Tenas' Spain in the quarters, Hakimi's Morocco beaten

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Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Arnau Tenas' Spain beat the Dominican Republic 3-1 at the Matmut Atlantique in Bordeaux, while Les Rouge et Bleu defender Achraf Hakimi's Morocco were beaten 2-1 by Ukraine at the Stade Geoffroy Guichard in Saint-Étienne on Saturday 27 July as part of Matchday 2 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games men's football group stage.

TENAS' SPAIN IN THE QUARTERS...

La Roja booked their place in the quarter-finals of the competition with a second victory in as many matches - a match once again played in its entirety by the Paris goalkeeper. Santiago Denia's side will be looking to stay top of Group C when they take on Egypt in the third and final match of the group phase in Gironde on Tuesday 30 July (15:00).

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - SPAIN: 1-3 (1-1)
Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Men's football tournament - Group C - Matchday 2
Matmut Atlantique (Bordeaux)
Goals: Montes De Oca (38') for the Dominican Republic, F. Lopez (24'), Baena (55') and Gutierrez for Spain.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Bösl - Marizan, Pujol, De Lucas, Urbaez, Lemaire (Nuñez, 60') - De La Cruz (Ureña, 60'), Mörschel, Montes De Oca - Lorenzo (Gonzalez, 45'), Azcona (c). Coach: Ibai Gomez.
SPAIN: Tenas - Sanchez, E. Garcia, Cubarsi (Pacheco, 66'), Miranda (Gutierrez, 66') - Barrios (Bernabé, 66'), Baena (D. Lopez, 78') - Oroz, F. Lopez (Turrientes, 77'), Gomez - Ruiz (c). Coach: Santiago Denia.

STANDINGS:

1. Spain / 6 points, +3 (2 matches played)
2. Egypt / 4 points, +1 (2 matches played)
3. Dominican Republic / 1 point, -2 (2 matches played)
4. Uzbekistan / 0 points, -2 (2 matches played)

... HAKIMI'S MOROCCO STILL HAVE TO WAIT

Beaten by the Ukrainians despite the presence on the pitch of the capital club's No.2, who was also captain and played the entire match, the Atlas Lions will be looking to book their place in the quarter-finals when they take on Iraq at at the Allianz Riviera in Nice on Tuesday (17:00).

UKRAINE - MOROCCO: 2-1 (1-0)
Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Men's football tournament - Group B - Matchday 2
Geoffroy Guichard Stadium (Saint-Étienne)
Goals: Kryskiv (22') and Krasnopir (90'+8) for Ukraine, Rahimi (64', pen.) for Morocco.
UKRAINE: Fesyun - Krupskyi, Salyuk, Batagov, Martyniuk (Sych, 74') - Khlan, Rubchynsky, Mykhaylenko (Fedor, 78'), Bragaru (Ocheretko, 65') - Kryskiv (Talovyerov, 65'), Sikan (c) (Krasnopir, 65'). Coach: Ruslan Rotan.
MOROCCO: Mohamedi - Hakimi (c), El Azzouzi (Nakach, 87'), Boukamir (Kechta, 74'), El Ouahdi - Richardson, Targhalline - Ezzalzouli, El-Khannouss, Ben Seghir (Akhomach, 87') - Rahimi (Maouhoub, 87'). Coach: Tarik Sektioui.

STANDINGS:

1. Argentina / 3 points, +1 (2 matches played)
2. Ukraine / 3 points, 0 (2 matches played)
3. Morocco / 3 points, 0 (2 matches played)
4. Iraq / 3 points, -1 (2 matches played)