France beat Argentina to advance to men's football semi

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France reached the men's soccer semifinals of the Paris Olympics after beating Argentina 1-0 on Friday. French striker Jean-Philippe Mateta muscled in a header following a corner kick from Michael Olise in the fifth minute, which turned out to be the sole goal of the game. Argentina's best chance came in the 36th minute when a cross found Soungoutou Magassa unmarked before