Spain loses against Egypt and goes to the quarterfinals as second in the group (1-2)
Euskaraz irakurri: Espainiak Egyptren aurka galdu du eta multizoko bigarren postuan sailkatu da final-laurdenetara (1-2)
The Spanish football team has lost against Egypt (1-2)after a double from Ibrahim Adel in the 40th and 62nd minutes. Samu Omorodion’s goal in the 90th minute was not enough to turn things around. Even so, Spain goes to the quarterfinals as second in Group C. They will play the quarter-finals in Lyon against the top-ranked team in Group D.
Jon Pacheco, Beñat Turrientes and Aimar Oroz were in the starting eleven. Pacheco played the entire match and a mistake by him gave Egypt the second goal.
Egypt was more electric in attack, giving a warning with a shot from inside the area that was blocked by Turrientes. Ibrahim Adel opened the scoring in the 40th minute for Egypt (0-1).
At the break, the only player who was back in the starting eleven, Aimar Oroz, went to the bench and Sergio Gómez came on. Spain tried to react, but Pacheco made a mistake in the 62nd minute.
The centre-back gave away a bad pass back and Ibrahim Adel was left alone in the one-on-one against Alejandro Iturbe to score a double (0-2).
Samu Omorodion reduced the deficit in the 90th minute, but there was no time left for a comeback (1-2).
Data sheet:
1 – Spain: Alejandro Iturbe; Marc Pubill (Juanlu Sanchez, d.46), Cristhian Mosquera, Jon Pacheco, Miguel Gutierrez (Juan Miranda, d.69); Beñat Turrientes (Pablo Barrios, d.63), Adrian Bernabe (Fermín Lopez, d.63); Diego Lopez, Sergio Camello, Aimar Oroz (Sergio Gomez, d.46); and Samu Omorodion.
2 – Egypt: Hamza Alaa; Ahmed Eid (Ziad Kamal, m.96+), Omar Fayed (Mohamed Tarek, m.69), Hossam Abdelmaguid, Karim El Debes (Mahmoud Saber, m.46); Mohamed Elneny, Mohamed Shehata (Ahmed Atef, d. 80), Ahmed Koka; Zizo, Ibrahim Adel and Osama Faisal.
Goals: 0-1: Ibrahim Adel, m.40. 0-2: Ibrahim Adel, m.62. 1-2: Samu Omorodion, m.90.
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada). Cautioned Eid Ahmed (m.6), for Egypt.
Dominican Republic draws against Uzbekistan to bid farewell to the Games (1-1)
The selection of Dominican Republic led by the Basques Ibai Gomez and Fernando Amorebieta has tied one in the last match of the group stage against Uzbekistan. Thus, finishing third in their group, they say goodbye to the Olympic Games.
Source: Eitb
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