An eventful first day of the Olympic soccer event that noticed a brand new ‘spygate’ incident, a chaotic finish to Argentina and Morocco’s opening match ended with a well-recognized face scoring as hosts France cruised to victory towards the USA.
The lads’s Olympic event will run till August 9 when the gold medals can be dished out in Paris and is an under-23s competitors, which has led to loads of followers on social media questioning what former Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette is doing there after he netted the primary purpose in France’s 3-0 victory in Marseille.
Lacazette, who left Arsenal in 2022 for Lyon, has scored 46 targets for the Ligue 1 aspect over the previous two seasons, displaying that at 33 years outdated, he nonetheless has a watch for purpose.
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However it’s his age that had confused followers on social media, as they rushed to ask why the ahead was allowed to characteristic in an under-23s competitors.
“France is straight up killing USA in soccer! How is Lacazette even taking part in tho? I believed that soccer was U23 within the Olympics,” requested one fan on X.
“France sending Lacazette to the Olympics and never the Euros needs to be unlawful,” posted one other supporter, whereas the notorious clip of Michael Owen celebrating after blasting the ball previous a 13-year-old goalkeeper was additionally noticed on the social community.
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33-year-old Lacazette scoring on the Olympics https://t.co/uaLStKAf7R pic.twitter.com/GMpM7xCviRJuly 24, 2024
The rationale for Lacazette’s inclusion is an easy one. Every nation within the competitors is permitted to pick out three overage gamers, with Lacazette certainly one of France boss Thiery Henry’s decisions, alongside Jean-Philippe Mateta and Loic Bade.
It was Lacazette who opened the scoring for his nation within the 61st minute towards the USA, with new Bayern Munich signing Michael Olise quickly including a second earlier than Bade made it three.
France received 3-0 (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
Hosts France are one of many favourites to land the gold medal on dwelling soil and can face Guinea on Saturday of their second group recreation earlier than assembly New Zealand subsequent week.
Veteran striker Lacazette is trying to win his first piece of silverware since successful the FA Cup with Arsenal in 2020 and will France triumph, it will be his first main worldwide honour.
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