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Time for Brazil to Become Heroines and Inspire a Nation to Greatness

On Tuesday night, under the bright lights of the Maracana Stadium, Brazil take on Sweden for a place in the Olympic final of the women's football tournament.

It is time for Brazil to go from hopefuls to heroines.

In just about every sport throughout this Rio Olympics, the crowd support has been fantastic, from the fans booing judges at the gymnastics when a score is deemed too low to the partisan crowd cheering on Rafael Nadal against Argentine Juan Martin del Potro.

In the football tournament, things on the men's side didn't quite start as the host nation would have hoped, with goalless draws against Iraq and South Africa.