France continued their 100% document at their house 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 in the end proved sufficient for Thierry Henry’s males to progress.
VAR disallowed France a second late on, however Argentina couldn’t make their fortune depend earlier than tempers boiled over between the gamers on the remaining whistle.
Argentina got here out on prime within the 2022 World Cup remaining between these nice footballing nations, and there have been an equal quantity of thrills and spills this time round.
Mateta’s early objective 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 completed higher earlier than the break, it was an identical 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 objective of his personal 10 minutes from time, however VAR disallowed the objective for a foul within the build-up.
Loic Bade struck the woodwork simply after, and Claudio Echeverri – simply on as an alternative – could have made France pay had he stored his composure with the objective 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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