Germany coach Horst Hrubesch refused to blame Nils Petersen for his missed penalty in their loss to Brazil at the Rio Olympics.
Neymar was the hero for the hosts, who claimed their first Olympic football gold medal with a 5-4 shoot-out victory after a thrilling 1-1 draw on Saturday.
"What can you tell him? I told him, 'don't worry, that's life'," the outgoing Hrubesch told a news conference.
"He took the responsibility of taking the kick and with a penalty it's a 50-50 chance so no complaints whatsoever."
"I knew Brazil would not destroy us, but we could not destroy them and it was a very tough match," he said.
"It is okay to lose on penalties after 120 minutes so congratulations to the Brazil team."
Hrubesch added: "Over 120 minutes it was a very intense match which both teams could have won. But I am happy that football has won.
"We have given a good account of German football and I think we will take Olympic football very seriously in future."
