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Spain are the mens Olympic football champions for the second time in their history, after a dramatic extra-time victory over France at the Parc des Princes.

Substitute Sergio Camello was the hero in the additional period, with two adroit finishes over Guillaume Restes to win a chaotic and engrossing match.

Spain looked to have won this final after ten exceptional first half minutes, in which Fermin Lopez scored twice before Alex Baena floated a free kick into the net to put them in charge in the final.

Eric Millot had put France ahead after just 12 minutes, when his shot went through the hands of Arnau Tenas and in at the far post.

In the second half France mounted a stirring comeback in the dying minutes, with a goal from Maghnes Akliouche and an injury time penalty from Jean-Philippe Mateta pulling France level at 3-3.

This victory gives Spain gold in the men’s football competition for the first time since 1992, when they triumphed in front of their home crowd in Barcelona.

It's over, Spain are the men's Olympic football champions once more! That was a stunning final, who says football doesn't belong in the Games? That was epic, engrossing sport.

Camello has finally settled this wild and wonderful final. Tenas gathers a loose ball in the area, and projects the ball upfield with France stretched. Camello races past Lukeba and he's through; once again he takes his time before dinking his finish over Restes for his second. That's a superb finish.

Doue again dances into space, this time on the right of the area, but fires a tired shot wide of goal.

Magassa has a crack from 30 yards out, trying to curl one into the far corner. That's tremendously ambitious at this stage, and Tenas gathers easily.

Cherki jinks into spaceon the right of the area, but puts his cross straight into the hands of Tenas.

Kalimeundo is put through down the right, but a lunging intervention from Eric Garcia pokes the ball away to the right.

Spain get forwards down the left and whip a cross into the centre. Camello looks favourite to tap in from six yards out but Lukeba gets back at him and the ball ricochets into the hands of Restes.

Cherki replaces Sidillia for France.

Doue hits the deck after reaching the byline, after a robust challenge from Sergio Gomez. He wants a penalty, but there's nothing doing.

France make a change, as Magassa replaces Kone, and off we go once more. Spain pour forwards - this is such a blancmange of a game now - and Sergio Gomez forces a good save out of Restes to win a corner.

A France corner after good work by Olise comes to nothing, and it's half-time in the additional period.

Doue gets the ball on the left again, and this time cuts across the face of the area and booms a shot away with his right foot. Tenas gathers, but only at the second attempt as the shot almost goes through him. Nervy stuff!

Doue ghosts by two on the left and crosses low into the area. Spain clear it, but Doue and Olise are ripping them up on the flanks.

Can France go to the well again?

This is brilliant from Spain. They've composed themselves, and are back in front. Bernabe dances into space in the hole, and slips a gorgeous pass to Camello in the area, who is clean through. Camello draws Restes out and then dinks a smart finish over him to put Spain ahead once more!

Miranda's race is run, he's replaced by Gutierrez.

A chance for Spain as a lofted pass finds Miranda at the back post. He could volley at goal or bring it down, he has so much time; instead he tries to knock it back across goal and Bade heads clear. What a waste that was.

Doue cracks a shot at goal from the left of the area, it deflects off a prone Spanish player and just past the outstretched foot of Kalimuendo at the back post.

Pacheco is booked for a late lunge on Olise.

We're off again with extra-time, which starts with Mateta blazing a half-volley well wide of goal.

Anything could happen now, as France are going all guns blazing while Spain have taken off some key attacking players.

Locko is coming on for France, replacing Truffert.

You'd take another half an hour at least, wouldn't you? Well, it's incoming!

Lorks a lordy, this is wild! Olise dances along the byline and forces a save from Tenas. France win a corner, which clears everyone and hits Lukeba at the back post, who can't project it towards goal from two yards out. Football, eh? Nothing like it kids, nothing like it!

Oh my stars. Spain work it into the French area and from the edge Turrientes, who gave away the penalty, cracks a shot onto the bar and over!

What is it about France and sharing six goals in major tournament finals? It's Qatar 2022 all over again.

By the way, we're into a minimum of five added minutes. That penalty took forever to award and take though, so there could be another big chance yet.

After an age of a delay Mateta steps up...and sends Tenas the wrong way to level up the final! What a match this is, and it looks like we'll have half an hour more of it!

Dramarama! There's going to be a penalty check on VAR as Kalimuendo is hauled down at the back post by Turrientes, who wasn't even looking at the ball. Surely that's a penalty?

It's checked and yes, yes it is! And Miranda is booked for his protests, not that anyone in the Parc des Princes notices!

Doue wins a corner, which Olise takes. It's headed clear and Spain break like lightning, feeding Sergio Gomez on the left of the area whol blazes a shot across goal and a yard wide of the far post.

Pacheco replaces Oroz for Spain, who look to shore this up.

Spain keep the ball for a few minutes, which takes the sting out of the atmosphere a touch.

Baena and Ruiz depart for Spain, replaced by Turrientes and Camello.

Olise whips in a corner from the left. It's headed out to the edge, where Kone cracks a bobbling shot a couple of yards past the post.

Game on! Olise whips the free kick in to the near post. The ball goes through the legs of Akliouche, and I think catches a slight nick before flying in at the far post! They've given it to Akliouche, but the bigger news is that France are right back in this match, and don't the crowd in Paris know it!

France make a change, Doue is on for Millot. As I type that, Baena brings down Olise and is booked.

Bernabe is booked for pulling down the breaking Kone.

Olise cuts in from the right and tries to slide rule a pass through to Akliouche in the area, but it's overcooked and runs behind. If France can get one here we're in for a barnstorming finish.

Lopez and Pubill are off for Spain, Sanchez and Bernabe are on.

What a save this is! Kone drives into the box from a one-two and shoots low to the far corner. Tenas dives across and pulls off a superb one-handed save to turn the ball wide! Not thirty seconds later, Millot dances along the byline on the right and blazes over from a tight angle.

Another chance! A poor corner from Olise skids through to Akliouche, who tries to cushion it and shoot from eight yards out but can only manage an air shot as Spain then clear.

Half a chance here. Akliouche slides a diagonal pass through to Mateta, who can only scuff a low shot into the hands of Tenas.

There's a bit of a lull as France keep possession. They badly need a goal in the next ten minutes.

This could have been curtains. Pubill whips across that beats everyone in the middle and Miranda arrives unmarked at the back post...and shins it high over the bar. Oh my, that was a decent look.

Millot and Oroz both have nibbles at each others ankles, and when the former has a free kick given against him in the centre circle he is less than pleased

Off the bar! Truffert hangs a cross up into the area. Kone has the run on everyone and rises highest, glancing a header at the goal that clips the top of the crossbar and goes out.

A French free kick into the area by Olise is cleared to the edge of the area. Lukeba picks it up and it sits up nicely, but his shot is deflected behind for a corner.

Sure enough Lacazette is hooked, as is Chotard. On come Kalimuendo and Akliouche.

Henry has seen enough, and changes are incoming. Lacazette, who gives it away cheaply here, might be done.

Ruiz finds some space in the D of the Spanish area. He opens up and shoots after receiving a short pass, but it's blazed wide of goal.

Truffert gamely overlaps down the left for France, and fires a cross into th middle. It's a good ball, but Cubarsi is there to clear.

The teams are back out, no signs of any changes as yet. We're underway again in Paris.

A breathless first half is now over. France took the lead early, but a blast of three goals in ten minutes has put Spain in charge.

Bade leaves one on Miranda, and is rightly booked.

It's mayhem in the Spanish area, as first Lacazette nearly scrambles in a loose ball from the corner, and then Olise cushions a volley that is shot-cum-cross, and drifts just wide of the far post!

So close! Chotard fires a low drive across goal from the left of the area. The ball deflects up and Mateta is there to guide a header at goal, and Tenas pulls off a superb one-handed save to put the ball out for a corner. Stunning!

We'll have seven more minutes in this half; I've honestly no idea where that number came from.

Millot is clipped by Fermin Lopez, it's a free kick to France 40 yards from goal. Olise whips it in to the penalty spot, but Spain clear with miniscule fuss.

Great play from Oroz and Miranda releases the latter into the area on the left. His low cross balloons up off the foot of Restes, and France scramble the ball away. That could have been four.

France get forwards through Olise, who cuts in from the right and swings the ball in with his left foot. The ball drifts over the head of Mateta and out.

Lopez, desirous of a hat trick, shoots from the edge of the area but Lukeba gets in the way and blocks the ball with his shins.

Kone is booked for wiping out Oroz 40 yards from goal. It followed a very slick bout of Spanish possession, starting near their own goal and sweeping forwards. They're having fun out there alright.

Sidilllia dumps Fermin Lopez to the floor, and it's a free kick to Spain.

The crowd are trying to rouse the home side with a defiant airing of La Marseillais. Henry is bellowing at his players from the touchline; France really need to get to the break with the score no worse than this.

It's fair to say that the Parc des Princes is stunned. What a barrage that was.

Oh my days, it's three! Baena takes the free kick, and whips it up and over the wall and into the net, with Restes rooted to the spot! France have been blitzed here with three goals going past them in ten minutes. Wow!

Miranda bombs forwards again and is clattered by Bade as he cuts infield. Bade is very lucky not to be booked there, and it's a free kick for Spain from 25 yards out.

It's two for Spain, and it's him again! From wide on the left Miranda fires a superb low cross into the six yard box. Ruiz shoots from point blank range, Restes parries it, and Fermin Lopez is on hand to guide the loose ball in to an empty net!

That goal has really settled Spain down. And as I type that...

Fermin Lopez #11 of Team Spain celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Men's Gold Medal match between France and Spain during the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Parc des Princes on August 09, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty I

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In this increasingly frenetic game France win a corner. Olise whips it to the penalty spot where Mateta meets it, but he can only head the ball straight at Tenas.

Phew, what an opening! France have looked watertight at the back in this Olympics so far, but they were sliced wide open there.

From their first real attack Spain are level, and it's that man Fermin Lopez again! Baena gets the ball in the inside right channel and reverses a lovely pass into the area, where Fermin Lopez has wandered into space and is completely unmarked. Fermin Lopez shoots first time with his right, guiding the ball past Restes from 15 yards out.

France have bossed this so far, Spain have offered very little.

France's midfielder #12 Enzo Millot celebrates scoring the opening goal in the men's gold medal final football match between France and Spain during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Parc des Princes in Paris on August 9, 2024. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MEL

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Olise finds Millot on the right of the area again. Millot guides a low cross into the six yard box, but this time Tenas clutches the ball in both hands.

Out of nothing, France lead! Pubill makes a hash of a clearance in his own box, which falls to Millot near the edge Millot booms the ball back at goal, which is straight at Tenas...and the shot goes through the hands of Tenas and sneaks in just inside the far post!

Mateta is in the thick of it again, getting a chipped ball to feet in the area and trying to run Pubill on the outside. The ball ricochets back off Mateta and out for a throw-in.

Mateta tries a stepover to beat Pubill on the left of the area, but Publill reads it well and wins the ball back for Spain.

It's a lively start from the hosts as Lacazette releases Chotard down the left, and his low cross is cleared from the penalty spot. Lacazette then goes over on the left of the area, looking for a corner or even a penalty, but gets neither.

Peep peep! Off we go in the men's Olympic football final!

The teams come out into a Parc des Princes that sounds right up for this. The Spanish anthem gets respectful applause, before La Marseillais booms out into the Paris sky. This should be a cracker, get yourselves situated.

You don't need to tell Spain how euphoric a home win in the men's Olympic football can be. It was 32 years ago that they swept to victory in Barcelona with a last minute winner from Kiko against Poland, thus hooking gold medals around the necks of Pep Guardiola, Luis Enrique, Albert Ferrer and others. They'll be itching for their second victory in this tournament today, to round off a glorious summer kicked off by the men's team winning Euro 2024.

So, can Thierry Henry pull this off? He's potentially ninety minutes from taking France to gold and glory in Paris. If the local fans reactions to their gold medals thus far are anything to go by, the reception for a French victory here in the Parc des Princes this evening could be off the map. France have only shipped one goal so far in their pursuit of immortality at this Olympics, and on that solid base has been grafted some Crystal Palace flair; Michael Olise has showcased the talent that Bayern Munich are about to benefit from, while Jean-Philippe Mateta has hit four goals in their last three games.

France make two changes in midfield from the team that beat Egypt in Tuesday’s dramatic semi-final. Andy Diouf and Maghnes Akliouche make way for Manu Kone and Enzo Millot.

As for Spain, they retain the starting eleven that beat Morocco in Marseille four days ago.

France: Restes; Truffert, Lukeba, Bade, Sildillia; Chotard, Kone, Millot; Olise; Lacazette, Mateta

SUBS: Akliouche, Cherki, Doue, Kalimuendo, Locko, Magassa, Nkambadio

Spain: Tenas; Miranda, Cubarsi, Garcia, Pubill’ Baena, Barrios; Gomez, Lopez, Oroz; Ruiz

SUBS: Bernabe, Camello, Joan Garcia, Gutierrez, Pacheco, Sanchez; Turrientes

Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

Good afternoon folks, Friday night’s alright for gold medallin’. Welcome to the 28th men’s Olympic football final, where hosts France take on Spain for the title. For the Spanish, if they win it will complete a memorable summer to add Olympic gold to their victory at Euro 2024. And if France win? In that eventually I’d advise you to grab on to something until the celebrations in Paris stop registering on the Richter scale. This should be a Bobby Dazzler; let’s get it popping with some team news.

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