New Zealand – France: Relive the Blues' big win, qualifying for the quarter-finals against Argentina

Thanks everyone for following! Next up for Thierry Henry's French Olympic team: a heated quarter-final against Argentina, scheduled for Friday 2 August in Bordeaux (7pm).

The Blues thus completed a perfect group stage in which they won all three of their matches, scored seven goals and kept a clean sheet. In the other match, the United States secured their qualification by beating Guinea (3-0).

1/ France: 9 points (+7)

2/ United States: 6 points (+3)

3/ New Zealand: 3 points (-5)

4/ Guinea: 0 points (-5)

Chautard was not attacked and fired a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area but Poulsen stretched well to clear the ball.

The Blues are now focused on keeping a clean sheet, having yet to concede a goal in these Olympic Games.

What a treat for New Zealand! Bayliss takes advantage of a ball that was stupidly lost by Chautard to try and strike a daring shot into the centre circle. So far ahead, Nkampado makes a great save to keep the Blues clean sheet!

There will be six minutes of extra time.

Another French counterattack, concluded with a very good ball from Ulisse deep towards the visitors. On the right of the area, the midfielder forgets Akliouche and strikes hard. With his bad foot, Lensois trips the goalkeeper.

A long sequence of French possession, ended with a Loko cross perfectly placed for Kalimuendo's head. The Rennes striker's uncrossed header narrowly missed Poulsen's goal!

Akliouche produced a real art festival, eliminating three opponents at the entrance of the area before hitting a pinpoint shot. His attempt hits the top corner of Poulsen!

The Tricolores keep the ball and calmly head towards a big win and qualification to the quarter-finals.

Away from the middle at the entrance to the area on the right side, Akliouch delivers a great ball that Kalimuendo fails to head back. The Rennes striker moves away and tries an acrobatic shot from a tight angle. The New Zealand defence shows up.

The Blues not only managed to keep going despite the scoreline! The visitors took advantage of a great opener from Ulisse to try to send in a back cross that was blocked by the opposition defender.

Top scorer Desiree Doue makes way for Joris Chautard. At the same time, Castillo Lukeba is replaced by Loic Badie.

The thousandth long shot Diouf has taken, but there's always a flying New Zealand foot or head to stop him from reaching the goal.

Akliouche plays a wonderful one-touch pass to Kalimuendo, whose back cross almost made it to the visitors, but was blocked by a defender in the middle of the penalty area!

Double change by Thierry Henry: Rayan Cherki and Jean-Philippe Mateta make way for Magnus Akliouche and Michael Olise.

Shot from Sharqi to the right of the area, the free kick achieves nothing.

Continuing the action, Doué was clipped by Kelly-Heald on the right flank. The New Zealand striker was booked.

New initiative taken by Diouf, this time through strikes. The centre is countered by the opponent.

Impressive in his size, Diouf strikes again for the opposing camp. The ball veers to the right and Cherki whose cross is completely missed.

Guests strike again and find Cherki. Lyon returns to his left foot and chooses the individual option: it is turned out for a corner.

After stopping inside the penalty area, Cherki sent a wonderful pass to Kalimuendo who fired a powerful shot from close range that Poulsen saved.

Diouf gains metres in the opposing camp before moving to Douai. The Rennes attacking midfielder did not attack, and saw his shot fly into the stands of the Stade Velodrome.

The Blues entered the second half in less good form. There was a lot of technical waste from Thierry Henry's men.

Matthesma was overtaken and fouled, giving the All Blacks a free kick. Singh hit him on the right side, about forty metres from the cage, causing the latter to be confused before Magasa cleared him.

Magasa loses the ball too easily by not replaying it and allows Garbett to try his luck 20 metres out. The New Zealand captain narrowly misses the target.

Another attempt from Douai, this time on the right side of the area. The Rennes attacking midfielder is still blocked.

Lepenant recovers the skin at the entrance to the area but misses his shot completely.

Lachlan Bayliss replaced Van Hattum at half-time.

Under pressure from a New Zealander, Loko mis-kicked the ball and gave the All Blacks a corner.

A long sequence of French saves in the opposing camp, concluded with a missed pass from Kalimuendo towards Mateta.

There will be four minutes of extra time.

What a festival Ryan Cherki has been up against! The attacking midfielder takes out several opponents on the right of the area before attempting an ambitious curling shot, which is blocked for a corner.

Great three-way move between Loko, Kalimuendo and Cherki. Leon alerts his left side but his pass is not confident enough!

Diouf is responsible for waking up the Velodrome! Midfielder Lenzois was not attacked from 25 meters away, and fired a powerful shot. The latter narrowly misses over the bar!

After a very good French start, the pace dropped for a few minutes. However, the Blues maintained control of the match.

Rennes line-up: Douet cautions Kalimuendo on the right side of the area but New Zealand's defence intervenes.

Under pressure from several opponents, Cherki performs a good number before releasing the skin, allowing Kalimuendo to establish himself at the entrance of the area before striking. His attempt was blocked for the Lyon team who saw the goalkeeper intervene after his powerful shot.

Just like moments ago, Diouf misses the pass to Loko on the left of the area. It's a pity because the idea was still good!

The match resumes after a two-minute refreshment break. Van Hattum is found between the lines, trying his luck but crushing his shot too much.

Not attacked from the right, Cherki gains metres before shooting. The Lyon striker misses his move and misses the target.

At first, the corner does nothing but Singh recovers the ball. The latter takes down Cherki and strikes with force. He finds Matsema before Bale tries his turn: he is blocked again.

Wayne fired New Zealand's first shot of the match from the edge of the Blues' area. His effort was deflected out for a corner.

The Blues win the ball back in their camp and attack with Diouf advancing into the opposition half. It takes Linz midfielder a long time to pass it to Loko, whose position gives nothing away.

The French centre-backs do not hesitate to come out very high to win the ball back, such as Matsima who committed a foul on the left of the New Zealand area.