Spain secured the gold medal in the Olympic men's football tournament after substitute Sergio Camello scored twice in extra time to earn a dramatic 5-3 win over hosts France in a nail-biting final at Parc des Princes on Friday.
The teams were locked at 3-3 at the end of normal time but Camello scored 10 minutes into the extra period and again at the end to earn Spain their first Olympic men's football title since 1992 when La Roja claimed the gold medal on home soil.
France had mounted an incredible comeback after going 3-1 down to send the game to extra time as Maghnes Akliouche pulled a goal back in the 79th before a VAR review awarded the hosts a penalty that Jean-Philippe Mateta converted in stoppage time. Spain rallied in the first half after Enzo Millot opened the scoring for France in the 12th minute by scoring three goals in 10 minutes to get within touching distance of the title thanks to a Fermin Lopez double and superb free-kick from Alex Baena.
France's Millot had scored early by pouncing on a loose ball in the box to fire into the top left corner after a poor attempted block by Spanish goalkeeper Arnau Tenas.
Spain equalised six minutes later when the unmarked Lopez passed the ball into the net first-time and the Barcelona midfielder gave his side the lead with his second in the 25th.
Baena curled his free kick into the top left corner just before the half hour but France made it 3-2 11 minutes from time through Akliouche's close-range touch after a set piece.
Sha'Carri leads USA to win women’s relay final
The United States raced to the gold medal in the Olympic women's 4x100 metres relay on Friday, capturing their 12th title in the event thanks to three smooth handovers as Britain made a mess of their final baton exchange.
The U.S. team of Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry, Paris Olympic 200m champion Gabby Thomas and Sha'Carri Richardson clocked 41.78 seconds after getting the baton around the track with no major mishaps.
Neita still brought Britain home in 41.85 for silver and Germany claimed bronze in 41.97.
"I was not going to let these ladies down," said Neita, who missed a medal in the 100m by four hundredths of a second to finish fourth.
Silver was particularly sweet for Asher-Smith and Neita, who both had agonising near misses earlier in the Games. Asher-Smith was fourth in the 200m and Neita fell short of 100m bronze by four hundredths of a second.
