When Argentina and France face off on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Summer Olympics, the stakes and the players will be different than the last meeting between the countries in the 2022 World Cup final.
The last time Argentina and France met at a major international soccer tournament, the anticipation beforehand was off the charts. A week before Christmas in 2022, more than 1.5 billion people tuned in for that World Cup final in Qatar to see if Argentine superstar Lionel Messi would finally hoist the most coveted trophy in sports, or if his then Paris Saint-Germain teammate Kylian Mbappé would lead Les Bleus to their second straight title instead.
Three members of Argentina's team at Qatar 2022 at these Olympics: defender Nicolas Otamendi and forwards Thiago Almada and Julián Álvarez. Álvarez and Otamendi were starters during their World Cup triumph and also during the 2024 Copa América. U.S. fans know Almada from his time with Atlanta United; he became the first active MLS player to win a World Cup two years ago. A squad player on that team, Almada is running the show for Argentina in France.
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