Spain has moved top of Group C and put themselves in the box seat to advance to the quarterfinals of the Olympic men's football at the Tokyo Games after grinding down Australia to seal a 1-0 win at the Sapporo Dome.
After failing to penetrate the Olyroos' bunkered-down defences for almost the whole game, Spain's dominance of the contest was rewarded in the 81st minute when Mikel Oyarzabal rose to meet a cross from Marco Asensio -- securing both the win and his nation's first goal at an Olympics in 21 years.