Nigeria’s Losses Out On Olympics Final As They were defeated 2-0 by Germany

Germany edged their way to a gold medal match against Brazil as they defeated Nigeria 2-0 at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo on Wednesday.

The Germans were the better side on the better team on the night in Sao Paulo as they defeated the African champions who will now settle for a bronze medal match

Defender Lukas Klostermann completed a fine team move to hand Germany the lead after only nine minutes following a clever pass from Arsenal's Serge Gnabry. Nile Petersen sealed victory with a close range finish from what appeared an offside position in the dying minutes.

The Germans will face Brazil in Saturday's final after the hosts swept past Honduras 6-0 in their semi-final.