The Argentine Olympic Committee has joined the AFA’s request to change the result of the match against Morocco, following the scandal that took place during the debut of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
He Argentine Olympic Committee joined the request of the AFA to change the result of the match against Moroccoafter the scandal that occurred at the debut in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
In the first match of the Argentina U-23 National Teamdirected by Javier Mascheranothe national representatives had tied the match in the last play. Immediately after, it was suspended due to incidents and invasion of the Moroccan pitch.
Finally, an hour and a half later, the referee decided to go out and review the VARcancel the goal of Christian Medina and play just three more minutes.
In this way, the Moroccans won 2-1 in a match that represented the first embarrassment in these Olympic Games.
“In light of the unfortunate events that occurred during and after the football match between Argentina and Morocco, the Argentine Olympic Committee stands in solidarity with our athletes and supports the presentation that the Argentine Football Association made to FIFA.”they expressed in their account X (formerly Twitter).
The AFA had made the request this Thursday before the FIFAalthough the highest authority in football worldwide could not take action on the matter since this competition depends entirely on the International Olympic Committee.
The president of the AFA, Claudio Tapialamented what happened in a statement and called for severe sanctions.
After what we experienced in Saint-Etiennethe Argentine National Team must obtain good results before Iraq and Ukrainethe other members of Group B with whom they will face on Saturday at 10 and Tuesday at 12, respectively.
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