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HTML

<div id="menu">
    <ul>
        <li class="item4"><a href="/esportes"><span>Esportes</span></a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

CSS

#menu .item4 a {
	border-top:solid 4px #2d8444;
	border-bottom: solid 2px red;
	background:#2d8444;
	height:0;
	display:block;
	padding:0 12px;
	margin-top:0;
	-webkit-transition:  all 0.2s ease-out 0s;
	-moz-transition: all 0.2s ease-out 0s;
	-o-transition:  all 0.2s ease-out 0s;
	-ms-transition:  all 0.2s ease-out 0s;
	transition:  all 0.2s ease-out 0s;
	padding: 0px 21px;
}

#menu .item4 a:hover{
	height:34px;
	color:#fff;
}

a { text-decoration: none; color: black;}
li {list-style-type: none;}