Les Bleus trailed 3-2 with 10 minutes left but captain Andre-Pierre Gignac converted an 86th-minute penalty to complete his hat-trick before Savanier's late goal. Gignac, one of the three over-age players selected by France along with the under-24 group for the Olympics, now leads the scoring charts in Tokyo with four goals from two matches. Back-to-back defeats also left South Africa's hopes of qualifying hanging by a thread, a week after their camp reported multiple COVID-19 cases. "This victory is very good for us, especially in terms of spirits," said Argentine coach Fernando Batista. "Now we have to rest and prepare for the best way to define the group against Spain."
