Jenni Hermoso was not happy with the elimination of world champions Spain from the final of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament by Brazil. The Spaniard was highly critical of the way the Canary Islands played, winning 4-2 in the semi-final of the competition.

“We conceded four goals from a team that, for me, doesn’t play football. But at the end of the day, what matters are the goals. They study us, they know how to hit us, they play behind our backs. I don’t like football,” said the Spain midfielder.

The criticism was not well received by Brazilians, who flooded the Tigres de Mexico player's social networks to leave numerous comments and criticisms. The Brazilian women's national team account also responded with a very Brazilian proverb.

I played the game and the lamp [peixe] “It's a fish! Playing football,” one could read in a post with two photos without mentioning Hermoso.

This proverb reminds us of how hard it is to win, and also how hard it is to catch the lamprey, which is one of the most difficult fish to catch. In other words, no one wins or loses until the final whistle.

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Brazil stunned world champions Spain 4-2 on Tuesday to return to the Paris 2024 Women's World Cup final, where they will seek revenge for their poor record against the United States, the record holder for the most Olympic titles.

In the second meeting of the tournament between the two teams, the Brazilians, who lost (2-0) in the group stage, came out victorious this time against the Spaniards, with an own goal from Irene Paredes (six minutes) and two goals. Gabi Portillo (45+4), Adriana (72) and Kerulen (90+1) scored, against a goal by Duda Sampaio in his own goal (85) and a goal by Salma Paraluelo (90+12).

The Canarina, who are returning to the Olympic final after 16 years, will meet four-time world champions the United States for the third time in the Olympic finals, after 2004 and 2008, which the North American team won after extra time.