“Memories of Barcelona 92 ​​can only be revived by the star of the team” .. Fermin Lopez scores against France and completes the Euro and Olympics double!

Most likely, if Fermin Lopez decided to write a book about his football life in the future, he would devote only half of the book to what happened to him during this year. He is the young Barcelona star who transformed overnight from a player in the third division to a star who dazzled the world, and who combined the European Nations Cup (Euro 2024) and the Paris Olympics gold in less than a month.

The 21-year-old Spanish star gave a stunning performance with his country’s national team in the Olympic Games (Paris 2024), crowning his team with two goals against France in the final match, turning the tables on the Roosters, leading the Matador to a 5-3 victory, in an epic battle that extended into extra time, and seizing the second gold medal in his history since the Barcelona 1992 edition.

Fermin Lopez played a prominent role in leading Barcelona to win the Olympic gold; in 6 matches, he became his country’s all-time top scorer in the Olympics, after scoring 6 goals and making an assist. If it weren’t for the brilliance of Moroccan Soufiane Rahimi, the bronze medalist, who scored 8 goals, Fermin would have been crowned the tournament’s top scorer.

Spread on the field

In addition to his two goals against France, Fermin Lopez’s deployment in the midfield succeeded in creating the necessary danger to the Roosters’ goal, and he also returned to the defensive midfield to stop the French chances, after coach Thierry Henry’s squad became active offensively, especially in the second half, before he left the field in the 73rd minute, to be replaced by Adrian Bernabé.

Lopez’s performance was distinguished on the long ball level, as he provided two successful passes, while the player’s performance was relatively inexperienced, as he lost the ball 7 times, and committed two mistakes in the match, and provided only 3 successful tackles out of 9 attempts, aerial and ground.

Euro and Olympics duo

In a Spanish year par excellence, Fermin Lopez put his name on the list of historical matadors, at the age of 21. Despite participating for only 28 minutes in the Euro Championship, during the match against Albania, in the third round, the Barcelona player became crowned with the most expensive European title, and participated in Spain writing a record as the team that won the most titles in the tournament, after reaching the fourth title.

26 days after the Euro final, Santi Denia, the coach of the Spanish Olympic team, decided to rely on the efforts of Fermin Lopez as a mainstay, and the player did not disappoint him, after leaving his mark by scoring in every stage (group stage, quarter-final, semi-final, and then the final match).

Why did Barcelona sign Dani Olmo?

A question was raised among Barcelona fans about the secret behind the management’s decision to sign the Spaniard Dani Olmo, who moved today to the Catalan fortress, coming from Leipzig, Germany, in light of the presence of Fermin Lopez in the team’s ranks.

Fermin Lopez has decided his future with Barcelona, ​​after news of Manchester United’s desire to officially sign him, confirming that he would be happy if he signed a new contract with Barcelona, ​​which he described as his childhood dream, expressing his hope to stay for many years.