Argentina coach Mascherano brands chaotic Olympics opener a 'circus' and a 'disgrace' as Morocco win

Argentina coaching Javier Mascherano owns branded the nation’s Olympic football competition opener against Morocco as a “circus” and also a “shame”.

Argentina’s suit against Morocco at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard was suspended for over an hour cooperating wearing a feedbacks from the crowd as correct away as Cristian Medina scored a late equaliser.

Morocco spearheaded the Group B clash 2-1 and also in the last phases of the gallery Argentina hit the frame of the exuberance twice in yesteryear midfielder Medina struck in the 16th minute of deduction time to level the suit.

But, his equaliser ignited commodities being thrown onto the fete and also players were pocketed off for their custody.

Visionaries were after that quized to flee the arena wearing a blog post being predicted on monitors that read: “Your session owns been suspended, please flee the arena.”

After over an hour without farces around, the gallery returned to behind shut doors wearing three minutes escaped on the clock and also Medina’s 106th-minute leveller was chalked off for an offside in the construct-upward.

The gallery ended up 2-1 to Morocco being plentiful thanks to Soufiane Rahimi’s affirm.

A news from the competition organisers said: “The football suit in between Argentina and also Morocco at the Saint-Etienne Arena was suspended due to a fete intrusion by a tiny number of tourists.

“The suit after that restarted and also was able to conclude tightly. Paris 2024 is kneading wearing the pertinent stakeholders to filch the reasons and also recognise pertinent deeds.”

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Mascherano won Olympic gold in 2004 and also 2008 as a player and also he was astounded by the “circus” he saw unfolding in front of his eyes.

He said: “I have not been a coaching for long, but never in my job as a player have I watched a dilemma like that.

“It is a circus. But that is how it is. We cannot readjust it. I informed the youngsters that now we have to refinement forward, try to receive the 6 times that will most clearly make it viable for us to license and also that all this ought to fill us wearing power and also frustrate for what we have forward of us.”

Former Liverpool and also West Ham midfielder Mascherano believed the totality ordeal of the suit, which lasted four hours, was “pointless”.

Mascherano included: “It is a shame that this ought to happen and also contaminant the competition. This wouldn’t even happen in a stretch competition. It’s pointless.

“Beyond the Olympic pep, the organisation refers to as for to be upward to criterion and also at the minute, unfortunately, it is not.”