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SALVADOR, Brazil -- Brazil finally found its scoring touch in the mens soccer tournament at the Olympics.The host country advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Denmark 4-0 Wednesday, avoiding another embarrassing elimination in front of the home fans.Gabigol scored twice and Gabriel Jesus and Luan added the others at the Arena Fonte Nova as Brazil continues its quest to win the Olympic gold medal in soccer for the first time.The team played a great match, Brazil coach Rogerio Micale said. We found our game and this time the ball went in. That gave us a lot of tranquility during the match.The Brazilians will next play Colombia on Saturday in Sao Paulo.Brazil had been held to scoreless draws in its first two group games and needed a victory to guarantee a spot in the knockout round. It ended up first in Group A with five points, one more than Denmark, which also advanced and will play Nigeria in Salvador. South Africa and Iraq were eliminated after a 1-1 draw in Sao Paulo.The convincing victory also helped Brazil regain the support of the local fans, who had been disappointed by lackluster performances and had loudly jeered the team in the games against South Africa and Iraq.The crowd of more than 40,000 fans was behind the team from the start in Salvador and chanted The champion is back during parts of the game.To have the crowd on our side is extremely important, Micale said. Hopefully it will be like that again in Sao Paulo.Led by Neymar, Brazil arrived as the main favorite to win the Olympic tournament and finally breakthrough with the gold medal, which is the only trophy the five-time world champions havent won in soccer.Needing the victory, Brazil attacked from the start and took the lead after Gabigols close-range shot after a low cross by Douglas Santos in the 26th minute. Gabriel Jesus added to the lead from near the goal line in the 40th after a pass by Luan, who scored the third from near the penalty spot in a play started by Neymar. Gabigols second goal came with a shot off a rebound in the 80th.Neymar, who had been heckled by some fans after struggling in the first two games, played better and was much more involved in the game. Gabigol and Gabriel Jesus, the 19-year-old forwards touted as some of Latin Americas most promising players, also improved and finally found the net.Brazil was in danger of another humiliating elimination just two years after the 7-1 loss to Germany at its home World Cup. The senior team also disappointed at the Copa America two months ago, failing to advance from the group stage of the continental competition.Earlier Wednesday, two-time Olympic champion Argentina and defending champion Mexico were eliminated from medal contention after failing to advance from the group stage.Playing without any of its biggest stars, Argentina needed a win against Honduras but was held to a 1-1 draw at the Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia. 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That is not the same thing as driving a real race car, but it does challenge me mentally and does challenge the issues and symptoms.Earnhardt is attending the Sprint Cup practices and Xfinity race Saturday as well as the Cup race Sunday at Dover. The noises and the commotion of a race weekend is part of his rehab to see whether it will trigger the balance issues he continues to battle.Walking through the garage and signing autographs is tough, Earnhardt said as he walked through the Sprint Cup garage Saturday and down pit road to check on his Xfinity Series team. My balance gets bad. Youve got a lot of things happening in your peripheral [vision] and stuff -- that is something that is going to challenge it.Thats pretty much it. My eyes have gotten a lot better. I dont really notice issues with my eyes quite as much anymore. But the balance stuff is still needing some work.At the point where he can walk through the garage and not have a reaction, Earnhardt said he would feel 100 percent normal. And then he would work on having the reaction time needed to racee.ddddddddddddEarnhardt is being treated by Dr. Micky Collins of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion Program.I feel so much better than I did five weeks ago, Earnhardt said. I would have never thought about coming to the race track five weeks ago.Jeff Gordon is substituting for Earnhardt this weekend and later this month at Martinsville. Alex Bowman will drive the car the other six races. Earnhardt admitted its hard not to climb in the car before Jeff does.Its nice being in the garage and being around race cars and watching everybody kind of get through the day and watching the team work and all that, Earnhardt said. Its pretty fun. ... I try to stay out of the way.I want to be here, I guess, just to kind of see what theyre doing and what theyre dealing with so when I get back in the car, its not so far and I dont have a lot of catching up to do.As he has contended throughout his rehab, Earnhardt said he is not considering retirement and if there is an exit plan for him, he doesnt know it.Im not ready to hang it up, he said.Earnhardt continues to remain busy. He spent Thursday at Talladega Superspeedway promoting the Oct. 23 race and then spent Friday night at the Mooresville (N.C.) High School homecoming game.Ive always wanted to go but we never had the chance because of the schedules, said Earnhardt, who attended Mooresville schools before going to military school. I told [my fiancée] Amy, I said, Man, lets just go so we can say we went. I didnt even know it was homecoming, so that was pretty neat.Mooresville has usually got a really good team. It was just a great experience. 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