After Argentina scored the equaliser in stoppage time, the match was interrupted by the referee when Morocco supporters invaded the pitch, according to Le Parisien. After a two-hour suspension and video checks, the referee finally canceled the Argentina goal and resumed the three-minute match. No goals were scored this time. In the end, the Morocco team won the game with a score of 2-1, but the farce could become the talk of the town......
The match kicked off at 3 p.m. at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Étienne for the first match of Group B. Soufian scored twice · Soufiane Rahimi to give Morocco the lead, and ·Giuliano Simeone pulled one back for Argentina in the 68th minute.
The game took an unprecedented turn in the final moments. At the end of regular time, the refereeing body decided to play 15 minutes of extra time, a decision that surprised the Morocco players and staff, as well as many football watchers on social networks.
During the 15 minutes of extra time, Argentina equalised thanks to a dramatic goal from Cristian Medina· But just seconds after their celebration, Morocco supporters sneaked into the stadium and threw a firecracker near the Argentina bench.
The referee did not blow the whistle and sent the 22 players back to the dressing room. Match broadcasts were interrupted. But there is still one question: is the game really over? On the website of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the competition is noted as "suspended". And there was an interruption of almost two hours.
Shortly before 7 p.m., the players were asked to return to the closed pitch to warm up. Meanwhile, Sweden referee G·lenn Nyberg checked the validity of Argentina team's goals. With the help of VAR, he finally ruled that Argentina was offside and the game restarted three minutes later. This time, the Morocco held his ground and won 2-1.
After the game, Lionel · Messi commented on his Instagram account: "It's bizarre. Argentina head coach Javier Mascherano · said: "It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in my life. The morale of the Argentina team apparently hit rock bottom, because according to the coach, player Thiago Almada had his personal belongings stolen from the training center the day before ·the match. The situation for Argentina is bad.