As the French team takes on Argentina (9 p.m.) for the big quarter-final match of the men’s football tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the first match offered no suspense. Morocco, which finished top of its group (ahead of the Albiceleste), comfortably beat the United States 4-0 on Friday afternoon at the Parc des Princes. To reach the last four of the tournament while awaiting the winner of Spain-Japan (kick-off 5 p.m. in Lyon).
Achraf Hakimi has returned to a pitch he knows by heart and will therefore not be playing against PSG in the coming days. Heading for Marseille. The Atlas Lions will play their semi-final in the immense Stade Vélodrome (6 p.m.), which will probably be well-filled for the occasion. The PSG right-back scored his team’s third goal by running up the pitch to score with a well-placed left-footed strike (70th).
Hakimi and five other players playing in France
Before that, Soufiane Rahimi had broken the deadlock for the Moroccans after half an hour of play on a penalty (29th). In the second half, Ilias Akhomach took a cross from Abde Ezzalzouli to break away from a catastrophic American team. At the end of the match, El Mehdi Maouhoub converted a second penalty awarded to the Atlas Lions led by Tarik Sektioui.
Oussama Targhalline (Le Havre) and Amir Richardson (Reims) were partners in the Moroccan midfield, while Eliesse Ben Seghir (Monaco), Yassine Kechta (Le Havre) and Benjamin Bouchouari (ASSE) came on. With Hakimi, there are therefore six players playing in Ligue 1 or Ligue 2.
