Olympic soccer
Spain reach the final after beating Morocco 2:1
Spain and France will play the Olympic final in men's soccer on Friday (6 p.m.) in Paris.
Hosts France beat Egypt 3:1 after extra time in a dramatic semi-final in Lyon on Monday evening. Jean-Philippe Mateta was the match-winner with two goals. The Spaniards were also trailing, but the team from the European champions turned it around in Marseille against Morocco to win 2:1 in regulation time.
Soufiane Rahimi had put Morocco ahead with a penalty (37'). Spain only got into the game better in the second half and scored the decisive goals through Fermin Lopez (66) and Juanlu Sanchez (85). The Moroccans missed several good opportunities to equalize in the closing stages. Spain's men reached an Olympic final for the fifth time, the last time they did so was three years ago in Tokyo. However, the Iberians won their only Olympic gold to date at their home games in Barcelona in 1992.
France are in their third men's Olympic final. Mahmoud Saber gave Egypt the lead against the run of play (62'), but Mateta equalized (83') after a dream pass from his former Crystal Palace colleague Michael Olise. In extra time, the attacker from coach Oliver Glasner's club scored his fourth goal of the tournament with a header (99'). Egypt were already a man down at this point after Omar Fayed was shown a yellow card (92).
Extra time
Bayern Munich newcomer Olise (108) provided the final point and great relief for "Les Bleus". France's Olympic coach Thierry Henry can now hope for the crowning glory on Friday at the Parc des Princes. The only Olympic title in soccer to date was won by the French in Los Angeles in 1984.
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