The Paris Olympics, which have not yet opened, will be the "appetizer" first! The men's football game kicks off tonight, which stars will shine?

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2024-07-24 17:02Posted on the official account of Red Star News of Chengdu Business Daily, Sichuan

The Paris Olympics will start tonight!

As we all know, the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics will start at 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on July 27, but on the evening of July 24, the Olympic men's football and rugby sevens will be the first to start, and the Paris Olympics will officially enter the competition time. The earliest matches were Spain Olympic Team vs Uzbekistan Olympic Team and Argentina Olympic Team vs Morocco Olympic Team, which started at 21 o'clock Beijing time.

Events such as soccer and rugby sevens are played earlier because of the long time span of these events and the longer time players need to recuperate between matches, so it is customary to start the tournaments before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, such as the women's football competition at the Paris Olympics, which will also be played earlier on the evening of 25 July. In addition, multiple venues will host multiple events at the same time, and an early start will also help to coordinate venue usage more effectively.

There are a lot of things to watch in the men's football team tonight. In the first two games, the Spain Olympic team and the Argentina Olympic team both had many famous players. The Spain national team's victory in the recently concluded European Championship has also raised expectations for the Spain Olympic team. Although the Spain Olympic team did not call up age-appropriate players such as Yamal, Nico · Williams and Barcelona's Pedri at the European Championship, the forward line is also led by Atletico Madrid's rising star Omorodion and Valencia's Diego · López. They both established themselves in their respective La Liga teams last season (Omorodion went on loan to Alaves), scoring eight goals and three goals and providing six assists respectively. The midfield of the Spain Olympic team also has Atletico Madrid player Barrios, Barcelona player Fermin· Lopes, Villarreal's Baena, Real Sociedad's Tourentes and others, especially Baena has become the absolute main force of Villarreal last season, playing 2 goals and 14 assists! On the back line, the Spain Olympic team has Barcelona's 17-year-old star central defender Ku Brazil, Valencia's main central defender Mosquera, and it can be said that the three lines are very strong. Its opponents, the Uzbekistan Olympic team, were competing in the Olympics for the first time, and overage players such as Roma striker Shomurodov were recruited into the team.

Baena has just won the European Championship with Spain and turned to the Olympics Photo Visual China

The Argentina Olympic team is also the favorite to win the men's football tournament at this Olympic Games. Manchester City's winger Alvarez, Benfica's central defender Otamendi, and Ajax's goalkeeper Rulli were selected as overage players. However, their opponents Morocco Olympic team should not be underestimated, as they beat Egypt in extra time in last year's Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations final to win the title. The team's top striker Abboud, Rennes striker Mohamed Salah, Al Ain striker Rahimi are all quite strong, and midfielder Hanus has also played the main role in the second division. And Paris Saint-Germain's wingback Achraf was shortlisted for the Olympics as an overage player this time, which is also to escort young people. Before the game, many fans and media believed that the Morocco Olympic team had the hope of causing an upset in the first round of the group against Argentina.

Alvarez, who just participated in the Copa America, prepares for the Olympics with the Argentina Olympic team According to Visual China

In the early hours of tomorrow morning, the host France Olympic team and the U23 Asian Cup champion Japan Olympic team will also appear in the Olympic men's football group stage, which is also very concerned by the outside world. The "appetizer" of the Paris Olympics will make fans full of expectations!

The 16 participating teams in the men's football competition of this year's Paris Olympics will be divided into four groups: A, B, C, and D to start a single round-robin group stage, and the top two teams in each group will enter the knockout round. There is an age limit for players in the men's Olympic football competition, players must be under the age of 23 at the time of the Games, and each team is allowed a maximum of three overage players in the squad.

Red Star News reporter Jiang Shan

Edited by Cheng Li

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