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Olympics: Argentina to face France in men's soccer quarterfinals

It will be a repeat of the World Cup final when France meets Argentina in the quarterfinals of the men's Olympic soccer tournament in Bordeaux on Friday.

Argentina won that epic contest on penalties after a 3-3 draw in Qatar in 2022 and rivalries between the nations could be intensified by racist chants made by Argentina's players after they won the Copa América this month.

"I won't talk about it," France coach Thierry Henry said Tuesday. "We just qualified. We're going to play a game. My head is still into this game."

France maintained its 100% record at the tournament with victory over New Zealand in Marseille through goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta, Désiré Doué and Arnaud Kalimuendo.

Thiago Almada scored a brilliant solo in Argentina's 2-0 win over Ukraine -- securing back-to-back victories after the shock opening defeat to Morocco. Claudio Echeverri sealed the win, but it wasn't enough to advance atop Group B.

Morocco took top spot after beating Iraq 3-0 in Nice.

Morocco and Argentina were level on points and had identical goal difference and goals scored. It meant Morocco took first place by virtue of their 2-1 win over Argentina at the start of the tournament.

Egypt stuns Spain

Ibrahim Adel scored a pair of goals and Egypt advanced atop their group by beating Spain 2-1.

Spain had already reached the knockout round and was vying for a first-place finish in Group C but was instead leapfrogged after defeat in Bordeaux.

Dominican Republic played to a 1-1 tie with Uzbekistan, who had already been eliminated.

Second place for Spain means they have a quarterfinal match against Japan, who maintained their 100% record in Group D when Mao Hosoya scored in stoppage time to beat Israel 1-0.

Egypt play Paraguay, who finished runner-up in Group D after Marcelo Fernandez's goal secured a 1-0 win over Mali.

The U.S., who beat Guinea 3-0 to reach the knockout stage of the men's Olympics for the first time since 2000, will play Morocco in the last eight.

Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report.