I agree, I'm certainly not surprised to see Japan make it out of the group stage. But I think it would be very unexpected if they were to win the gold medal.

Luck can be such a big factor in football since it's such a low-scoring game. In this case, Honduras deserved their goal for sure, while Spain came close to scoring many times, but there was never the same kind of inevitability.

Oh well. As a Barcelona fan, I'm a little relieved that they will be coming home earlier than expected. We just bought Jordi Alba, and we need him in one piece and not completely exhausted.