Japan taught the French soccer team a lesson at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.
Largely dominated throughout the match, it lost 4 goals to 0. The Blues are now eliminated from the tournament without even being able to reach the quarter-finals.
The course of the French football team at the Tokyo Games stopped in the first round after the correction received against Japan 4-0 in the third and last group match, Wednesday in Yokohama. Facing the host country and under the eyes of many local journalists, Sylvain Ripoll's Blues conceded goals from Takefusa Kubo (27th), former Marseillais Hiroki Sakai (34th), Koji Miyoshi (70th) and Daizen Maeda (90 + 1).
With two defeats and only one victory, the French finished third in Group A behind Japan (1st) and Mexico (2nd), who went into quarters.
The Blues had to win with two goals to qualify.
But André-Pierre Gignac and Téji Savanier, the heroes of the stunning victory against South Africa (4-3) in the previous match, could not save the Blues this time.
Eleven goals in three matches
Worse, Savanier even had to leave his teammates in the 38th minute after a blow, replaced by Enzo Le Fée.
And Nantes striker Randal Kolo Muani also had to leave his family prematurely (74th), but because of a red card, after consulting the VAR, for a big sole on Miyoshi.
The French defensive difficulties, glaring since the start of the tournament, came to light again on Wednesday. In three matches, the French will have conceded 11 goals. Impossible to go further in the competition under these conditions. Composed late due to the refusal of many clubs to release players, without experience and common experience, the French Olympic selection - despite the reinforcement of Gignac, Savanier and Thauvin - has never managed to transcend these hazards and ends its adventure without glory. Olympic.