On July 31, Beijing time, the Olympic men's football group stage ended all the matches in the third round, and the top 8 teams and the 1/4 finals were released.
Olympic men's standings
France and United States picked up the top two spots in Group A, with hosts France winning 3-0 against a weaker New Zealand in the final round, with Mateta, Douai and Kalimundo scoring in a game in which France had 9 shots on target from 34 shots and New Zealand had only 1 shot on target with 9 shots. France have won three in a row without conceding a single goal, completing the group stage task well, and the next knockout stage will be the real test, the quarter-final against Group B runners-up Argentina.
France topped the list
United States beat Guinea 3-0 in the final round, Paredes scored twice, Mihajlovic made a contribution, United States 2-1 and 6 points to secure second place in the group, New Zealand and Guinea were eliminated, and United States' knockout opponent was Group B top Morocco. Morocco played well in the do-or-die clash with Iraq, comfortably 3-0, with Achraf setting up Richardson's goal and Rahimi and Abboud both on the scoresheet.
Argentina meets France
With this victory, Morocco's points, goal difference and total goals caught up with Argentina, but in the clash between the two teams, Morocco had the advantage, so Morocco grabbed the first place in Group B, and Argentina's 2-0 victory over Ukraine could only be reduced to second in the group. The contest between Argentina and France has a story, in the 2022 World Cup, Argentina is stepping on France to reach the top of the world, and Enzo sang a racial song mocking France after winning the Copa America, so Argentina and France meet is a narrow road.
Spain finished second in the group
Let's look at the situation in Group C and Group D, the teams that qualified from Group C are Egypt and Spain, the two teams fought for the first place in the group in the final round, Spain was upset, lost to Egypt 1-2, and fell to second in the group with 6 points with two wins and 1 loss, and Egypt remained unbeaten with 2 wins and 1 draw and won the group with 7 points. Dominica and Uzbekistan, both in the same group, drew 1-1 and were eliminated.
Japan won all to advance to the round of eight
The top spot in Group D was taken by Japan, who won three consecutive games with a 1-0 win over Israel in the final round, and like France, they kept all wins + did not concede a goal, and Japan entered the knockout round to meet Spain. Paraguay, who finished second in the group, played Egypt, Paraguay beat Mali 1-0 in the final round.