Brazil easily defeated New Zealand 3-0 despite resting some regular starters for the quarterfinals of the men's Olympic football tournament. Already in the next round, Brazil earned the comfortable win with goals by Danilo in the 23rd minute, Leandro Damiao in the 29th and Sandro in the 52nd last night. The result eliminated New Zealand, which needed to win to have any chance of advancing from Group C. Brazil won the group with nine points from three matches, while New Zealand exited with one point from a draw with Egypt, which advanced after beating Belarus 3-1 to finish with four points. Belarus ended with three. Brazil played a man down from the 76th after Alex Sandro received his second yellow card of the match for diving inside the penalty area.