France and Argentina clash in post-match brawl after Olympic quarter-final

Tempers flared after the final whistle as substitutes and coaching staff spilled on to the pitch amid ugly confrontations.

Jean-Philippe Mateta's fifth-minute header settled the contest to set up a last-four meeting with Egypt, while France's Enzo Millot was shown a red card after the final whistle.

The scenes come after Argentina players were filmed singing a derogatory chant about the origins of France's black players in the wake of their Copa America triumph last month.

And tensions were running high from the start in Bordeaux, with the home fans loudly booing Argentina's national anthem before kick-off.

Speaking to broadcaster France 3 after the match, France coach Thierry Henry said of the red card shown to Millot: "He wasn't on the pitch. Maybe you get sent off because you get a second yellow card to stop someone running through on goal, not when you are on the bench. I am really not happy about that."

France move on to face Egypt, who beat Paraguay 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in Marseille to advance to the semi-finals.

Ibrahim Adel was the hero for the North Africans, scoring a late equaliser in normal time and then converting the winning penalty in the shoot-out.

The other semi-final will see Spain take on Morocco.

Spain advanced after Barcelona star Fermin Lopez scored a brace to help fire them to a 3-0 win over Japan in Lyon.

Morocco, meanwhile, thoroughly outclassed the United States 4-0 to put themselves in line for an Olympic medal.

"If we keep playing like this we will deserve to be in the final," said Ilias Akhomach, one of Morocco's four goal-scorers on the day.

"Other countries might be talked about more than us but we know what we want. We came here to win."

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