Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament

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Spain U23 LWWLW 2
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Morocco U23 WWLWW 1
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MAR101
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Match Report

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Spain rally past Morocco to reach gold medal game at Olympics

Juanlu Sanchez came off the bench to fire Spain to a record-equaling fifth Olympic men's soccer final on Monday.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
11
Corner Kicks
5
0
Saves
3
56.4
Possession
43.6
14
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
350
Accurate Passes
260
403
Passes
317
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
29
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.3
47
Long Balls
45
28
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
13
15
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
3
Interceptions
8
9
Effective Clearances
20
9
Clearances
20

Lineups

MAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Munir El KajouiG
  2. 4Mehdi BoukamirCD-L
  3. 17Oussama El AzzouziCD-R
  4. 11Zakaria El OuahdiLB
  5. 2Achraf HakimiRB
  6. 7Eliesse Ben SeghirAM
  7. 14Oussama TarghalineLM
  8. 18Amir RichardsonRM
  9. 9Soufiane RahimiF
  10. 16Abde EzzalzouliAM-L
  11. 10Ilias AkhomachAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Mehdi MaouhoubSUB
  2. 12Rachid GhanimiSUB
  3. 13Yassine KechtaSUB
  4. 6Benjamin BouchouariSUB
  5. 5Adil TahifSUB
  6. 3Akram NakachSUB

ESP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Arnau TenasG
  2. 5Pau CubarsíCD-L
  3. 4Eric GarcíaCD-R
  4. 3Juan MirandaLB
  5. 2Marc PubillRB
  6. 11Fermín LópezAM
  7. 10Álex BaenaLM
  8. 6Pablo BarriosRM
  9. 9Abel RuizF
  10. 17Sergio GómezAM-L
  11. 14Aimar OrozAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Samu AghehowaSUB
  2. 8Beñat TurrientesSUB
  3. 13Joan GarcíaSUB
  4. 15Miguel GutiérrezSUB
  5. 20Juanlu SanchezSUB
  6. 16Adrián BernabéSUB
  7. 12Jon PachecoSUB

Timeline

  1. 37' Goal! Morocco U23 1, Spain U23 0. Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco U23) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  2. 37' Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco U23) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  3. 37' Arnau Tenas (Spain U23) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 61' Substitution, Spain U23. Miguel Gutiérrez replaces Juan Miranda.
  5. 62' Substitution, Spain U23. Adrián Bernabé replaces Pablo Barrios.
  6. 62' Substitution, Spain U23. Juanlu Sánchez replaces Marc Pubill.
  7. 65' Goal! Morocco U23 1, Spain U23 1. Fermín López (Spain U23) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  8. 67' Fermín López (Spain U23) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  9. 72' Adrián Bernabé (Spain U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 76' Amir Richardson (Morocco U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 85' Goal! Morocco U23 1, Spain U23 2. Juanlu Sánchez (Spain U23) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fermín López.
  12. 88' Substitution, Morocco U23. El Mehdi Maouhoub replaces Mehdi Boukamir.
  13. 89' Substitution, Spain U23. Beñat Turrientes replaces Fermín López.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, Spain U23. Samu Omorodion replaces Álex Baena.

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