Argentina-Moroccowhich took place this afternoon in Saint-Etienne, is the match that inaugurated, in chaos, the Paris 2024 men's football tournament (some matches are played before the opening ceremony). It didn't start well and it got even worse. The Argentinian anthem was loudly booed by the French crowd present in the stadium. “Geoffroy-Guichard”. The Olympic spirit, of peace and solidarity is totally absent. The whistles were expected given the tension between Argentina and France over the video posted on Instagram by the midfielder. Enzo Fernandezin which his Albiceleste teammates can be heard chanting a racist song against France's black players during the America's Cup celebrations.
Finally, an Italian had to intervene to save the situation, referee Paolo Valericonsidered an authentic number one of the Var and confirmed as such in this delicate situation. Morocco, to the great pleasure of the large representation of its supporters in the stands, seems to have deserved the 2-0 victory thanks to Rahimi's corset, but then a goal from the substitute Giuliano Simeone, brother of “Cholito”had put the Albiceleste back in the running. At this point, the inevitable happened: Swedish referee Nyberg, perhaps to revive the trend of the last World Cup, had awarded 16 minutes of added time and in the last seconds of this kind of overtime Argentina had drawn with Medina.
Moroccan fans began throwing objects from the stands, then entered the pitch as players fled to the locker rooms. The scoreboard indicated that the match had been abandoned. With the players still in the locker room, The Games organizers thought the match had ended 2-2.
But here's the twist: with the stadium empty and without an audience, The referee called the teams back onto the field. VAR intervened to show Argentina half a foot offside in the 2-2 and the goal was therefore disallowed.before the match resumes for four minutes Then it was over, at the final whistle, with Morocco winning 2-1. Certainly the worst way to start an Olympic Games.
Getty Argentina – Morocco: Men's Football – Paris 2024 Olympic Games 07/24/24
