France beats US 3-0 and Morocco gets a win against Argentina in a wild start to Olympic soccer WPXI [Video]

MARSEILLE, France — (AP) — On a wild opening day for the Olympic men’s soccer tournament, the United States came within the width of the crossbar from taking the lead against host nation France.

Within moments, Alexandre Lacazette had the ball in the back of the Americans’ net — and when Michael Olise added a second for the French, they were on their way to a 3-0 win.

“It was unfortunate — on another day maybe it goes in,” said Djordje Mihailovic, whose long-range effort came back off the bar when the Group A game in Marseille was still goalless in the second half. “I think most importantly, (we need to) emotionally recover because we were in the game for the first 70 minutes, even after they scored, we responded very well.”

Earlier in the day, Morocco beat Argentina 2-1 in a game that was suspended for about two hours …