Paris Olympics 2024: Barcelona young star scores 2 super goals, Spain eliminates Japan
VTC News•03/08/2024
(VTC News) - Spain won against Japan in the men's football quarter-finals of the 2024 Paris Olympics with two super goals by Fermin Lopez.
The second quarter-final match of the men's football event of the Paris 2024 Olympics was a match between Japan and Spain. The Asian representative played fairly and had a ball possession rate equal to their opponent. In the first few minutes, Spain was a bit inferior to Japan but they quickly took control of the situation. In the 11th minute, from Baena's effort, Fermin Lopez fired a classy long-range shot to open the score for Spain. Surprisingly losing, Japan pushed up their formation to find an equalizer. The appearance of Fujita in the middle of the field helped the team from the land of the rising sun dominate the ball dispute.
Fermin Lopez shines.
However, Spain, at any level, still possesses the ability to play short balls. Cubarsi and his teammates prevented Japan from creating many dangerous opportunities towards Arnau Tenas' goal. In the 40th minute, Hosoya pressed and turned to shoot into the Spanish net, but he was offside when receiving the ball from his teammate. The first half ended with the advantage for the European representative. In the second half, Japan pushed up their attacking formation again. Spain was not in a hurry and calmly waited for the opportunity to counterattack. Every time Japan exposed gaps in defense, Spain also made the opponent's goal unstable. In the 74th minute, from a corner kick by a teammate, Fermin Lopez still controlled the ball and shot beautifully from a distance, raising the score to 2-0 for Spain. At this point, Japan's hope was not much left. However, this was still a match in which this team was unlucky. They still had chances to score, but after the strikers' shots, the ball often hit the crossbar and the post. In the 85th minute, Abel Ruiz scored from close range to seal a 3-0 victory for the Spanish team. Japan stopped in the quarter-finals of the men's football at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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