Olympic stories: 25/07

Day 1,710, 01:12 Published in Belgium Belgium by Cooke4444

With the opening ceremony coming closer, some olympic events have already started. The women's football tournament already brought some spectacle.

During the Olympics, "The fun side", will inform you all on spectacular, curious and major events. Have fun with it!



So first report is about:



Team GB won their first match against former colony New Zealand. GB created lots of chances, with several headers who missed the target. Finally, a free kick was curled in the back of the net, which decided the match in a 1-0 victory for the British women.

In the other game of the group, Brazil was too big for Cameroon: 5-0

The other results:

Japan - Canada: 2-1
Sweden - South Africa: 4-1
Note: http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/MG_Londen_2012/MG_OS_Opvallend/1.1380034 (Amazing goal, video only available in Belgium)

USA - France: 4-2
Colombia - North Korea: 0-2


First blooper:


Spot the mistake in the picture. The player is North Korean...

The players refused to play. The match started finally with one hour in delay...


Today

Group stage football men.

Spain - Japan
Honduras - Morocco

UAE - Uruguay
Great Britain - Senegal

Belarus - New Zealand
Brazil - Egypt

Mexico - South Korea
Gabon - Switzerland