The Olympic men's football 1/4 finals began, and the two favorites met in advance, and France, which has the first Olympic team, PK the two-time champion Argentina. The France team is not only luxurious, the whole team is worth up to 390 million euros, but also the host, and what is even more crazy is the hot form, winning all the group stages of this Olympic Games, 3-0 United States, 1-0 Guinea, 3-0 New Zealand, and achieving the first place in the group with a perfect attitude.
In contrast, Argentina had a much more up-and-down journey, losing 1-2 to Morocco in the first round, followed by 3-1 Iraq and 2-0 Ukraine to finish second in the group. Entering the knockout round, Argentina is obviously on the underdogs, but they are a strong team in the Olympic Games, and the foundation of winning two Olympic titles is still there, and they can still maintain an excellent overall in the face of the strong France team, but they lose because of the lack of ability to seize opportunities.
France coach Thierry Henry used the 4312 formation, Lacazette and Mateta partnered with two forwards, Olise played as the front midfield, Shottal, Koné and Miyo formed a three-midfield, Truffel, Lukeba, Bardet and Hildila partnered with the back four, and goalkeeper Lest. Argentina's squad is inferior, the whole team is worth only 240 million euros, coach Mascherano uses the 4231 formation, Alvarez is in the center position, Zenon, Thiago Almada, Giuliano Simeone form a three-front line, Cristian Medina, Ezequiel Fernandez form a double midfield, Amione, Otamendi, Di Cesaray, Joaquin Garcia form a back four, goalkeeper Rulli.
In the game, France entered the state very quickly, in the 5th minute of the game, Crystal Palace double star contribution, Olise took a corner kick on the right side of the field, directly assisted Matteta to score with a header, France led 1-0. For the rest of the game, Argentina took the initiative on the pitch, tried to salvage the defeat, and did create a lot of chances, but unfortunately fell short, always shooting the last link off the chain.
The most regrettable thing is that in the 90+9th minute of the game, Argentina still had a chance to equalize, but unfortunately Gondou's close-range shot in front of the goal flew and missed the last chance to equalize, resulting in Argentina losing 0-1 to France and missing out on the Olympic semi-finals. At full time, France won five minutes, most of the time defending, with only 31% possession, 10-16 shots on goal and 2-4 shots on target compared to Argentina, and finally turned into a 1-0 victory.
With the strong overall strength of the France team, coupled with the hot form and the status of the hosts, they have gone straight to the gold medal, and the two matches of the Olympic semi-finals have been finalized, France against Egypt and Spain against Morocco. The semi-final between France and Egypt will start at 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on August 6, while the semi-final between Spain and Morocco will start at 00:00 on August 6.