The captain of the U23 team expressed his anger at the way the Olympic Games organisers handled the defeat against Morocco
The captain of the Argentina U23 National Team, Nicolas Otamendiused his social networks to comment on the scandal that occurred in the match against Moroccoby Group B, in the Paris 2024 Olympic Gameswhich ended in a 2-1 defeat in the debut of the Albiceleste team.
Javier Mascherano’s team was involved in a controversy after the agonising 2-2 draw scored by Cristian Medina where, after the celebration, the match was delayed due to incidents from the Moroccan fans and, subsequently, the match was replayed after almost two hours and with the equalising goal disallowed by the VAR.
Given the problems that surrounded the albiceleste, Nicolas Otamendi He began his post by thanking everyone: “Thank you all for the support and the messages.” He then added: “We’re here to compete as we always have, wherever the venue is, at home or away.”
The defender did not miss the opportunity to express his anger after the decision to continue playing the match after so many hours had passed since it was interrupted: “But what happened today makes you angry and helpless. That this type of event happens at an event as important as the Olympic Games where an Olympic medal is at stake.”
Beyond the fury, the former Vélez player closed his message by focusing on the future: “For our part, we have to look ahead and think about Saturday. More united than ever. Go Argentina.”
De Paul and Tagliafico supported the U23
Also Rodrigo De Paul use Instagramwhere he showed his support for the Olympic team, which is reinforced by Geronimo Rulli, Nicolas Otamendi and Julian Alvarez“More than ever with you. You can beat us all,” he stressed.
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While, Nicolas Tagliafico He raised the tone of the controversy on his X account. “Leaving the circus, are we going to talk about the reason why it was suspended or are we going to continue acting like idiots? If it had been the other way around, I can’t even imagine what they would be saying,” said the former Independiente player from his rest on the paradisiacal beaches of the Seychelles.
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