BREAKING NEWS Spain are champions AGAIN! Sergio Camello nets twice in extra-time to clinch Olympic gold for his country just weeks after their Euro 2024 triumph...
as Thierry Henry's France fall short in 5-3 thriller Spain secured Olympic gold with dramatic extra-time goals from Sergio Camello Thierry Henry's side fought back from 3-1 down to send the game into extra-time Get breaking Premier League news straight to your phone on Mail Sport's new WhatsApp channel By Ian Herbert Published: 19:46 BST, 9 August 2024 | Updated: 20:06 BST, 9 August 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Beforehand, they held aloft a colossal banner of the gold medal above a sign exhorting Thierry Henry ’s players to ‘decrochez la medaille’ – ‘get the medal’ - and though we have heard the anthem from every corner of this Olympics , La Marseillaise had never sounded quite like it did here. There had been a feeling that gold was written in the firmament for France. The final was played out on the same turf where Michel Platini’s team won the European Championship – 2-0 against Spain – 40 years ago.
And then the Spanish turned up. The dominance of a nation who are current women’s World Cup holders and men’s European champions spans all ages. France also played them in the final of the under 19s European Championships in Belfast , just 12 days ago.
Spain won 2-0. This Olympic crown makes it three titles in the space of a month, with almost entirely different squads for each. France’s extra.