Yahoo Sports Olise scores as France win their Olympic opener
A perfect start to the Olympics for Michael Olise. Thanks to a goal and an assist from FC Bayern's new signing, the French team got off to the best possible start to the home games. In the 3-0 (0-0) win against the USA in Marseille, the forward scored the Équipe Tricolore's second goal when he curled the ball into the bottom left-hand corner from the right-hand corner of the box in the 69th minute. The 22-year-old had already set up Alexandre Lacazette's opening goal (61st minute) and Loïc Badé (85th minute) wrapped things up with the third from a corner in the closing stages.
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Praise from the coach
Olise has now notched up no less than five goal contributions (four goals, one assist) in his last three appearances for France's U23s - and his coach Thierry Henry was full of praise: "He has the quality to change a game. He puts sides under pressure, works hard and helps the team," said the former world-class striker - and continued: "He's very interested, always wants the ball. He has great quality, but he still has a long way to go."
Olise and Co. can take the next step towards the quarter-finals as early as this Saturday (21:00 CEST) in Nice, when they take on Guinea, who lost 2-1 to New Zealand in their opening match on Wednesday evening.
Meanwhile, Olise's new teammates at FC Bayern wrapped up their training camp at the Tegernsee on Wednesday.
