The captains of the French and Spanish men's Olympic football teams say they are gunning for the gold medal, on the eve of the final. Spain's Abel Ruiz describes the possibility as a "huge dream", while Franc's Alexandre Lacazette says "the fact that we're here is down to our belief."
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00:00We came here to Paris with that hope and we're going back to the final today and we're really looking forward to the match tomorrow.
00:11We know that France is a very tough and difficult opponent, especially here at home, but we want the gold and we're going to work for it.
00:22It's something that can be historic and we've fought a lot. We've been focused for 40 days and we've put in a lot of effort.
00:34As I said before, we're really looking forward to the match tomorrow. It was our dream to be in an Olympic final and we are.
00:45We're happy with all the hard work we've put in over the last 40 days and we're really looking forward to tomorrow.
00:55It's true that it's been 40 years. Of all the players in the squad, no one has experienced that, even me.
01:03But we gave ourselves the right to dream. As the coach said, we've already won a medal for France, which is great.
01:11Now we want to win a gold medal.
01:15We came here because we believed in it. It was easy for the coach, but it's true that on a daily basis he reminds us of our objective.
01:27But above all, he reminds us of the way to achieve our objective, which is to prepare well.
01:33He knew that a good preparation could help us achieve our dream. Not to win the medal, but as he often says, the right to dream.
01:44I think the whole squad believed in him and his words and so far it's worked.