From Neymar's goal to open the scoring after just 15 seconds, to the late penalty notched by the captain in the dying moments, Brazil played with swagger and verve throughout their comprehensive Olympic semi-final victory over Honduras.
However, they will have to move up a gear against their gold-medal opponents, as the team look to make up for one of the blackest chapters in their history.
The date July 8, 2014, is seared into fans' minds. It was on that day, at the Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte, that dreams of lifting the World Cup on home soil were crushed in the cruelest way possible.