Paris 2024 Olympics: Morocco Vs USA To Clash In The Quarter-Finals

Written By Onyeka Daniel

Just like we saw at the recently concluded Euro 2024 tournament in Germany, Ukraine also manage to find themselves in a tough group at the ongoing Olympic Games in France, men’s football category.

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And this time, they also failed to qualify from the group stage with all teams in the group having an equal chance of making it into the next rounds, if they can get the required results, and in the end, it was Morocco and Argentina that managed to qualify for the quarterfinals from group B that also had Iraq.

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At the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Argentina were able to get the better of the Ukrainians by 2 goals, with goals from Thiago Almada, and Claudio Echeverri sealing the all important win for the recent winners of the Copa America trophy in USA.

Despite losing their first game to Morocco, they managed to win their remaining two games to seal the second spot behind the African representative. For Morocco, they defeated Iraq 3-0 to deal the top spot.

And that controversy filled win over Argentina in their first game was actually the decider for them in grabbing the top spot as the two teams finished on the same point, and similar goal difference.

In group C, it was Spain, the winners of the Euro 2024 tournament and Egypt that qualified, and for the Egyptians, they were able to do Africa proud, just like the Moroccans, by topping their group ahead of Spain.

They’re also currently unbeaten after their 2-1 win over Spain at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes to end the group stage with 7 points, thanks to a brace from Pyramids striker, Ibrahim Adel, one point above their opponent.

Moroccan striker, Soufiane Rahimi, who plays for Al In is the leading top scorer with four goals, followed by Paraguay forward, Marcelo Fernandez, who plays for Libertad Asuncion with three goals.