Spain will face France within the males’s Olympic soccer closing after staging a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory over Morocco within the semi-finals.
Morocco’s event prime scorer, Soufiane Rahimi, put his group forward with a penalty within the first half, marking his sixth purpose of the Games.
However, Spain responded within the second half as Barcelona’s Fermin Lopez equalised by capitalizing on a unfastened ball within the penalty space.
With simply 5 minutes remaining, substitute Juanlu Sanchez delivered the decisive blow, drilling dwelling the winner to safe Spain’s place within the closing.
In the opposite semi-final, France overcame Egypt 3-1 after additional time, organising a extremely anticipated showdown with Spain in Paris on Friday at 20:00 BST.
Morocco will now face Egypt within the bronze medal match in Nantes on Thursday.
They started their marketing campaign with a 2-1 win over Uzbekistan earlier than securing qualification with a second win over Dominican Republic regardless of shedding their closing group recreation to Egypt.
A 3-0 win over Japan noticed them progress from the quarterfinals to e book a date with Morocco on Monday.
The European giants can be hoping to safe one other trophy having received the Euro 2024.
