Summary of the first day: Brazil and Mexico dazzle, Spain does not start and Argentina stumbles

The beginning of the Olympic football competition has left us a exciting first day. The always complicated debut in a major tournament such as the Olympic Games has already brought us the first surprises.

The first of them arrived at midmorning, with the goalless draw for the Spanish team in its premiere before Egypt. Many are the hopes placed in a combined fact of players who are part of the absolute, with up to six starting players who played last Eurocup.

The Spanish team drew goalless on its debut at the Olympic Games. EFE / RFEF / Morenatti
The Spanish team drew goalless on its debut at the Olympic Games. EFE / RFEF / Morenatti

The tie forces Spain to react on the next day against a Australia that has given one of the bells of the day when getting rid of Argentina 0-2. The albiceleste, another of the teams from which a lot is always expected, stumbled in its premiere and is already at the beginning without margin of error.

Who did comply was Brazil. The ‘canarinha’, led by an exalted Richarlison, surpassed Germany with hat-trick in 30 minutes from the Everton forward. Despite the fact that the Germans made up the scoreboard, Brazil had no problems winning and convincing.

Brazilian Richarlison was the most outstanding player of the day with his hat-trick against Germany. (Brazil, Germany, Japan, Tokyo) EFE / EPA / KIYOSHI OTA
Brazilian Richarlison was the most outstanding player of the day with his hat-trick against Germany. (Brazil, Germany, Japan, Tokyo) EFE / EPA / KIYOSHI OTA

Another of the teams that has won gold in the recent Olympic Games (2012) is Mexico, who has debuted with a landslide against France 4-1. The Mexicans, led by Betic Lainez, have overwhelmed the ‘Bleu’ team and are bidding for the medals.

Meanwhile, the a priori weakest group of the Games at the name level, the B Group, has left us victories by the minimum of New Zealand and Romania and the feeling of maximum equality.

First bars of a competition that is expected to be exciting and that does not allow too much room for error to lick the wounds. The next Sunday 25 The second football episode of the Japanese saga of the Olympic Games begins.