2024-08-06 21:36:21
Spain and France reached the Olympic men’s football final. Spain beat Morocco 2-1 and France beat Egypt 3-1 in the semi-finals on Monday night (August 05) to reach the final.
Spain and France will meet in the fight to win the gold at 10 pm on Friday.
Egypt, however, put up a great fight against France. They did not allow the France Under-23 team to score in the first half. Then in the second half in the 62nd minute, their Mohmud Saber scored a goal to lead the team. With this goal, they lead until 82 minutes. Gian Philippe Mateta equalized after 83 minutes.
After that, however, Egypt lost. In the 92nd minute, their Omar Fayed left the field after seeing a red card. Despite playing with ten men for the rest of the time, they ended the game with a 1-1 draw. Then the match went into extra time. There, Mateta scored a goal in the 99th minute to lead the team. And after 108 minutes, Michael Olisse scored and confirmed the victory.
Meanwhile, like France, Spain also scored first against Morocco. Morocco got a penalty in the 37th minute of the match. Sofiane Rahimi scored a penalty to lead the team. Morocco went into the break ahead with his goal. After the break, Spain’s Firmin Lopez equalized with a goal in the 65th minute. And in the 85th minute, Juanlu Sanchez scored to secure a 2-1 victory. He took the team to the finals.