EURO champions Spain defeated Uzbekistan 2-1 to kick off their men’s football Olympic campaign.
At the Parc des Princes in Paris, Spain won to begin their bid for gold in a tough game at Paris 2024.
Before Uzbekistan, runners-up at the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup, scored from the spot through Eldor Shomurodov, Marc Pubill scored Spain’s first goal in the first half.
Spain took the lead again shortly after the hour mark, but only after Sergio Gomez’s 59th-minute penalty was saved.
Three minutes after the fact, Gomez set things right while scoring from 12 yards out, for all intents and purposes from the penalty spot he had recently missed from.
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Spain is hoping to win their first men’s football gold since winning it in Barcelona in 1992.
On July 27, Spain will play the Dominican Republic, and Uzbekistan will play Egypt, an African team.
On July 30, Dominican Republic takes on Uzbekistan. Spain’s final Group C match is against multiple African champions Egypt.
In the interim, below is the men’s football results at Paris 2024 up until this point.
Mali 1 — 1 Israel
France 2 — 0 United States
Iraq 2 — 1 Ukraine
Japan 5 — 0 Paraguay
New Zealand 2 — Guinea 1
Egypt 0 — 0 Dominican Republic
Spain 2 — 1 Uzbekistan
Morocco 2 — Argentina 1
