Argentina defeated Ukraine in the Olympic quarter

Argentina was somewhat on the backfoot after losing the first match, Javier Mascherano's team bounced back by defeating Iraq in the second match. As a result, Albiceleste entered the field with the equation that a draw in the last match of the group stage is enough to reach the quarter-finals of Olympic football. Julian Alvarez got a bigger result than that. Goals from Thiego Almada and Claudio Echeverri beat Ukraine 2-0 to take them one step closer to gold, advancing to the quarters.

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Mascherano's Argentina set foot in Paris to play the Olympics with the goal of winning gold. As a result, today (Tuesday) their goal was big even before coming down to Groupama Stadium. A draw guaranteed the next round, but they needed a win to boost their confidence. However, with a goalless first half, it became a bit more difficult. Later, two goals came in the second half, in contrast, Ukraine never found the back of the net.

Alvarez dominated from the beginning of the match. The first chance came from the feet of this World Cup winning forward in the twelfth minute. But his right-footed shot went over the bar. Ukraine also created a good chance in the 18th minute. However, Croopsey's shot also went wide. Despite the back and forth throughout the first half, Argentina-Ukraine went into the break with a goalless draw.

Almada broke the deadlock for Argentina in the second half. In the 47th minute, Christian Medina passed the ball to this World Cup winning forward, Almada put the ball into the net with a strong shot from outside the box. Argentina took the lead in the match. After 60 minutes both teams made several changes to the playing XI to dominate the match. The Ukrainians attacked Argentina's defense twice in a row. But the first time the goalkeeper and the second time the defense wasted their chances.

In this way, the match was going to settle with 1-0 goals. Then the 90-minute game ended and the first minute of extra time, Argentina struck again. Claudio Echeverri volleyed the ball into the net from the center of the box on the right. As a result, Argentina got a double lead, which ensured their big win.