Spain suffer surprise early Olympics exit

Olympic Games results Great Britain 3 - 1 UAE Spain 0 - 1 Honduras Korea Rep 2 - 1 Switzerland Senegal 2 - 0 Uruguay

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Olympic Games resultsGreat Britain 3 - 1 UAESpain 0 - 1 Honduras Korea Rep 2 - 1 Switzerland Senegal 2 - 0 Uruguay Japan 1 - 0 Morocco Brazil 3 - 1 Belarus Mexico 2 - 0 Gabon Egypt 1 - 1 New ZealandLONDON – Spain are out of the Olympic men’s football competition after suffering a shock 1-0 defeat by Honduras.The Hondurans, who won thanks to Jerry Bengtson’s early goal, progress from Group D along with Japan, who beat Morocco 1-0. Brazil beat Belarus 3-1 to qualify from Group C, while Egypt drew 1-1 with New Zealand.In Group B, Mexico picked up a 2-0 victory against Gabon and South Korea secured a 2-1 win over Switzerland.Bengtson, who scored both goals in his side’s opening 2-2 draw with Morocco, found the net against Spain after eight minutes in Newcastle.Spain, who lost their opening game 1-0 to Japan, hit the woodwork three times in the second period.Japan secured their place in the knockout phase when Kensuke Nagai’s late effort earned them victory against Morocco.Renan Bressan opened the scoring for Belarus against Brazil at Old Trafford but Neymar crossed for Alexandre Pato to head in, curled in an impressive free-kick and then laid on a third goal for Oscar.