The goal of Oyarzabal who has given the three points to Spain against Australia and that allows the national team to depend on itself to reach the quarterfinals at the Olympic Games has broken 21 years of drought, both goals and triumphs, from Spain in an Olympic event.
Indeed, the last both of a Spanish team in some Games went back to September 29, 2000, in the Sydney final between Spain and Cameroon. At 47 minutes into that match, Gabri scored 2-0 for the Red, which was surprised by the reaction of Cameroon, which equalized on the scoreboard at 58. On penalties, luck favored the Africans, who won gold.
ANDl last triumph It was in the semifinals, the September 26, when they beat the United States 1-3. After that appointment, Spain was absent in the Games of Athens-2004 and in those of Beijing-2008, lost without scoring a goal the three games of London-2012 (0-1 against Japan and Honduras and 0-0 against Morocco) and also missed the Games of Rio de Janeiro-2016.