Today at St. James Park, Newcastle, the European football giant Spain lost their 2nd straight match in the London Olympics against Honduras by a margin of 1-0. With this defeat Spain, who was hoping to bring in Gold medal, have been eliminated from the Olympics
Three players combined for Bengtson’s third of the tournament during a break down the left in the seventh minute. Bengtson cut inside and the striker jumped over a defender to power in a header past Spain goalkeeper David de Gea.
Three players combined for Bengtson’s third of the tournament during a break down the left in the seventh minute. Bengtson cut inside and the striker jumped over a defender to power in a header past Spain goalkeeper David de Gea.
Spain has won previous three major titles in the world of football- Euro 2008, FIFA WC 2010 and Euro 2012-prior to the Olympics and were hot favorites for the medal race before they were stunned by Japan by 1-0 and then again by Honduras. If Spain doesn't score against Morocco this Wednesday, they will be going back home without scoring from the Olympics.
Japan who stunned Spain 1-0 in their opener got a place in the final eight from group-D defeating Morocco 1-0.
In other matches Ten-man Senegal caused a huge upset when they beat Uruguay 2-0 at Wembley while title favorites Brazil, inspired by the dazzling Neymar, swept into the quarterfinals after coming from behind to beat Belarus 3-1.Brazil became the first side to qualify for the next stage after a come-from-behind win against Belarus thanks to Neymar, who scored and made the two other goals.
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