Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament

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Egypt U23 DDWWW 1
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France U23 LWWWW 3
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EGY01001
FRA01113
Groupama Stadium · 47,530 att.

Match Report

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France beat Egypt in Olympic thriller, will play Spain for gold

Jean-Philippe Mateta headed home the decisive goal in extra time as France beat Egypt 3-1 in the semifinals of the Olympic men's soccer tournament on Monday.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
25
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
10
7
Saves
3
40.4
Possession
59.6
17
SHOTS
32
4
ON GOAL
9
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
391
Accurate Passes
625
480
Passes
692
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
9
16
Crosses
40
0.3
Cross %
0.2
79
Long Balls
46
40
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
5
Blocked Shots
9
14
Effective Tackles
7
26
Tackles
8
0.5
Tackle %
0.9
8
Interceptions
7
40
Effective Clearances
22
40
Clearances
22

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. 13Joris ChotardCM
  8. 7Michael OliseAM
  9. 20Andy DioufLM
  10. 8Maghnes AklioucheRM
  11. 14Jean-Philippe MatetaCF-R

Substitutes

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

EGY · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Hamza AlaaG
  2. 5Hossam AbdelmaguidCD-L
  3. 2Omar FayedCD-R
  4. 17Mohamed ElnenyDM
  5. 13Karim El DebesLB
  6. 6Mohamed ShehataRB
  7. 7Mahmoud SaberCM-L
  8. 12Ahmed KokaCM-R
  9. 10Ibrahim AdelLM
  10. 14ZizoRM
  11. 9Osama FaisalF

Substitutes

  1. 11Mostafa SaadSUB
  2. 3Ahmed AtefSUB
  3. 18Bilal MazharSUB
  4. 8Ziad KamalSUB
  5. 19Mohamed HamdySUB
  6. 15Mohamed TarekSUB
  7. 16Ali El GabrySUB

Timeline

  1. 62' Goal! France U23 0, Egypt U23 1. Mahmoud Saber (Egypt U23) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  2. 75' Substitution, France U23. Désiré Doué replaces Andy Diouf.
  3. 83' Goal! France U23 1, Egypt U23 1. Jean-Philippe Mateta (France U23) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Michael Olise with a through ball.
  4. 89' Loïc Badé (France U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 90' Substitution, Egypt U23. Bilal Mazhar replaces Karim El Debes.
  6. 90' Substitution, Egypt U23. Ahmed Atef replaces Osama Faisal.
  7. 90'+7' Omar Fayed (Egypt U23) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 90' First Half Extra Time begins France U23 1, Egypt U23 1.
  9. 92' Second yellow card to Omar Fayed (Egypt U23) for a bad foul.
  10. 93' Substitution, Egypt U23. Mohamed Tarek replaces Ibrahim Adel.
  11. 98' Substitution, Egypt U23. Ziad Kamal replaces Mahmoud Saber.
  12. 99' Goal! France U23 2, Egypt U23 1. Jean-Philippe Mateta (France U23) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kiliann Sildillia with a headed pass following a corner.
  13. 105' Substitution, France U23. Arnaud Kalimuendo replaces Alexandre Lacazette.
  14. 105'+1' Zizo (Egypt U23) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 105'+2' Ziad Kamal (Egypt U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 105'+4' Castello Lukeba (France U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 105'+5'
  18. 105' Second Half Extra Time begins France U23 2, Egypt U23 1.
  19. 108' Goal! France U23 3, Egypt U23 1. Michael Olise (France U23) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Désiré Doué.
  20. 111' Substitution, Egypt U23. Mostafa Saad replaces Mohamed Shehata.
  21. 111' Substitution, Egypt U23. Mohamed Hamdy replaces Zizo.
  22. 118' Substitution, France U23. Rayan Cherki replaces Jean-Philippe Mateta.
  23. 119' Substitution, France U23. Soungoutou Magassa replaces Maghnes Akliouche.
  24. 120'+4'

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