LIVE. Football at the Paris 2024 Olympics: the Bleuets are chasing the score against Egypt for a place in the final

Truffert est beaucoup sollicité sur son côté gauche. MAXPPP – Stéphane GUIOCHON

Au Groupama Stadium de Lyon, l'équipe de France de football de Thierry Henry affrontre l'Egypte pour une place en finale des Jeux Olympiques, ce lundi 5 août à 21 h.

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For the first time in the semi-final since the 1984 coronation, the French football team is playing its qualification in the final against Egypt. The Bleuets are favorites for this meeting but we will have to be wary of the Egyptians who did not arrive there by chance.

A match to follow live with commentary here:

22h42.

84e

France continues to push. Truffert crosses and it's diverted before Lacazette can resume. Fayed remains on the ground from his previous tackle.

10:40 p.m.

82nd: France 1 – 1 Egypt

Olise breaks into the axis of the field and throws Mateta in the axis, the latter arrives before Abdalla and deceives him with a shot above the goalkeeper. This is Olise's 4th assist in this tournament.

22h38.

80e

< p class="live-post__primer">Same free kick as 6 minutes ago. Chotard shoots, Sildillia passes to Lukeba whose shot is totally missed.

22:37.

79e

Lacazette controls the ball in the box, he passes back to Olise whose shot is crushed and does not worry Abdalla.

22:36.

78e

Egypt recovers the ball and rotates to be able to breathe a little.

22:34.

76e

Corner for France after a blocked cross from Sildillia. Lukeba recovers the second ball and shoots from afar, it flies very high.

22h33.

75e

Doué comes on to replace Diouf, a little tender in the middle of the field.

22h32.

74e

Double post!!! On a free kick from Chotard, Lacazette's deflection ends up on the post, Akliouche recovers and crosses for Mateta whose header hits the crossbar.

22h29.

71e

Akliouche is at the fall of a cross to the far post but his half-volley shot flies into the sky of Lyon.

22h27.

69e

Abdalla lies down on the ground and says he has been hit in the calf. Here we go to gain time.

22h25.

67e

Lacazette collapses in the area pushed by Fayed but the referee does not flinch.

22h23.

66e

Another huge opportunity for the Blues. One-two Lacazette-Mateta in the box, the Lyon striker tries a chipped ball that Abdalla turns away with a reflex.

22h22.

65e

Badé recovers the ball and serves Akliouche at the far post whose header is off target. He is flagged offside anyway.

22h21.

63e

A cross from the right, Akliouche deflects and Mateta finds himself alone 6m out, sends a powerful header that Abdalla flies to deflect.

22h20.

61e

As often, after a huge missed opportunity, the team is punished. This is the first goal conceded by the Blues in the competition.

22h19.

60th: France 0 – 1 Egypt

Saber moved up to the central sector, he struck a first time, recovered the ball, moved to the right and sent a missile that deceived Restes close to his head.

22h18.

59e

Lacazette found himself with the ball alone at 9m after a defensive intervention by Abdelgemeed. He strikes first but without readjusting and his shot is screwed and goes wide of the goal.

22h17.

58e

The Egyptians seem blunted even if they are still fast when they recover the ball.

22h12.

54e

The Egyptian counterattack attempts are quickly thwarted by the Blues who are positioned high up the pitch.

22h09.

51e

Olise takes his chance 20m off-centre on the right, his rebound shot is deflected by Abdalla.

22h08.

50e

New Olise-Lacazette combination, the latter's pass is too short for the Bayern midfielder.

22h06.

48e

First opportunity for the Blues! Truffert is shifted to the left by Lukeba, his deflected cross is taken at the near post by Lacazette who surprises Abdalla but no Blue has followed at the 6m line.

22h02.

45e

The Blues kick off this second half.

21h47.

Half-time: France 0 – 0 Egypt

In a period where the goalkeepers did not have much work, France had the best opportunity with a post from Badé. The rest of the game is balanced between two teams trying to settle in the other's home ground.

9:45 p.m.

45e

There will be a minute of added time.

9:44 p.m.

43e

France is especially careful not to lose the ball before trying to overflow to destabilize the Egyptians.

9:40 p.m.

39e

Chotard takes the corner and finds Badé's header which crashes into the base of Abdalla's post. Lukeba tries to take the ball back but it is totally missed.

21h39.

38e

Zizo is still alone on the left side and calmly crosses for Kouka's header at 18m but the header is not strong enough to worry Restes.

21h37.

36e

The Egyptians come out well and get another corner. Zizo finds Fayed again at the near post but it is diverted again into a corner by the blue defense.

21h34.

33e

France rotates to find an opening, Truffert is shifted to the left side and manages to cross back but an Egyptian defender is the first on the ball. The Egyptian defensive block is very dense.

21h31.

30th

Akliouche gets a corner on the right side with a blocked cross. Corner quickly played by two but which comes to nothing.

21h28.

27th

Truffert goes up on his left side, on the control he is tackled by Shehata and remains on the ground. The referee says nothing.

21h27.

26e

Adel hits on the left side, he manages to find Faisal whose shot is blocked in the 6m.

21h26.

25e

Olise receives the ball recovered by Chotard on the left side, he cuts back towards the center and tries his luck from 25m, it's tense but it goes wide.

21h25.

24e

Zizo shoots it and finds Fayed with a header at the near post but it is too wide and goes to the far post.

21h24.

23e

Egypt comes out of its half and presses, it obtains two consecutive corners.

21h23.

22e

Egyptian cross from the right at the far post but Adel cannot control it.

21h21.

20e

Free kick for Egypt shifted to the left for a foul by Badé that Thierry Henry severely reprimanded. The free kick comes to nothing despite the prepared combination.

21h19.

18e

The pace has dropped, Egypt waiting for France to proceed on the other hand.

21h16.

15e

Olise strikes again from the right side but he loses the ball because the ten Egyptians are concentrated in their 30 meters to defend.

21h14.

13e

New Egyptian strike from the edge of the area, Adel shifts Zizo who takes it instantly but it is too central to worry Restes.

21h12.

11e

Against the French, Olise is shifted to the right, he dribbles inside and shoots with his left foot but it is stopped by Abdelmegeed's chest.

9:09 p.m.

8e

Truffert hits the left side but is caught by Fayed before he can cross. He is finally flagged for offside.

21h06.

5e

The match got off to a good start as the French took possession of the ball.

21h05.

3e

Chotard stretches to Truffert who controls with his chest in the box and the half-volley shot is well stopped by the firm hand of Abdalla. The corner ends up at Lacazette's feet at the far post but he can't use it properly.

21h03.

2e

Egypt confiscates the ball and the French run after it. Adel infiltrates the area and the blue defense struggles to clear.

21h02.

1e

First Egyptian chance with a ball behind the defense that is passed to Adel whose shot goes wide. Offside is still signaled.

20h57.

0e

Egypt kicks off this match.

20h46.

H – 10'

The winner of this semi-final will join Spain in the final for the Olympic title. The loser will face Morocco for 3rd place and the bronze medal. La “Roja” beat Morocco (2-1) earlier in the afternoon.

8:30 p.m.

H – 30'

The composition of the Blues for this match is without surprise: Restes – Sildillia, Badé, Lukeba, Truffert – Diouf, Chotard, Akliouche – Olise, Mateta, Lacazette. Diouf and Akliouche replacing Koné and Millot both suspended.

20h27.

H – 15'

We will have to be wary of the Egyptian striker Adel who scored 3 of the 4 Egyptian scorers in the competition including the equalizer against Paraguay. On the French side no serial scorer but 7 different scorers for 8 goals scored and Olise best passer of the competition (3 assists). Les Bleus will also rely on an iron defense (0 goals conceded in 4 matches), the best in the tournament.

8:15 p.m.

H – 45'

Egypt, for its part, finished first in its group after a draw against the Dominican Republic (0-0), then two victories against Uzbekistan (1-0) and especially against Spain (2-1). In the quarter-finals, Egypt came back in the last minutes against Paraguay before winning on penalties.

8:00 p.m.

H – 60'

To reach the semi-finals, the Bleuets came out on top in their group (3 wins in as many games) and then eliminated Argentina (1-0) in a quarter-final that promised to be tense and ended up being stormy.