Morocco had been 2-1 winners over Argentina of their opening match on the Olympics, with Cristian Medina’s potential equaliser disallowed as crowd hassle brought on a two-hour delay.
Argentina appeared to have salvaged a 2-2 draw from 2-0 down in Saint-Etienne, with Soufiane Rahimi netting twice earlier than Giuliano Simeone pulled one again for La Albiceleste.
Medina appeared to have equalised when he nodded residence following a goalmouth scramble 16 minutes into second-half stoppage time, however crowd hassle then broke out with cups, bottles and pyrotechnics being thrown at Argentina’s gamers by spectators.
The referee took the groups off the pitch, and amid confusion over whether or not the ultimate whistle had sounded, it was reported one other three minutes can be performed in an empty stadium.
It was subsequently introduced Argentina’s potential leveller had been dominated out after a VAR overview confirmed Bruno Amione was offside within the build-up.
One other three minutes of stoppage time had been then performed out round two hours after the gamers had been taken off, with Morocco holding on to win 2-1.
Whereas Morocco now sit high of Group B with three factors, Javier Mascherano’s facet – who had been among the many pre-tournament favourites – stay on zero.
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