Japan is trembling its way into the semi-finals – Spain is lucky

The Spanish beat the Ivory Coast team 5-2 after extra time on Saturday and will now face Japan, who beat New Zealand 4-2 on penalties, in the semi-finals. After 120 minutes the score was 0-0. Defending champions Brazil beat Egypt 1-0 and will now play against Mexico, who defeated South Korea 6-3 with a score. Spain already had its back against the wall in the match against the Africans, as Max Gradel had given Ivory Coast a 91-2 lead in the 1st minute. However, Rafa Mir equalized two minutes later and scored twice more in extra time. In the end it was 5:2 for the favorite. The Spaniards had six players in the starting line-up who had also been at the European Championships a month ago. Japan celebrates its eleven-a-side heroes In the semi-finals they will now meet the hosts; the Japanese were the luckier team in the penalty shootout against New Zealand after a goalless 120 minutes. Japan keeper Kosei Tani saved a penalty against Liberato Cacace, who plays in Belgium, and Claytono Lewis was the second New Zealander to miss. Matheus Cunha (37th) from German Bundesliga club Hertha BSC scored the goal for Brazil, who will now face Mexico in the semi-finals next Tuesday. The Central Americans celebrated a shooting festival against South Korea. Henry Martin (12th, 54th), Luis Romo (30th), Sebastian Cordova (39th/penalty, 63rd) and Eduardo Aguirre (84th) completed half the dozen for the superior Mexicans. Donggyeong Lee (20th, 51st) and Ujow Hwang (91st) scored three times for South Korea. The final takes place next Saturday.

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Japan is trembling its way into the semi-finals – Spain is lucky

The footballers from hosts Japan, Spain, Brazil and Mexico are in the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics.

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