An early goal was enough for France to beat Argentina 1-0 and reach the men’s soccer semifinals at the Paris Olympics on Friday, in a match where the Argentines were booed throughout by a hostile home crowd in Bordeaux.
Canada will get the chance to defend its Olympic women’s soccer gold medal after clinching a spot at next year’s Paris Summer Games on Tuesday after a 2-1 playoff win over Jamaica.
Mauricio Pochettino took his team to task for an incident regarding who would take a penalty kick in the second half with Chelsea already up 4-0 on Everton on Monday night at Stamford Bridge.