias in Tokyo final

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      PAT McCORMACK suffered a convincing defeat in his Olympic welterweight final – to take the shine off a record-breaking day for Britain’s boxers.The Sunderland slugger had been the top seed but he was outclassed by Cuban Roniel Iglesias, the London 2012 gold medallist, who won by unanimous decision.
      Pat McCormack was well beaten in his welterweight boxing final against Roniel IglesiasCredit: Sportsfile
      The classy Cuban won by unanimous decisionCredit: EPA
      McCormack, 26, was floored by a left hook in the second round – which was harshly ruled a slip – and had to settle for a silver medal to end his amateur career.
      The Brit – whose twin brother Luke had been defeated by another Cuban at these Tokyo Games – had been gifted a walkover in the semi-final after Irishman Aidan Walsh withdrew through injury.
      But Galal Yafai secured an historic sixth British Olympic boxing medal of the Tokyo Games with a frenetic display to defeat Cuban former world champion Yosbany Veitia in the flyweight quarter-finals.
      The 28-year-old Birmingham fighter pummeled the Cuban relentlessly from start to finish to earn the decisions of four out of five judges.
      With losing semi-finalists guaranteed a bronze medal, Yafai ensured the best medals tally for a British Olympic boxing team in more than a century.
      Yafai said: “It feels nice to get a medal, the sixth one for GB.
      “I’m rooming with (super-heavyweight) Frazer Clarke who is in the semi-final and (light-heavyweight) Ben Whittaker who’s in the final.
      “I didn’t want to go home with nothing, I had to make sure I got a medal.”
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      Yafai – the brother of former WBA world super-flyweight champion Kal – had scored a shock victory over the canny Veitia at the 2019 World Championships.
      And the tough little Brummie repeated the trick in Tokyo with a tireless display, never allowing Veitia to settle and unfortunate not to secure a unanimous decision.
      Earlier Caroline Dubois – the 20-year-old sister of heavyweight pro Daniel – missed out on a women’s lightweight medal with an agonising 3-2 defeat against experienced Thai Sudaporn Seesondee.
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      Mexico 0 (1) Brazil 0 (4) LIVE REACTION: Brazilians through to second successive Olympics final on penalties – updates

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      BRAZIL beat Mexico to make it to their second successive Olympics final after winning 4-1 on penalties in Saitama. The game finished 0-0 and an extra 30 minutes couldn’t separate the sides but it was Brazil who came out on top in the spot kicks.
      Follow all the action with our live blog below from 7.30am…
      BRAZIL WIN ON PENALTIES
      Incredible celebrations from the South Americans as they swarm the young Real Madrid teen and keeper Santos.
      Dani Alves the first to run from the halfway line and after all he has won, you can see how much this means!

      PENALTIES
      AND REINER SCORES!!
      Ochoa goes the right way but it squirms under him!
      BRAZIL ARE THROUGH TO DEFEND THEIR OLYMPIC GOLD!
      BRAZIL: ✅✅✅✅
      MEXICO: ❌❌✅

      PENALTIES
      Reinier with a chance to win it.
      PENALTIES
      Rodriguez MUST SCORE.
      AND DOES! Two steps and bang into the top corner!
      BRAZIL: ✅✅✅
      MEXICO: ❌❌✅
      PENALTIES
      Bruno Guimaraes next for Brazil.
      IT’S IN! Ochoa goes the right way again and he finds the side netting! Great penalty.
      BRAZIL: ✅✅✅
      MEXICO: ❌❌
      PENALTIES
      Vasquez next for Mexico.
      HE’S MISSED! He puts his left foot through it and finds the post!!!
      BRAZIL: ✅✅
      MEXICO: ❌❌
      PENALTIES
      Martinelli next for Brazil.
      SCORES! To Ochoa’s left and it’s thumped into the top corner!
      BRAZIL: ✅✅
      MEXICO: ❌
      PENALTIES
      Aguirre next…..SAVED!! A shocker of a penalty and it’s advantage Brazil.
      BRAZIL: ✅
      MEXICO: ❌
      PENALTIES
      SCORES! Ochoa gets a hand to it but can’t keep it out.
      BRAZIL: ✅
      MEXICO:
      HERE WE GO
      Dani Alves to kick us off first!
      PENALTIES
      A lot on the line here with the winners into the final and going for the gold medal.
      The losers will still have a chance at the final in the bronze medal match.

      PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
      FULL-TIME: MEXICO 0-0 BRAZIL
      We go to penalties!
      MEXICO 0-0 BRAZIL – EXTRA-TIME
      119′ NEARLY!
      Malcom and Reinier combine well down the right. The former lifts a clever ball in and there’s three yellow shirts to attack it.
      Again, Montes there to head it away.
      MEXICO 0-0 BRAZIL – EXTRA-TIME
      118′ Stop-start now as plenty of late fouls are going in.
      Neither team giving much away!
      MEXICO 0-0 BRAZIL – EXTRA-TIME
      117′ Matheus Henrique has Richarlison making a run inside the box.
      It’s a really overhit ball, that clears everyone in the area and away for a goal kick.
      MEXICO 0-0 BRAZIL – EXTRA-TIME
      115′ Diego Carlos with another foul on halfway and he has had a few since his early booking.
      Brazil late change:

      OFF – Douglas Luiz
      ON – Henrique

      MEXICO 0-0 BRAZIL – EXTRA-TIME
      112′ Diego Lainez attacks down the right and skips inside three tackles.
      He goes down without contact and is lucky not to be booked again for diving.
      He gets an accidental kick in the face for his troubles and Brazil have the free kick.
      MEXICO 0-0 BRAZIL – EXTRA-TIME
      110′ Nino it is who heads this one clear.
      Brazil come forward with Douglas Luiz who tries the exceptional pass out to Reinier which isn’t great and Mexico have a thrown deep in their half.
      MEXICO 0-0 BRAZIL – EXTRA-TIME
      109′ Douglas Luiz the latest player given a YELLOW CARD for leading with the elbow in an aerial duel.
      Romo down holding his face this time and it’s a free kick on halfway.
      MEXICO 0-0 BRAZIL – EXTRA-TIME
      109′ It’s not too far out for a strike apparently as Alves strikes it.
      30 yards out from goal and sends it about 15 yards over the bar.
      MEXICO 0-0 BRAZIL – EXTRA-TIME
      108′ Reinier wins a free kick 30 yards out and Brazil have a chance here.
      Probably a bit too far out for a strike as Alves trudges over to take.

      MEXICO 0-0 BRAZIL – EXTRA-TIME
      107′ Arana takes the out swinging ball but Montes is colossal in the box and heads well away.
      MEXICO 0-0 BRAZIL – EXTRA-TIME
      106′ Dani Alves’ ball is deep but Lainez doesn’t deal with it.
      Arana drives to the by-line and wins a corner.
      MEXICO 0-0 BRAZIL – EXTRA-TIME
      Back under way!
      MEXICO 0-0 BRAZIL – EXTRA-TIME
      Still nothing to split them and no real opportunities of note in that half.
      Brazil’s attacking changes could prove pivotal in the dying stages.
      Let’s see.
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