Alexandre Lacazette just scored at the 2024 Paris Olympics and everyone is saying the same thing

An eventful first day of the Olympic football tournament that saw a new ‘spygate’ incident, a chaotic end to Argentina and Morocco’s opening match ended with a familiar face scoring as hosts France cruised to victory against the USA. 

The men’s Olympic tournament will run until August 9 when the gold medals will be dished out in Paris and is an under-23s competition, which has led to plenty of fans on social media wondering what former Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette is doing there after he netted the first goal in France’s 3-0 victory in Marseille.

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