The men’s soccer tournament at the Paris Olympic Games began with a scandal. Not to Uzbekistan-Spain (1-2) generated normally. Instead, to Argentina-Morocco In group B (1-2), several incidents were recorded, mainly in the final moments, to the point where the match officially ended four and a quarter hours after it started with a field invasion and a goal disallowed by VAR later for two hours. break with the players in the locker room.
The match was marked by the invasion of the playing field of the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Étienne by around twenty Moroccan fans. Bottles and glasses were also thrown, forcing the referee to invite the players back to the locker room after Argentina equalized, trailing 0-2, with a goal from Christian Medina in the 106th minute, the last of the long added time awarded by the referee.
Both teams left the field, but the Swede Glenn Nyberg, who in the recent Euro Cup directed Spain-Albania in the group stage and France-Belgium in the round of 16, He didn’t blow the whistle at the end of the game.
Cristian Medina scored the second goal of the group led by Javier Mascherano in a crazy game, after two blocked balls and two shots against the crossbar. But incredibly, almost two hours later, VAR disallowed the goal Medina due to being offside Bruno Amione when he finished a ball that was denied by the crossbar after a shot from Nicolás Otamendi. The long game continued and Medina the scoring is over.
The players had to return to the pitch to play in the last three minutes which were left to be played behind closed doors when the fans were evacuated from the stands.
Argentina was finally unbeaten and began its participation in the Paris 2024 Games with a defeat after a massive scandal.
Source: La Verdad
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