After 32 years, Spain won the Olympic men's football gold medal again
2024-08-10
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In the early morning of August 10th, Beijing time, the men's football final of the Paris Olympics was held at the Parc des Princes, the home stadium of the French Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain. Spain won the Olympic men's football gold medal again after a lapse of 32 years. Spain and the host France staged a goal-scoring battle. France scored a goal first, and Spain scored three goals in a row. France equalized the score near the end of regular time, and Spain scored two goals in overtime. Both sides contributed a total of 8 goals, setting a record for the most goals scored by men's football in the Olympics.
8 goals set a record
Spanish football has ushered in a fruitful year. Last month, it won the European Cup with a perfect record, and this month it made up for the regret of being the runner-up in the men's football competition of the last Olympic Games. The coach of the Spanish Olympic team in the last Olympic Games was the coach who led the team to win the European Cup, De La Fuente. His regret was made up by the current coach and his disciple Santi, who sat in the stands to "remote control" during this game. In order to let Santi lead the team to play well in this Olympic Games, De La Fuente sent Fermin and Baena, members of the new European Cup champions, to support the Spanish Olympic team.
When the French Olympic team took the lead in just 11 minutes, the Spanish Olympic team played with the same strength as when Spain reversed and eliminated France 2-1 in the semi-finals of the European Cup. The two European Cup champions stepped up and scored three goals in a row at lightning speed. In the 18th minute, Baena sent a wonderful pass, and Fermin calmly pushed the ball to equalize the score. In the 25th minute, center forward Ruiz's shot was saved, and Fermin followed up with a supplementary shot to overtake the score. In the 28th minute, Baena took a direct free kick and flew over the wall into the dead corner of the goal, making up for the regret that there was no direct free kick goal in the entire European Cup this year. The Spanish Olympic team overtook 3-1.
Although the Spanish Olympic team paid the price for their youth, Aclius and Mateta scored two goals for the French Olympic team in the 79th and 90th minutes, but Spain did not let the victory slip away. Carmelo, a young striker from Rayo Vallecano in La Liga, became a hero. He came off the bench and scored two goals in overtime. In the 100th minute, Carmelo scored a lob to give Spain the lead again. In the injury time of overtime, goalkeeper Ternas threw the ball to the front court, and Carmelo scored again, securing the men's football gold medal for the Spanish Olympic team.
Won the gold medal again after 32 years
The last time Spain won an Olympic men's football gold medal was at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, when it won the gold medal as the host nation. The core midfielders of that Olympic team were current Manchester City coach Guardiola and former Spanish national team coach Luis Enrique. The men's football final of that Olympics was held at the Camp Nou, the home stadium of La Liga giants Barcelona.
Fermin came from Barcelona's La Masia youth training system, but he was mainly a substitute in Barcelona and the Spanish national team, but he became the star player of the Spanish Olympic team, playing 6 times in this Olympics and contributing 6 goals. This Olympic men's football final was held at the home stadium of Paris Saint-Germain. Enrique, one of the heroes who won the Olympic men's football gold medal that year, is the current coach of Paris Saint-Germain. The goalkeeper of the Spanish Olympic team, Ternas, also came from Paris Saint-Germain.
Spain won the European Championship and the Olympic gold medal this summer, both of which were won by defeating the host country. In the European Championship quarter-finals, they defeated the host Germany 2-1 after extra time, and in the Olympic final, they defeated the host France after extra time. When Olympic-age stars Yamal, Nico Williams, Pedri and Gavi missed the Olympics due to fatigue or injury, Spain still won the men's football gold medal.
Spain won the 2008 European Championship, the 2010 World Cup, and the 2012 European Championship consecutively, becoming an unprecedented "triple crown winner". Spanish football has ushered in another golden era. The "Matadors" now play more concisely and quickly based on passing and controlling football. After winning the 2024 European Championship and the 2024 Olympic Games consecutively, they will also be a hot team to win the 2026 World Cup.
Text丨Reporter Liu Yi
Photo: Xinhua News Agency
