Spain's rising soccer star Fermín, a replacement player, has ambitiously set a new goal - to compete for Olympic gold - after his national team won Euro 2024.
Spain's performance at the Euros was unrivaled. After winning the title in 2024, they surpassed Germany with four wins to become the most winning team in the history of the European Cup. To achieve the double of Euro and Olympic gold medals in the same year would be another glorious moment in the history of Spanish soccer.
Looking back to 2012, the Spanish national team was at its peak, but the national Olympic team failed to advance to the Olympics in defeat. And at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the Spanish national team finally won the men's soccer championship, the only Olympic gold medal in their history.
Morocco, the powerhouse of African soccer, won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1976 but has been mediocre at the World Cup.The 2022 World Cup saw Morocco's national Olympic team, led by Ashraf, reach the semifinals at one point, setting the best record for an African team, but there were few highlights at the Olympics.
The Moroccan national Olympic team has been as stunning at this year's Olympics as they were at the 2022 World Cup. They narrowly defeated Argentina 2:1 in the group stage, and finally advanced to the first group. In the quarterfinals, the Moroccan Olympic team even beat the United States 4:0, creating the best Olympic result in the team's history.
This Moroccan national Olympic team, led by Ashraf, has a squad worth 165 million euros, including young talents such as Akhomaki, Abboud and Elhanous.
Spain's national Olympic team squad is worth €370 million, with Fermín and Cubasi, two of Barcelona's rising stars, getting a lot of attention, while power players such as Baena and Omorodion are also joining them. However, due to the intense competition in this summer's Europa League, the team did not recruit big-name overage players, and 17-year-old Yamal failed to participate.
For example, Alvarez, who won the Copa América with his team, looked exhausted at the Games. As the most valuable player of the Olympics, he did not score, and the Argentinean national team was defeated by France 1:0 in the 0/4 final.
Fermín, the top scorer for the Spanish national team, had only 28 minutes of substitute time at the Euros.
In the group stage of the 2012 Olympic Games, the two sides of the national Olympic team had a meeting, the final 0:0 draw, both failed to get out of the group.
Morocco's national Olympic strength is not bad, and Spain's national Olympic team strength year by year, we have reason to expect Spain's national Olympic team for two consecutive Olympic Games to break into the final.
