French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra downplayed incidents at Argentina-Morocco matchfor the U23 tournament of the Paris 2024 Olympic Gameswhile pointing out that the invasion of the field of fire by fans of the African country “was quite kind.”
The French Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castérasaid: “There was a small intrusion that should not have happened, but it was quite kind on the part of the Moroccan supporters. Then it was intertwined with a long period of added time in which there was a bit of delay in terms of refereeing.”
“A little moment of confusion“I don’t want to deny it,” he added about the violent incident, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.
The minister explained that a meeting was held between the IOC and the FIFA, “Everything will return to normal.” The tournament will continue as usual and the next match between Ukraine and Morocco will be “perfect.”
A controversial statement that sets off alarm bells for all Argentine athletes, coaches and fans who do not understand why he decided to downplay the violent acts in the middle of a football match.
Everyone watched the behaviour of the Moroccan fans who threw a thunder bomb in the middle of the pitch. The match had ended in a 2-2 draw, but an hour later, the VAR decided to annul the conversion of Christian Medina and the remaining minutes were played. Morocco won the match 2-1 and the controversy was not long in coming.
An atypical situation in the world of sport that ends without any kind of justice for the Argentines who had to go through a tense moment. The danger that the footballers ran on the field of play was a simple “moment of confusion.”
Source: Ambito
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