Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament

FT Wednesday, July 24, 2024
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France beats United States as Olympic men's soccer begins

France beats the United States 3-0 thanks to a second-half barrage as the teams began group play in the men's Olympic tournament in Marseille on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
8
1
Saves
3
47.1
Possession
52.9
9
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
345
Accurate Passes
404
431
Passes
479
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
3
16
Crosses
22
0.4
Cross %
0.1
54
Long Balls
51
29
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
11
15
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
7
28
Effective Clearances
19
28
Clearances
19

Lineups

FRA · 4-3-1-2

  1. 16Guillaume RestesG
  2. 2Castello LukebaCD-L
  3. 4Loïc BadéCD-R
  4. 3Adrien TruffertLB
  5. 5Kiliann SildilliaRB
  6. 10Alexandre LacazetteM
  7. 6Manu KonéCM
  8. 7Michael OliseAM
  9. 13Joris ChotardLM
  10. 12Enzo MillotRM
  11. 14Jean-Philippe MatetaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Arnaud Kalimuendo
  2. 17Soungoutou Magassa
  3. 8Maghnes Akliouche
  4. 15Bradley Locko
  5. 11Désiré Doué
  6. 18Rayan Cherki
  7. 1Obed Nkambadio

USA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Patrick SchulteG
  2. 12Miles RobinsonCD-L
  3. 3Walker ZimmermanCD-R
  4. 5John TolkinLB
  5. 2Nathan HarrielRB
  6. 8Tanner TessmannCM
  7. 14Djordje MihailovicLM
  8. 6Gianluca BusioRM
  9. 13Duncan McGuireF
  10. 11Paxten AaronsonLF
  11. 7Kevin ParedesRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Caleb WileySUB
  2. 16Jack McGlynnSUB
  3. 18Gaga SloninaSUB
  4. 9Griffin YowSUB
  5. 15Benjamin CremaschiSUB
  6. 10Taylor BoothSUB
  7. 4Maximilian DietzSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Kiliann Sildillia (France U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 37' Kevin Paredes (USA U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 61' Goal! France U23 1, USA U23 0. Alexandre Lacazette (France U23) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Michael Olise.
  4. 69' Goal! France U23 2, USA U23 0. Michael Olise (France U23) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette.
  5. 71' Substitution, France U23. Arnaud Kalimuendo replaces Jean-Philippe Mateta.
  6. 71' Substitution, USA U23. Maximilian Dietz replaces Gianluca Busio.
  7. 71' Substitution, France U23. Maghnes Akliouche replaces Enzo Millot.
  8. 76' Substitution, USA U23. Jack McGlynn replaces Djordje Mihailovic.
  9. 76' Substitution, USA U23. Taylor Booth replaces Kevin Paredes.
  10. 76' Substitution, USA U23. Griffin Yow replaces Paxten Aaronson.
  11. 82' Substitution, France U23. Désiré Doué replaces Michael Olise.
  12. 85' Goal! France U23 3, USA U23 0. Loïc Badé (France U23) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Joris Chotard with a cross following a corner.
  13. 86' Substitution, USA U23. Caleb Wiley replaces Duncan McGuire.
  14. 87' Substitution, France U23. Soungoutou Magassa replaces Manu Koné.

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