Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament

FT Thursday, July 22, 2021
France U23 1
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Mexico U23 WWWWW 4
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MEX044
Ajinomoto Stadium

Match Report

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Mexico confidently dispatch France in opening Olympic game

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
3
52.9
Possession
47.1
12
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
353
Accurate Passes
305
440
Passes
394
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
16
Crosses
10
0.1
Cross %
0.2
54
Long Balls
62
30
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
18
19
Tackles
29
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
24
Interceptions
9
12
Effective Clearances
12
12
Clearances
12

Lineups

MEX · 4-3-3

  1. 13Guillermo OchoaG
  2. 5Johan VásquezCD-L
  3. 3César MontesCD-R
  4. 14Érick AguirreLB
  5. 2Jorge SánchezRB
  6. 7Luis RomoCM
  7. 17Sebastián CórdovaLM
  8. 8Carlos RodríguezRM
  9. 9Henry MartínF
  10. 11Alexis VegaLF
  11. 10Diego LainezRF

Substitutes

  1. 1Ángel MalagónSUB
  2. 4Jesús AnguloSUB
  3. 18Eduardo AguirreSUB
  4. 6Vladimir LoroñaSUB
  5. 15Uriel AntunaSUB
  6. 21Roberto AlvaradoSUB
  7. 16José EsquivelSUB

FRA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Paul BernardoniG
  2. 15Modibo SagnanCD-L
  3. 2Pierre KaluluCD-R
  4. 17Anthony CaciLB
  5. 13Clement MichelinRB
  6. 8Enzo Le FéeAM
  7. 6Lucas TousartLM
  8. 11Téji SavanierRM
  9. 10André-Pierre GignacF
  10. 7Arnaud NordinAM-L
  11. 14Florian ThauvinAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Timothee PembéléSUB
  2. 9Nathanaël MbukuSUB
  3. 16Stefan BajicSUB
  4. 12Alexis Beka BekaSUB
  5. 3Melvin BardSUB
  6. 19Ismael DoukoureSUB
  7. 18Randal Kolo MuaniSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Clement Michelin (France U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 20' Alexis Vega (Mexico U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 47' Goal! Mexico U23 1, France U23 0. Alexis Vega (Mexico U23) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diego Lainez.
  4. 55' Goal! Mexico U23 2, France U23 0. Sebastián Córdova (Mexico U23) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carlos Rodríguez with a through ball.
  5. 60' Substitution, France U23. Alexis Beka Beka replaces Lucas Tousart.
  6. 60' Substitution, France U23. Randal Kolo Muani replaces Arnaud Nordin.
  7. 69' Goal! Mexico U23 2, France U23 1. André-Pierre Gignac (France U23) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  8. 72' Substitution, Mexico U23. Uriel Antuna replaces Diego Lainez.
  9. 72' Substitution, Mexico U23. Joaquín Esquivel replaces Sebastián Córdova.
  10. 75' Anthony Caci (France U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 79' Substitution, France U23. Nathanael Mbuku replaces Florian Thauvin.
  12. 80' Goal! Mexico U23 3, France U23 1. Uriel Antuna (Mexico U23) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexis Vega.
  13. 84' Substitution, Mexico U23. Roberto Alvarado replaces Alexis Vega.
  14. 88' Substitution, Mexico U23. Eduardo Aguirre replaces Henry Martín.
  15. 90' Substitution, France U23. Melvin Bard replaces Anthony Caci.
  16. 90'+1' Goal! Mexico U23 4, France U23 1. Eduardo Aguirre (Mexico U23) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal.

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