Olympics 2024: Men’s soccer fans in Morocco protest a late goal against Argentina as France easily defeats the United States 3-0.
First-round match of the 2024 Olympics: France 3-0, USMNT
In the opening match of the group stage, France dominated the United States en way to a 3-0 victory.
Despite having the majority of the possession in the first half, the French were held scoreless; nevertheless, in the second half, the floodgates opened. In the 61st minute, a low effort from Alexandre Lacazette opened the lead. Eight minutes later, Michael Olise added his own goal. In the 85th minute, Loïc Badé scored another goal with a header only to be safe.
For the majority of the ninety minutes, France was the more aggressive team, with more shots overall, more shots on goal, and six more corners than the opposition.
The U23 squads of both nations served as their representatives. For the first time since the Beijing Olympics in 2008, the men from the United States are competing in the Olympics.
The United States will play New Zealand on Saturday.
France leads the United States 3-0.
Late in the second half, France extended their lead against the United States. In the 85th minute, Loïc Badé’s header gave the home team a 3-0 lead. A corner kick was used to score the goal.
Against the US, France scores twice in the second half.
In their first group round match against the United States, France took the lead. The hosts then increased their lead by double just to be safe.
Despite controlling the ball for the first forty-five minutes, France managed to score in the second. In the 61st minute, French captain Alexandre Lacazette scored the game’s first goal with a drive from outside the box that beat American goalkeeper Patrick Schulte and found the back left corner of the net.
Then, in the 69th minute, Michael Olise scored from the same place after a ball from Lacazette, this time finding the back left corner following a tiny deflection from an American defender.
Israel and Mali are presently deadlocked at one goal apiece.
Cheickna Doumbia’s header in the 63rd minute knotted the score and sent fans wild in Parc des Princes.
Doumbia sprang to great heights to head home Thiemoko Diarra’s cross for the equalizer.
An achievement for Israel
In the 56th minute, Israel eventually took the lead thanks to an own goal by Hamidou Diallo following a frantic scramble in front of the Mali net.
Mali has dominated play for the whole of the game, but Les Aigles won’t need to look far for the equalizer.
Israel and Mali played a scoreless match in Paris.
No team was able to get through before halftime, but Mali forced further action today at Parc des Princes.
Mali held most of the possession, but they lost the battle of shots on goal and corner kicks, 3-0 and 5-0, respectively. But in the first forty-five minutes, it was unable to beat Israeli goalie Omer Niron.
The US and France were scoreless at the interval.
In their first group stage encounter, the United States and France were scoreless at the break.
For the majority of the first forty-five minutes, France controlled the ball, made more shots, and converted five corners (compared to one for the United States).
Jean-Philippe Mateta’s left-footed effort from the left side of the field narrowly missed the right post late in the first half to give France the lead. The finest chance for the United States came in the 38th minute when Paxten Aaronson’s effort was stopped in the middle of the net.
The attempt was made shortly after Kevin Paredes of the United States was given a yellow card in the 37th minute for a foul. It was only one of the USA’s several errors; they were also caught offside three times.
Both nations’ U23 squads are in Paris to represent them. For the first time since Beijing in 2008, the men of the United States are competing in the Olympics.
Men’s soccer: Japan defeats 10-man Paraguay 5-0.
Japan defeated Paraguay 5-0 today, maintaining their strong play. In the first half, Paraguay was reduced to 10 men after an incorrect tackle resulted in a red card.
Shunsuke Mito’s two goals gave Japan the edge.
After Rhito Yamamato’s goal early in the second half, striker Shota Fujio scored twice in as many minutes, the first in the 83rd, to give the team a 4-0 advantage. After a few minutes, Fujio defeated the goalie and back line of Paraguay with a through pass from the midfield, giving his team a 5-0 advantage.
The next game Japan plays is against Mali on Saturday.
raucous gathering at Parc des Princes tonight
The atmosphere inside Parc des Princes was tremendous in the early minutes of this group encounter, despite the fact that Mali and Israel are unlikely medal contenders in men’s soccer.
Large populations of Malian and Jewish people lived in Paris, where loud chants of “Ma-li” and “Is-ra-el” erupted in the opening possessions.
The fans were raucous right from the outset, dressed in Israel’s blue and white and Mali’s vivid green, gold, and red.
