This Friday, the 9th, Spain and France faced each other in the men’s football final and, in extra time, the Spanish won the Olympic gold
This Friday, 9th, France and Spain faced each other in the grand final of men’s football in Paris Olympics. In a game with comebacks and seven goals in total, the Spanish prevailed and won 5-3 in extra time. With this result, the French won the silver medal playing at home.
At the start of the match, France took advantage of the warmth of the crowd in the Princes Park and opened the scoring. At 10 minutes, Milot took advantage of error Baenaon the ball, and finished first to put the French in the lead. However, Spain managed an incredible comeback in the first half.
At 17′, Fermin Lopez receives the ball in perfect conditions and sends it into the back of the net, leveling the score. The Barcelona player extended the lead in the 24th minute, when he took advantage of a rebound and simply pushed it in to turn the game around. Then, in the 27th minute, Baena took a free kick with mastery and scored a great goal to extend the lead on the scoreboard. Half-time! 3-1.
In the second half, after suffering an unexpected comeback, France threw themselves into the attack, seeking an equalizer at any cost. After putting on a lot of pressure and wasting some opportunities, the French scored with Akliouchewho took advantage of the crossing of Olise and headed it in to reduce the Spanish advantage.
The pressure continued and, in the final stretch, the referee Ramon Abatti Abel was called to review a possible penalty for the French, which was confirmed by the Brazilian. In the penalty, Mateta took responsibility, shifted Tenas and left everything equal on the scoreboard, with just three minutes left in injury time.
With everything tied, the gold medal match went into extra time. In extra time, the Spanish took the lead again with a beautiful chipped goal scored by Sergio Camello. France tried to equalize in the remaining minutes, but the Spanish held on well, scored another goal with Camello and, after winning silver in Tokyo against Brazil, won the long-awaited Olympic gold. Game over! 5-3.
Source: sportbuzz
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