The president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio Tapiadescribed as “regrettable” “the violence suffered by the national delegation” in the final minutes of the National Team’s match against Morocco, for the first date of the Paris 2024 Olympic Football Tournament and raised its claim for it to the FIFA.
Wall released an official statement on their social networks in which they highlighted what happened in that match for Group B.
“It was unfortunate what we Argentines had to experience today in Saint-Étienne”said the head of the AFA.
“Chiqui” Wall He stressed what happened in the final minutes of the match, especially “the violence suffered by the Argentine delegation.”
The interruption of a football match that ended up overshadowed by a group of people who threw a stun bomb in the middle of the playing field.
A complicated situation for the Argentine footballers who had to leave the stadium due to the violent act against the delegation Argentina .
The president of the AFA He stressed that the match should have been “suspended” by the main referee.
“Added to this, the opinion of the captains of both teams, who believed that the game should not be resumed, was not heard either.”Tapia wrote in the statement via social media.
The message ended with the sending of the claim of the Argentine Football Association to the Disciplinary Commission of the FIFA so that “appropriate regulatory measures” be taken and a “sanction” be determined for the persons who carried out the violent act that suspended the Olympic Games match.
The message from the AFA
On the website of the AFA They confirmed that their president Claudio Tapia sent a complaint to the FIFA for Argentina’s scandalous debut in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
This was the text they used:
“The Argentine Football Association informs that, due to the publicly known events that occurred today in the match between our Under 23 Selection and its counterpart from Morocco, A formal complaint was submitted to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee in order to take the necessary regulatory measures for such a serious incident.
It is imperative to guarantee the safety of the protagonists for the peaceful development of this beautiful sport that is football and from the Mother House of Argentine Footballwe will do whatever it takes to make this happen.”
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