When Neymar's decisive penalty won the men's Olympic football gold medal for Brazil last Saturday (20), the world's most successful footballing nation celebrated capturing the only international title it had lacked.

Rio2016.com was there in the Maracanã Stadium, as Brazil beat Germany in a penatly shoot-out, to capture how much it meant to the fans inside the famous old stadium.

Check out this portrait of sporting desire, anxiety and ecstasy, captured through the faces, and the sounds, of those who were there.