USA and Australia win, France and Nigeria lose

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Here's a round-up of how Paris Saint-Germain's players fared in their second group-stage games at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 women's football tournament.

Let's take a look back at the women's teams that were in Olympic action in Paris yesterday. As a reminder, the top two sides in each group as well as the two best third-placed sides qualify for the quarter-finals.

  • A France team featuring Paris's Elisa De Almeida, Grace Geyoro, Griedge Mbock and Sakina Karchaoui lost to Canada despite another flash of brilliance from our striker Marie-Antoinette Katoto, who scored Les Bleues' only goal.
  • Korbin Albert's USA came out on top against Germany. The United States are now the second nation to have already made it through to the quarter-finals, after Spain.
  • Australia – with Clare Hunt in their starting line-up – beat Zambia 6-5 in a crazy match after being 5-2 down.
  • Nigeria – with our new striker, Jennifer Echegini, on their bench – lost 1-0 to their Spanish counterparts.

FRANCE 1-2 CANADA
Olympic Games Paris 2024 – Women's football tournament – Group A – Matchday 2
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (Saint-Étienne, France)
Goals: Katoto (42') for France; Fleming (58') and Gilles (90'+12) for Canada.
FRANCE: Peyraud-Magnin – De Almeida, Mbock, Renard (c), Bacha – Geyoro, Toletti, Dali – Cascarino, Katoto, Diani. Coach: Hervé Renard.
CANADA: Sheridan – Rose, Gilles, Buchanan – Lawrence, Fleming (c), Quinn, Carle – Prince, Huitema, Awujo. Coach: Andy Spence.

UNITED STATES 4-1 GERMANY
Olympic Games Paris 2024 – Women's football tournament – Group B – Matchday 2
Stade Vélodrome (Marseille, France)
Goals: Smith (11', 44'), Swanson (26') and Williams (89') for the United States; Gwinn (22') for Germany.
UNITED STATES: Naeher – Fox (Krueger, 90'+2), Girma, Davidson (Sonnett, 44'), Dunn – Horan (c), Coffey, Lavelle – Rodman (Nighswonger, 90'+2), Swanson, Smith (Williams, 85'). Coach: Emma Hayes.
GERMANY: Berger – Rauch, Hegering, Hendrich, Gwinn – Bühl, Popp (c) (Senss, 77'), Minge, Brand – Schüller, Nüsken (Lohmann, 68'). Coach: Horst Hrubesch.

AUSTRALIA 6-5 ZAMBIA
Olympic Games Paris 2024 – Women's football tournament – Group B – Matchday 2
Allianz Riviera (Nice, France)
Goals: Kennedy (7'), Raso (35'), Musole (58', o.g.), Catley (65', 78', pen.) and Heyman (90') for Australia; Banda (1', 33, 45'+2) and Kundananji (21', 56') for Zambia.
AUSTRALIA: Arnold – Catley (c), Carpenter, Kennedy, Hunt – Foord, Van Egmond, Raso, Gorry, Cooney-Cross – Fowler. Coach: Tony Gustavsson.
ZAMBIA: Musole – Mweemba, Siamfuko, Tembo, Muchinga – Zulu, Chanda, Kundananji, Nachula – Mupopo, Banda. Coach: Bruce Mwape.

SPAIN 1-0 NIGERIA
Olympic Games Paris 2024 – Women's football tournament – Group C – Matchday 2
Stade de la Beaujoire (Nantes, France)
Goals: Putellas (85') for Spain.
SPAIN: Coll – Hernández (Carmona, 46'), Paredes (c), Aleixandri, Batlle – Abelleira (Guijarro, 58'), Bonmatí, Putellas – García (del Castillo, 46'), Caldentey, Paralluelo. Coach: Montse Tomé.
NIGERIA: Nnadozie – Alozie (N. Payne, 72'), Ohale, Demehin, Okeke – Ucheibe (Kanu, 85'), Abiodun, T. Payne – Ajibade (c), Oshoala (Ihezuo, 72'), Okoronkwo (Onumonu, 61'). Coach: Randy Waldrum.