FRA 3-5 ESP Highlights, Paris 2024 Olympics: Spain pips France in extra-time thriller to win men’s football gold

It is full time soon enough. Spain wins the gold, beating hosts France 5-3 in the final. An incredible game of football. 

Tenes with what should be the most defining contribution of the game. The Spanish goalkeeper gets the ball and flings it across the halfway line for Camillo Perez to run through on goal and slot it in. ESP 5-3 FRA

Cherki fires in a low cross into the Spanish box. But this time, Tenas comes charging out to gather it first time. Good positive goalkeeping from the Spaniard. 

Cherki puts Akliouche through with a clever reverse pass. But Spain manages to get men behind the ball to prevent anything happen from it. 

’France throws in another forward in the form of Rayan Cherki, with Henry taking off a defender. Last throw of the dice one could say. 

Quite understandably, Spain is in no hurry to restart the game whenever it gets hold off a throw in or goal kick. 

Sergio Gomez with another effort on goal. Shot from outside the box clipped away by the French goalkeeper. 

Spain holds onto the lead. 15 minutes left for France to find an equaliser. 

France forced to make a comeback again. France attacks down the left. The low cross is thumped away by the Spanish defence. 

Slick buildup from Spain. Sergio Camello Perez receives the ball on the half turn at the edge of the box. He charges past his marker and chips it past the goalkeeper. SILKY!!

France powers forward in a counter attack. Mateta can’t sort his feet out inside the box. Chance missed for France. 

France wins the ball again in the midfield. Akliouche’s introduction has been the key to France’s change in fortune. He is pulling the strings for the side, in addition to scoring the goal. 

Extra time begins and France continues with the same attacking verve which saw it score two late goals. 

Turrientes hits the post!! Last minute of the game and the Spanish midfielder manages to get a shot inside the box and it pops off the post. Olise too creates a chance for France. But he too can’t get the ball in. We head into extra time. 

The referee is asked by VAR to look into a Spanish foul following a corner. Kalimuendo was dragged down inside the box by Miranda. The referee says it is a penalty. 

Mateta steps up and he slots it into the left corner. FRANCE EQUALISES!!

Clever football by France down the right. Olise manages to get the ball into the box. Kalimuendo’s header is blocked away by the Spanish defence. It is desperation time for France. 

Spain has given up the last of its attacking interest as France continues to pile on the pressure. 

Kone gets hold off a loose ball just outside the box. His outside-of-the-boot shot though misses the left upright by a whisker. France’s attacking intent growing by the minute. 

France wins a freekick close to the box. Olise smashes it into the box and it bounces off Akliouche and into the goal. Can France squeeze in an equaliser here. 

Olise’s through ball into the box is overhit. Spain gets a goal kick to burn some time and push further up field. Flurry of changes for Spain as it looks to see this game through. 

Kalimuendo dances through the Spanish defence and lets go of a left-footed shot. Parried away by Tenas, who is making up for his early mistake. 

Truffert is France’s primary attacking outlet. The left back wins a corner for his side. But Olise’s delivery fails to make an imapct. 

Greater urgency from France now. Spain has almost entirely restricted itself into its defensive third. But there are spaces for the Spanish attack to exploit on the counter attack. 

Spain much more subdued in offence in the second half as they cede ground to France. Sildillia fires in a cross from the right which fizzes past the goal line. 

Bade hits the bar!! Low-hanging cross from Truffert. Bade jumps past his marker and gets his head onto it. Clips the top of the bar and goes out of play. 

Freekick for France from the left wing. Olise angles it in. Spain manages to get the better end of a goalmouth scramble. France forced to regroup. 

Fermin Lopez goes for a shot from a loong way out. Miscues it and it flies far and wide off the target. Not his best moment of the night. Henry makes a few changes to shake things up. 

Truffet makes a deep run into Spain territory before dipping in a cross. Spanish defence successfully clears their lines. France regroups and brings the ball forward again. 

France will hope to stage a second-half comeback in front of its home fans against Spain as the second half begins. 

Bade gets a yellow card for a stamp. France fails to put together another attack as the half closes out. 

Seven minutes added on. France attacks clicks back into motion. Truffert puts the ball into the box for Mateta, who flicks it goal-bound. Spanish goalkeeper Tenas claws it away with a superb save. 

Another shot for Spain. This time from left-back Miguel Gonzalez. Booted away by the French goalkeeper. France moves the ball upfield rapidly. 

France gets a prolonged spell of possession. But the Spanish side is perched deep into its box. The cross from right is too deep and Spain resets. 

Sildillia with a rather forceful challenge on Fermin Lopez from behind. The referee gives Spain a foul. France growing in frustration against a revitalised Spain. Kone gets the first yellow card of the day for a cynical foul.

The home crowd shocked by how fast the game has changed. Spain looks nothing like the team it was in the opening ten minutes of this game. 

Freekick for Spain close to the edge of the box. Baena steps up. He bends it over the wall and under the bar. The French goalkeeper hasn’t moved an inch. SPAIN LEADS 3-1!

Superb cross from the left into the French box by Gonzalez. Abel Ruiz’s shot is saved. 

But, Fermin Lopez is there to pounce on the rebound. SPAIN LEADS!!!

Lacazette wins France the first corner of the day. Olise swings it in. Abel Ruiz clubs it away. Olise puts another corner in. Mateta gets his head onto it. But easy save for Tenas. 

First real attack for Spain and guess what. They score! Sergio Gomez gets into the half space on the right flank. He slices it into the box for Fermin Lopez to strike it in. 1-1

Spain looks to push past a disappointing start. But the passes are not stringing together for the Spaniards. France’s ploy of pressing high working perfectly so far. 

Spain yet to make a single attacking move in this game so far. France charges forward in another attack. Millot with a half-hearted attempt at goal. Spanish keeper Tenes fumbles it into his goal. Shocker.

Spain looks to play their way out of the trouble. But France’s high block is making that a risky proposition. Spain loses the ball couple of times inside its defensive third. 

Mateta drives down the left wing. But he can’t get past Spanish right-back Pages. Spain gets the ball away, for now. France keeps the attacks coming. 

France puts the Spanish defence under some early pressure. Skipper Lacazette leading the way with some precise passing and high-intent dribbles. 

Spain in its lime yellow kits while France in its traditional blue colours. 

“This event is special because (in our sport) you don’t think about finishing second or third, or winning a medal. So our story is a success -- let’s make it better,” 

Arnau Tenas, Marc Pubill, Juan Miranda, Eric Garcia, Pau Cubarsi, Pablo Barrios, Abel Ruiz (captain), Alex Baena, Fermin Lopez, Aimar Oroz, Sergio Gomez.

Guillaume Restes, Castello Lukeba, Adrien Truffert, Loic Bade, Kiliann Sildillia, Manu Kone, Michael Olise, Alexandre Lacazette (captain), Enzo Millot, Joris Chotard, Jean-Philippe Mateta.

Brazil beat Spain 2-1 in extra-time to win the gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games, becoming the joint-second-most successful team in the Olympics.

It was its second gold medal in the Games, making it the fourth country to have two gold medals, after Argentina, Soviet Union and Argentina.

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