Olympic Games 2024. France – United States: the Blues uninspired, the match live

Thierry Henry's Blues cannot find the fault against the United States for their entry into the running for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Follow the match live how to play in our company.

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21:38 – Beautiful parade of Remains!

Guillaume Restes saves the Blues! Very quirky on the left in the area, Paxten Aaronson gets back on his right foot and can strike with force but Restes turns away with his foot as best he can… it's the best opportunity. in this meeting so far.

21:37 – Paredes collects a yellow card

American midfielder Kevin Paredes, who plays at Wolfsburg in Germany, collects a yellow card, the first sideé American.

21:35 – Koné strikes from afar

Faced with the very well-organized American bloc, long-range strikes are an option for France. Manu Koné try your luck à about 30 meters but Schulte lays down well on this ball. It was the first shot on target. of the meeting.

21:32 – No shot on target

Proof of the lack of spectacle so far, there were only four shots in this meeting, including three for the France team. None were accepted. on target, after 32 minutes of play…

21:29 – New corner for the Blues

France gets another corner, on the right this time after good pressing from Enzo Millot. Olise shoots him and finds Bad&eac; in the area but his header goes well above the goal.

21:25 – Badé try your luck

Loïc Badé tries his luck from afar à more than thirty meters since it is not attacked in the axis. But the Sevilla FC defender hits well above.

21:23 – Corner for the Blues

Olise gets a corner on the left. Chotard hits it near the post but the American defense repels the danger easily, thanks to Tolkin.

21:20 – Henry frustrated

We feel Thierry Henry and his frustrated deputies on the sidelines. The Blues are not able to achieve this at all. develop their game and struggle to improve their skills. approaching the American goal.

21:17 – First yellow card for Sildillia

French right back Kiliann Sildillia is the first player to join the squad. collect a yellow card after an uncontrolled intervention on Tolkin, after having wanted to attempt a sombrero kick.

21:14 – First corner for France

The French also get a first corner in this match. Michael Olise takes charge of hitting him but it is directly into the arms of the American goalkeeper, Schulte.

21:12 – First dangerous corner for the United States

The Americans get their first corner in this match on the right side. Djordje Mihailovic hits it well at the near post and the ball is deflected but not enough to worry Guillaume Restes. Be careful though!

21:09 – France is struggling

The French are struggling to find their feet in these first minutes and are struggling to touch their playmaker, Michael Olise. The new Bayern Munich player is very discreet at the moment.

21:06 – Lukeba searches for Chotard

The Blues take up position in the American camp for the first time since the start of the match. Lukeba tries to make the difference by finding Chotard in depth but his pass is too strong.

21:03 – The Velodrome is full

Thierry Henry's players can count on a completely full Vélodrome stadium this evening to encourage them this evening, while it is still over 30 degrees outside. Marseille.

The Argentine referee Mr. Falcon whistles the kick-off of this meeting between France and the United States! It is the Blues who engage in this first period.

20:55 – Place aux anthems

The players are out on the pitch and it's time for the anthems at the Vélodrome stadium in Marseille, filled to capacity. full for this meeting. Before La Marseillaise in honor of France, place the American anthem.

20:50 – New Zealand beat Guinea

In the first match played in group A, New Zealand beat Guinea (2-1) à Allianz Riviera in Nice. The New Zealanders scored thanks to à Matthew Garbett (25th) and Ben Waine (76th), while Amadou Diawara (72nd) scored. the only Guinean goal.

20:45 – The last coronation of the Blues at the Olympics goes back to 1984

The French men's football team did not win the championship. the Olympic Games only once, in 1984 during the Los Angeles Olympics, a few weeks after the victory of Michel Platini's Blues & the Euro. 40 years later, & at home, Thierry Henry's players hope to repeat this feat, while Brazil, double defending champion, is absent from the table. But watch out for Spain, which is the favorite for the final victory.

20:40 – A first since 2008 for the USA

The American selection relies mainly on on players from the national championship, Major League Soccer, with ten players who play in MLS out of the eighteen selected for this tournament. This is particularly the case of the three players over the age of 23 called up: Walker Zimmerman, Miles Robinson and midfielder Djordje Mihailovic. The United States is back in the Olympic men's soccer tournament for the first time since 2008 and the Beijing Olympics. "Our goal is to make the country proud and give everything for the ÉUnited States," American coach Marko Mitrović on the website of the American Football Federation.

20:35 – A draw between the two teams in March

The Blues remain on a great success against   the Dominican Republic (7-0) and a misleading draw against Japan (1-1), as they dominated the game. the meeting, during their last two preparation matches. In March, the French already had their way. affront&eac; the Americans, à Sochaux. Decimated by a virus, Thierry Henry's players led the way to victory. 2-0 before being rejoined at the end of the match (2-2).

20:29 – France-Henry: "I think we're ready"

For this first match in the competition, Thierry Henry believes that his team, as he assured them, is à the day before this meeting against the Americans, whom he knows well after his time in MLS,   the Montreal Impact in 2020. "I think we are ready but only the field responds to that. this question, confidedé the French coach. There is no point in putting pressure on yourself, it will also be up to the players to take the reins, with their feelings. (…) But you always think about being ready. You always think you can win. I remain measured but it's rather not bad."

On the sideé of the United States, the selection was strengthened with three experienced players for these Olympic Games: Walker Zimmerman (31 years old ), Miles Robinson (27) and Djordje Mihailovic (26). The three start this evening, including the first two in the axis of the defense of the team put in place by the elector. ;nbsp;Marko Mitrović. The starting lineup of the United States: Schulte – Harriel, Zimmerman (cap.), Robinson, Tolkin – Busio, Tessmann, Mihailovic – Paredes, McGuire, Aaronson.

Thierry Henry seems to have found; the right tactic for his team with his 4-3-1-2, even if there was uncertainty until the end for the position of ;right midfielder in this system. Enzo Millot started in the last two matches but the beautiful entry of Maghnes Akliouche à the break against Japan had seemed like a bad start. doubt. Obviously, not in the mind of Thierry Henry, who chose Millot to start. France's starting XI: Remains – Sildillia, Badé, Lukeba, Truffert – Millot, M. Koné eacute;, Chotard – Olise – Mateta, Lacazette (cap.).

20:11 – An expected entry into the running

Apr& After five weeks of preparation, the French men's football team will finally make its entry into the Olympic tournament this Wednesday evening against the & ;United States. The objective of Thierry Henry's players is above all to get off to a good start against the Americans, who are certainly the most dangerous opponent& ;nbsp;in this group A which also contains Guinea and New Zealand.

20:05 – Kick-off à 9 p.m.

The kickoff for this first match for the Blues in this Olympic Games tournament will be given at à 9 p.m. on the pitch of the Vélodrome stadium in Marseille, by the Argentine referee Yael Falcon.

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