The confrontation between these two opponents is in many ways necessary for a tournament mainly for players under the age of 23, lacking stars and facing a lack of attention from fans, AFP shared.
This will be the first meeting between the two countries, since some of Argentina's players sang inappropriate verses targeting French players, when celebrating their championship at Copa America in mid-July.
FIFA has announced that it will investigate the praise addressed to star striker of the French national team Kylian Mbappe and many others, including inappropriate words.
The U23 Argentina players were booed by French fans throughout the Paris Olympics. The same thing will almost certainly happen in the quarter-final match.
With everything that has happened recently, everyone in France is affected, so lets see what happens in the quarter-finals, French striker Jean- Philippe Mateta warned after the home team finished the group stage with 3 wins in all matches.
This match will also be the first time the two sides have faced each other since the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar, where Argentina won on penalties after a dramatic 3-3 draw.
However, the men's Olympic football tournament is for the under-23 age group, although each team has a maximum of 3 players over the age limit. U23 Argentina has 2 overage players, Nicolas Otamendi and Julian Alvarez. Both have also played in the 2022 World Cup final. On the French U23 side, they do not have any stars who have played in Qatar.
That may reduce the competition a bit, but in terms of pure football, it is still an exciting competition.
U23 Argentina is aiming for its third Olympic gold medal after winning in 2004 and 2008. Meanwhile, U23 France is aiming for the first Olympic gold medal in 40 years, since the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Argentina's Thiago Almada, a reserve player who was not allowed to play in the 2022 World Cup final, told TyC Sports: "If we want to win a medal, we have to be ready to face any opponent, no matter where they are."
Both teams do not have many familiar stars. However, France U23 and Argentina U23 are both led by legends. On the home team's side was Thierry Henry - World Cup champion 1998. And Javier Mascherano - who won a gold medal as a player at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics - is leading the U23 Argentina team.
The winning team in the U23 France vs U23 Argentina match will meet U23 Egypt or U23 Paraguay. Meanwhile, U23 Morocco vs U23 US and U23 Spain vs U23 Japan will form the remaining 2 quarterfinal pairs.
Spain is aiming for further glory just a few weeks after winning EURO 2024, with the goal of winning the second gold medal in men's Olympic football after 1992. Japan came to the Olympics with a young squad but was the only team outside of France to win all three group stage matches.
In women's football, the quarter-finals have 4 attractive matches including: Team Canada vs Germany, USA vs Japan, Spain vs Colombia and France vs Brazil.
