France beats Argentina to reach the 1/2 finals at the home Olympics

France won against Argentina 1-0 at Matmut Atlantique in Bordeaux and the host nation advanced to the ½ finals of the football tournament at the Olympics where they will face Egypt who beat 2-1 Paraguay earlier today.

𝐎𝐍 𝐋’𝐀 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐓, 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐄 🇫🇷🙌

Victoire 1-0 face à l’Argentine ! Nos Bleus décrochent leur qualification en 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐈-𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐒 𝐉𝐎 🤩🔥#FRAARG | #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/xcdFty4vDG

— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) August 2, 2024

The other ½ final at the Olympic Games will be between Morocco who trashed USA 4-0 and Spain who defeated Japan 3-0.

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FRANCE GO 1-0 UP ON ARGENTINA LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES INTO THE MATCH!!!

A massive opening goal from Jean-Philippe Mateta! pic.twitter.com/JNAotSnlZo

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) August 2, 2024

The home team needed only 5 minutes to score the opening goal in the match. Jean-Philippe Mateta netted in the 5^th minute after an assist from his former teammate at Crystal Palace and Bayern Munich player from the next season – Michael Olise.

The result remained unchanged until the 84^th minute when Michael Olise himself doubled the French team lead, but after a long VAR review, the goal was disallowed because of a foul in the build-up play. Because of that, the referee gave 10 minutes of additional time that gave Javier Mascherano’s side hope. However, the host nation kept the result that was enough for a semifinal spot.