Funny and sad situations in the Olympic match Spain won Morocco: Referee was replaced

The men's football semi-final match of the 2024 Paris Olympics between Spain and Morocco (early morning of August 6) brought extremely difficult moments.

At Marseille, the Spanish Olympic team and Morocco played a dramatic match. After a slow start, Morocco suddenly accelerated at the end of the first half and had consecutive scoring opportunities. In the 35th minute, VAR intervened to determine that Pablo Barrios had fouled Amir Richardson in the Spanish penalty area. Facing the opportunity, Rahimi easily scored his 6th goal at the 2024 Olympics. In the second half, the Spanish team played proactively and continuously attacked. Two goals by Fermin Lopez (minute 66) and Juanlu Sanchez (minute 88) helped the Spanish Olympic team complete the comeback, defeating Morocco 2-1. The young players of "La Roja" entered the match for the gold medal at the Olympics for the second consecutive time.

Spain Olympic enters Olympic men's football final for second consecutive time

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The match had its first change but the referee

In addition to the tense situation on the field, fans also laughed many times because of the ridiculous incidents in the semi-final match. In the first 15 minutes, not the players of the two teams but the main referee Ilgiz Tantashev was the center of attention. After a series of fouls, Mr. Ilgiz Tantashev was unexpectedly knocked down by Spanish Olympic defender Marc Pubill in the 12th minute. The Uzbek referee's back hit the field hard and he had to ask for help from the medical team. After a few minutes, referee Ilgiz Tantashev was determined to be unable to perform his duties and Mr. Glenn Nyberg (Sweden) took his place. In the post-match reports, referee Ilgiz Tantashev was determined to have suffered back and right ankle injuries.

Mr. Ilgiz Tantashev sadly left the field due to injury.

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Moroccan player uses penguin symbol to provoke Spain again

In the round of 16 of the 2022 World Cup, the Spanish team lost 0-3 to Morocco. At that time, Hakimi - the player who is currently the captain of the Moroccan Olympic team - provoked his opponent with a penguin pose. Many Spanish newspapers criticized Hakimi's actions and called it an ugly act of the Moroccan team. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Rahimi - the player who opened the score in the semi-final match, repeated this celebration. The Moroccan Olympic striker stood in front of goalkeeper Arnau Tenas, spread his arms wide and danced, provoking the Spanish goalkeeper. In the stands, Moroccan fans also lit flares to celebrate.

Goalkeeper Arnau Tenas (in black) approaches to protest the way the Moroccan Olympics celebrate

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Marca (Spain) commented: “From Hakimi to Rahimi, everyone is provoking Spain. Before the referee blew the penalty, Hakimi had a heated argument with Arnau Tenas despite both being teammates at PSG. The attitude of the Moroccan players is clearly unacceptable. They have spectators on the field. Morocco plays as if there are 12 people on the field.”

Rare yellow card for missing corner flag

In the 66th minute, Fermin Lopez took advantage of the indecisiveness of the Moroccan defense to break through and equalize for the Spanish Olympic team. The striker, who is currently playing for Barca, celebrated excitedly and went to the corner of the stands to cheer. On the way, Fermin Lopez did not forget to kick the flag at the corner kick position. It seemed like nothing happened, but suddenly referee Glenn Nyberg gave Fermin Lopez a yellow card. The Spanish Olympic striker raised his hands to the sky and protested Glenn Nyberg's unusual decision. After Fermin Lopez's yellow card, the semi-final match was also stopped for about 2 minutes because the referee asked the Organizing Committee to replace the flag because the pole that Fermin Lopez kicked had broken in half.

Fermin Lopez received a rare yellow card

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Bored with home team's striker, Moroccan fans score against Olympic Spain

For more than 10 minutes at the end of the second half (including 7 minutes of extra time), Moroccan Olympic pushed up their attacking formation to find an equalizer. Coach Tarik Sektioui played with all his strength, sending all his strikers onto the field. However, Moroccan Olympic only had 4 more shots but not one of them was on target. Perhaps fed up with the home team's stalemate, in the 90+3 minute, an overexcited Moroccan fan ran onto the field, dribbled the ball himself and shot into the Spanish Olympic net. Of course, this goal was not recognized and Moroccan Olympic still lost 1-2.

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