Olympics-Soccer-France, Argentina suffer shock defeats, Brazil win

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Soccer Football - Men - Group C - Egypt v Spain - Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan - July 22, 2021. Egypt players pray at the end of the match as Pedri of Spain looks dejected REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

TOKYO (Reuters) -France's Olympic men's soccer campaign got off to a dreadful start when they were thrashed 4-1 by Mexico while Argentina suffered a shock 2-0 loss to Australia as the group stage kicked off on Thursday.

Brazil striker Richarlison scored the first hat-trick of the men's tournament as the defending champions held off a late rally from Germany in a 4-2 win at Yokohama's International Stadium.