• Men’s football, Olympics ‘Paris 2024’ has passed the first round.
•France came as scheduled, Argentina, Spain also came, including Japan who won 3 games in a row.
• Let’s see the summary of each group, including the last 8 teams, who will meet who.
In the blink of an eye, the men’s football tournament at the ‘Paris 2024’ Olympics in France has concluded its first round and it was fun and exciting. We have gathered here the ending scenes of every group, including double and triple the excitement. Go all out, brother, go all out, girl, with the last 8 teams, where we already know who will face who…
Group A: Host France is crystal clear.
| rating | win | marking |
|---|---|---|
| 1. France | 3 | 9 |
| 2. United States | 2 | 6 |
| 3. New Zealand | 1 | 3 |
| 4. Guinea | 0 | 0 |
It is not at all unexpected that France will continue to beat each team without a trace, when the players are stronger than anyone else and the quality of the team is much higher than the others.
3-0 USA: Alexandre Lacazette 61′, Michael Olise 69′, Loik Balde 85′
1-0 Guinea: Kyliann Cidillier 75′
3-0 New Zealand: Jean-Philip Mateta 19′, Désirée Due 71′, Arnaud Calimundo 74′
With the team group not being a problem, the French kids of legendary Arsenal striker Thierry Henry stormed into the quarter-finals without breaking a sweat.
Similarly, the team that was behind France in the round did not have any surprises, as the United States recovered from a 0-3 loss to France in the first match to beat New Zealand 4-1 and beat Guinea 3-0 in the final match.
Group B: Argentina still recovering
| rating | win | marking |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Morocco | 2 | 6 |
| 2. Argentina | 2 | 6 |
| 3. Ukraine | 1 | 3 |
| 4. Iraq | 1 | 3 |
It was a dramatic game full of stories for the opening match where Argentina thought they had tied Morocco 2-2 but were disallowed from the goal and had to accept a 1-2 defeat.
Fortunately, the Albiceleste came back stronger after that, beating Iraq 3-1 with goals from Thiago Almada, Luciano Condu and Ezequiel Fernandez.
In particular, in Tuesday’s group-deciding game, the Albiceleste survived Ukraine ‘s opening attack with a beautiful long-range shot from Thiago Almada early in the second half before Claudio Echeverri’s stoppage-time strike secured a 2-0 victory.
Although the hopeful Julian Alvarez has yet to find his target, it is not a big problem as his teammates can still replace him as a scorer.
However, Argentina only qualified as group runners-up, losing their first game to Morocco in the head-to-head standings. That leaves them with a tough run in the quarter-finals, where they will face.
Group C: Spain’s (?) missteps
| rating | win | marking |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Egypt | 2 | 7 |
| 2. Spain | 2 | 6 |
| 3. Dominican | 0 | 2 |
| 4. Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 |
Many thought Spain would be in good shape this time around, and rightly so, as they secured their place early on with wins over Uzbekistan (2-1 Marc Pubil, Sergio Gomez) and the Dominican Republic (3-1 Fermin Lopez, Alex Baena, Miguel Gutierrez).
However, it is considered that the Bulls of Santi Denia missed a little bit in the closing group game, losing to Egypt 1-2 with the decisive goal of Ibrahim Adel, the striker from Pyramids FC (really exists – Pyramids FC).
That changed the Group C result to Egypt taking the top spot, while Spain only entered as second place.
Which immediately led to another “big match” in the last 8 teams.
Group D: Japan 9 full points!
| rating | win | marking |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Japan | 3 | 9 |
| 2. Paraguay | 2 | 6 |
| 3. Mali | 0 | 1 |
| 4. Israel | 0 | 1 |
They have been in the spotlight since before the tournament even started, with the young Samurai choosing not to rely on a single “overage quota” – no matter how big a superstar they are, Takefusa Kuba, Daichi Kamada, Wataru Endo, Takehiro Tomiyasu, and many others have not been called up.
The team that coach Go Oiwa uses is “All U-23”. Everyone is not over the age limit set by the Olympics.
And even if they are 100% youth, there are still 8 “outsiders” playing in European leagues. Take them!
Most importantly, when they entered the field, Japan “cleaned up” and won three games in a row, beating Paraguay 5-0, Mali 1-0 and Israel 1-0 (Mao Hosoya, a forward from Sint-Truiden, scored in the 90+1 injury time).
Japan proudly emerged as the โปรโมชั่น ufabet group champions, followed by Paraguay who advanced with two wins (after losing 0-5 to Japan), leaving Mali and Israel home with disappointment, having failed to win any of them.
The last 8 teams in Paris 2024: Who will face who?
The first round is over. What is waiting for is definitely the “knockout round”. Whoever misses, it’s all over and done with.
And it can be considered that fate has drawn a big line, my dear, with the program that appeared, according to the pre-planned crossover, which found that…
Japan will face off against Spain — the strong and brave Asian representative. Will they be able to continue their winning ways against a tough opponent like Spain, who is packed with quality from back to front?
And especially
Host France is ready to fight with Argentina …!!!
With France already booked to enter the next round as the winner of Group A, Argentina must be blamed for losing their opening game and only entering the next round as the runner-up of Group B.
Oops… This is the fiercest rival Argentina could ever dream of (and that’s not to mention the conflicts between the two nations over the years / Chelsea just cleared the air between the French player and Enzo Fernandez).
The quarter-finals of the Paris 2024 men’s football tournament will be played on one day, with all four matches taking place on Friday, August 2, starting from…
- 2pm: Morocco vs USA
10pm: Japan vs Spain
Midnight: Egypt vs Paraguay
2am: France vs Argentina
This Friday, let’s fight hard and take 4 teams to the semi-finals.
Oh, the winner of the Morocco-USA match will advance to the Japan-Spain semi-finals, while the winner of the Egypt-Paraguay match will advance to the France-Argentina semi-finals.