France continued their 100% report at their residence Olympics as they defeated Argentina 1-0 to advance to the semi-finals.
Crystal Palace’s Jean-Phillipe Mateta headed in from a cross from his former club-mate Michael Olise 5 minutes in, and that finally proved sufficient for Thierry Henry’s males to progress.
VAR disallowed France a second late on, however Argentina couldn’t make their fortune rely earlier than tempers boiled over between the gamers on the last whistle.
Argentina got here out on prime within the 2022 World Cup last between these nice footballing nations, and there have been an equal quantity of thrills and spills this time round.
Mateta’s early purpose set the tone for a dominant show from Les Bleus within the first half, with Enzo Millot going shut earlier than Geronimo Rulli denied France’s goalscorer a second.
Whereas Giuliano Simeone ought to have carried out higher earlier than the break, it was the same story within the second half as Mateta once more met an Olise nook, however this time his header went simply over.
Olise appeared to have capped off a virtuous show with a purpose of his personal 10 minutes from time, however VAR disallowed the purpose for a foul within the build-up.
Loic Bade struck the woodwork simply after, and Claudio Echeverri – simply on instead – might have made France pay had he saved his composure with the purpose gaping, solely to slice over as Les Bleus held on to arrange a semi-final towards Egypt, who beat Paraguay 5-4 on penalties.
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