Men's Football: Brazil, US and Italy win

Nikita Rukavytsya of Australia takes a shot. (Photo credit: Getty Images)Photo Gallery>>(BEIJING, August 7) -- The first four matches in the Olympic Men's Football competition concluded today.

In Group A, Australia took a 1-0 lead in the 69th minute thanks to Ruben Zadkovich's goal. But just nine minutes afterwards, Slobodan Rajkovic scored the equalizer for Serbia. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.

In a Group B match, the United States' Stuart Holden scored the only goal of the match in the 47th minute, which secured his team's 1-0 victory over Japan.

In Group C, Brazil defeated Belgium 1-0. The Brazilians did not score a goal until the 78th minute, when Hernanes scored a magnificent goal, which proved to be the only goal of the match.

Italy easily won its Group D match against Honduras 3-0. The goals were scored by Sebastian Giovinco, Giuseppe Rossi and Robert Acquafresca.