Fermin is pure gold (or at least silver) for Spain

Morocco appeared once again in Marseille like deja vu. In the style of the 2022 World Cup, the African team, again led by Achraf Hakimi, threatened to stand in Spain’s way and thwart their chances of reaching the Olympic gold medal. A goal by Soufiane Rahimi, following an innocent penalty by Pablo Barrios, seemed to have put an end to Spain’s chances of reaching the final. Until Fermín stood up to everything and everyone, especially the more than 50,000 Moroccans who filled the stands of the Velodrome, and said no once again. This time the duel was left to Spain, at the behest of the ‘eleven’, the great protagonists of a tournament that has anointed itself an elite footballer and could close on top of the podium in the final against the winner on Friday of the other semi-final (local France or Egypt).