Match 1: France Olympic vs Egypt National Olympic Games
Match analysis: France U23 will continue to pursue Olympic gold medals. The two sides will face off in the semi-finals of the Olympic Games at the Stade de Lyon, with the winner facing either Morocco U23 or Spain U23 in the final.
Olympic hosts France eliminated favourites Argentina in the final round thanks to a fifth-minute goal from · Philippe · Mateta. It was a tense contest with players from both teams getting involved in a scuffle during the match.
In the process, France have also continued their winning streak and are currently on four wins at the 2024 Olympics and have won all three of their group games.
Regardless of the outcome of this match, it was France's best performance at the Olympic men's football tournament since winning the gold medal in 1984.
As for the Egypt team, this team also impressed at this Olympics. They finished ahead of European giants Spain in the group stage before beating Paraguay on penalties in the quarter-finals.
Egypt fell behind in the 71st minute when Diego · Gomez put · Albiroja in front, but Ibrahim · Adel levelled the score with two minutes remaining.
The two sides went on penalties, with Marcelo · Pérez missing a penalty for Paraguay and Egypt winning the match and progressing. This marked their first semi-final appearance in an Olympic football tournament by Egypt since Tokyo 1964.
France vs Egypt head-to-head record and key stats
France and Egypt last met at the 1984 Olympics, where the former won 2-0 to claim the gold medal.
France France team reached the semi-finals of the Olympic Games for the first time since they reached the semi-finals in 1984. Egypt is participating in the semifinals of the Olympic Games for the first time since 1964.
France is currently the only team with a 100% winning record in the competition at this stage: winning four of its four matches while keeping a clean sheet in each of them.
France are the best team at this Olympics and should be able to get rid of a stubborn Egypt team.
France U23 competed in an astonishing 14 matches at the Olympics. However, they have won only two medals so far: a gold medal in 1984 and a silver medal in 1900. This year, France is the host and they will not be satisfied with a result below the gold medal. Thierry ·'s side have been impressive in Olympic competitions so far. In the group stage, they won all three matches with a goal gap of 7:0, while in the quarter-finals, France U23 won 1-0 against Argentina U23. France's · Filip · Mateta scored in the fifth minute before the France Under-23s decided to defend and tried to punish their opponents on the counter-attack. Both teams did not score until the end of the game, so France U23 secured their place in the semi-finals.
France U23 team news
After the final whistle blew for the France Under-23s and Argentina Under-23s, there was a massive altercation between the two teams, which led to the red cards of Enzo · Milot. Speaking after the game, manager Thierry · Henry said: "I don't agree with what happened at the end of the game. My player (Milot) got a red card and I didn't accept it; This shouldn't happen. ”
Egypt U23 will appear at Paris 2024, their 13th Olympic appearance. Reaching the semi-finals this year is their best result in their history. Egypt U23 started with a draw against Dominican Republic U23 but then won over Uzbekistan U23, Spain U23 and Paraguay U23 on penalties in the quarter-finals. Egypt U23 usually suffer from a lack of attacking firepower, but in all competitions, Egypt U23 have had a high level of defence.
Egypt U23 team news
The Egypt Football Federation is very satisfied with the head coach of the Under-23s, Rogerio · Michele. Khalid · El· Dalandali, vice-president of the Football Federation, said that Rogerio · Michele will not leave the Egypt after completing the competition at the Paris Olympics. Egypt is dreaming of a medal, and they are one step away from it.
France's U23 team hopes to win gold at this Olympics. They look strong so should expect Thierry · Henry's side to dominate against Egypt Under-23s.
After Thierry · Thierry Henry made adjustments for the team's final group game, the France team naturally regained their full strength in the quarter-finals, when captain Alexand·re Lacazette and chief creator Michael · Olise returned to support attacking striker Jean · Philippe · Mateta.
France will field a similar line-up for this game, with young goalkeeper Guillaume · Resters continuing to start, having won four in a row so far.
Joining Alexandre Lacazette and Mateta as 23-year-olds, Sevilla's · Bad and Castro · Lukieba became centre-backs.
Manukone, who was in charge of the midfield, was sent off after the match against Argentina and Enzomilo will be absent due to suspension.
Alexandre · Lacazette has been very good in domestic competitions. Alexandre Lacazette has already scored 19 goals and provided two assists last year. On top of this Lacazette averaged 2.35 shots on goal every 90 minutes with 1.30 of them on target. He is very good in the competition at the 2024 Olympics. Alexandre Lacazette scored the first goal of the game but also created chances. In the first half, he assisted for a shot that was blocked, and then another for a shot that went wide. In addition, after Lacazette's goal, he assisted Michael ·'s goal. Jean · Philippe · Mateta are also the main threats for the France team. Mateta made 25 appearances for Crystal Palace, scoring 16 goals.
Michael · Olise will also perform well at the 2024 Olympics. In the 61st minute, he assisted Alexandre · Lacazette's goal. Olise then scored with a shot from outside the box. Lloris · Bard was also the main threat for France in the game.
Meanwhile, Egypt should also pick a familiar squad for their first Olympic semi-final in 60 years, despite the last time they played 120 minutes in poor conditions.
Osama· Faisal and wingers Ahmed Saeed· also known as Zizo will be linked with Ibrahim · Adel in the match, who played in the Egypt's most recent under-23 AFCON and is their top scorer in Paris 2024.
Captain Mohammed · Elneny will start in midfield alongside Mohammed · Shehata and Ahmad · Kuka.
Impeccable defence and aggressive attacking firepower make France a tough team to beat while dominating against a tired Egypt side.
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