Thierry Henry's France looked to be heading for defeat in their semi-final in Lyon after Mahmoud Saber put Egypt ahead against the run of play just after the hour mark.

But Crystal Palace striker Mateta levelled late on to force extra time, in which he headed France in front after Egypt's Omar Fayed was sent off.

Michael Olise then sealed the win on 108 minutes and France, looking for their second Olympic men's football gold medal and first since 1984, will now face Spain at the Parc des Princes in Paris on Friday.

Earlier, substitute Juanlu Sanchez struck a late winner for Spain as they fought back to beat Morocco in the first semi-final in Marseille.

Morocco had led through a Soufiane Rahimi penalty towards the end of the first half, a sixth goal at the Olympics for the tournament's top scorer, and his fourth to come from the spot.

That sent the large Moroccan support at the Stade Velodrome wild, but Spain kept their cool to equalise through their own star man in the 66th minute.

Fermin Lopez, a member of Spain's triumphant Euro 2024 squad, who scored twice in the Olympic quarter-final against Japan, pounced in the 66th minute when the ball broke loose in the box and fired low into the net to make it 1-1.

With the prospect of extra time looming, Spain won it in the 85th minute as Lopez found Sanchez bounding into the area, and he sent a shot low into the far corner.

Morocco now go to Nantes for the bronze medal match on Thursday against their North African rivals Egypt.