Olympics | Spain beat Japan to reach men's football semifinals

LYON, France, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Fermin Lopez scored a brace to help Spain crush Japan 3-0 in the men's football quarterfinal at the Paris Olympics here on Friday.

In the semifinal, Spain will take on Morocco who claimed a 4-0 victory over the United States in an earlier kickoff of the day.

Lopez put the Spanish side into lead in the 11th minute with a powerful shot. The Barcelona midfielder scored again