Spain are out of the Olympics !

July 30, 2012 9:53am CST
So Spain have crashed out of the Olympics without scoring a goal in their opening two matches. It looks like Brazil are nailed on favourites to win the gold now. Can you see anyone stopping them ? I would like to see Great Britain do well but they have a tough final game against Uruguay.
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@Sandra1952 (6047)
• Spain
30 Jul 12
The tournament is really throwing up some surprises. I would have backed Spain to take the gold medal - perhaps they're burned out after Euro 2012. Maybe there's still hope for Team GB, then. Brazil are a bit unpredictable, so it's anyone's final now Spain are out.
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@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
31 Jul 12
yeah..who ever expect that the favourite tournament lost from the underdog like Japan and Honduras??
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
31 Jul 12
Yes, it is the biggest surprise of the tournament. Spain lost to Honduras and Japan to be knocked out of the tournament in a group that should have been a cakewalk for them. But I guess that is the beauty of the Olympics with only three players above 23 allowed. Cheers! Ram
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
31 Jul 12
jordi alba, juan mata and javi martinez can`t help spain junior team.. what`s happen?? but iam glad that no one underestimate Japan and any asian team...they can beat you if you underestimate them
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
31 Jul 12
Yes they could not help the juniors. I think in this format with only 3 top players allowed, the teams are more even. It would be disastrous to under-estimate any team. Cheers! Ram
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
31 Jul 12
Actually, I have not been very much impressed by Great Britain so far. I am not sure they will be able to beat Uruguay. Of course, they will have the home support going for them. Cheers! Ram
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
31 Jul 12
it is big surprised.. we are still waiting for the next surprised when uruguay maybe will be eliminated too.. whats happen with Juan Mata et al??
@sjlskl (3382)
• Singapore
2 Aug 12
Finally I get to see Spain fall flat. While there are many talented players in the Olympic squad but they lack the cohesiveness of the senior squad. This makes me believe that the current crop of players are a one-off thing. As for the winner for the Olympics, Brazil is the run-away favorite. While I do not fancy the GB team, but with the home support, they might just nick it.
• Indonesia
2 Aug 12
I was so surprised find Spain lost from Japan and Hungary. What happen with them?? Japan and Hungary is not even counted before the competition. after this surprise, may be the winner could be unpredictable. Of course Brazil sounds superior than other, but Great Britain have extra motivation to win on their home. Anyone can win
1 Aug 12
i aways say iniesta is the heart of spain and people always disagree,it was evident that he was the missing ingredient.i believe uruguay or great britain will lift the tournament.good day!
@Olonam (870)
• Philippines
30 Jul 12
NOO! I was really hoping Spain was gonna win.. :((( But anyway, since Spain are out and can't win i'm voting for Brazil and I think (I hope) no one can stop them... I don't like GB so much because they didn't get Beckham.. :/
@jkct02 (2874)
• Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
30 Jul 12
Who would expect Spain to go home early with not e - Who would expect Spain to go home early with not even one goal scored?
If Spain, as one of the per-tournament favorites, could be eliminated so unexpectedly, the possibility of that happens to Brazil can not be discounted, especially when the two games that Brazil played so far showed that the Selecao is not so invincible - they conceded goals. What if they could not make a come back like they did against Belarus when their knock-out stage opponent scores an early goal? From the results so far, it shows that the teams are quite close in their performance. Team GB did not find it easy against Senegal. Uruguay even lost 0-2. I think we should expect to see more of the unexpected to happen soon.
• Indonesia
30 Jul 12
It is commonplace in football, be wonderful because teams in the championship favorites were eliminated from the tournament, probably because Spain overconfident and underestimate your opponent, this is the results they get, but even threatened sanctions eliminated Spain as well as their attitudes who could not accept defeat. Now the favorites are Brazil, United Kingdom and Uruguay. However, Uruguay and the United Kingdom have to die to escape hiup party.