The primary match of the Video games between Argentina and Morocco triggered a humiliation by no means seen earlier than in soccer. Argentina equalised within the dying minutes of the match by means of Medina. The equaliser in extremis unleashed insanity within the stadium. The Argentines celebrated the dying draw and have been attacked by a number of firecrackers. There was an invasion of the pitch by a piece of the Moroccan followers who attacked the Swedish referee Nyberg, who had granted quarter-hour of additional time. The gamers of La Albiceleste went to the tunnel to the altering rooms and there have been moments of confusion.
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Referee Glenn Nyberg granted quarter-hour of additional time and the Albiceleste equalised within the 106th minute. Moroccan followers invaded the pitch and the referee suspended the match. Nearly two hours later the match was resumed and the VAR dominated the match equaliser.
A chaos that ended two hours later! When the referee got here onto the sector with the gamers of each groups to evaluation a potential offside in Medina’s aim. It was offside. Three extra minutes have been performed in entrance of an empty stadium, because the followers have been requested to go away. Argentina tried, however couldn’t equalise once more. Olympic failure, embarrassment and absolute surrealism.
The match had all the pieces earlier than. Morocco took management and Argentina sounded the decision for an equaliser. The shortage of fluidity of the Albiceleste for a lot of the match and the dearth of creativity of their forwards price them dearly. The Africans didn’t really feel the strain and took benefit of their possibilities with a double from Soufiane Rahimi. Giuliano Simeone lowered the deficit and gave life to his workforce, which benefited from the lengthy added time. Medina nearly averted defeat, however Otamendi’s foot was barely ahead.
Morocco got here out sturdy from the beginning and felt superior at occasions. Because the minutes glided by, Argentina calmed down and grew by means of lengthy possessions. The event in the direction of the primary quarter of an hour modified the sport, with Argentina placing strain on the Africans. In assault, each groups confirmed shortcomings, with just one motion during which Ilias Akhomach moved inside to attempt to power a harmful shot to the entrance.
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Munir was near hazard by not wanting to offer the ball away and mix in his personal space. Exactly the motion during which Argentina got here closest to scoring was there, insistently urgent Morocco’s possession. Within the final actions earlier than the break, the sport was not based mostly on tactical order, which favoured Morocco. Ilias Akhomach understood this context and filtered the ball into the world with magic and allure in order that El Khannouss discovered Soufiane Rahimi and took the loot to the locker room.
The break and the reflections of each coaches have been of little use. Ilias Akhomach as soon as once more took the lead by forcing a penalty that Soufiane Rahimi transformed, thus sealing his double. Tarik Sektioui’s males loved themselves and the ‘9’ got here near scoring a hat-trick. Argentina’s virtues have been hidden and Mascherano couldn’t discover the important thing from the bench. Nonetheless, Giuliano Simeone discovered oil out of nowhere and gave his workforce life on the far put up.
His workforce grew and in simply two minutes the world champions got here near equalising. Munir gave Morocco further life, which was below siege after conceding the primary aim. Julián Álvarez missed one thing he doesn’t often miss and the clock was working in opposition to the Albiceleste, even though quarter-hour have been added to the second half.
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In further time, Morocco had the possibility, though they didn’t direct their possibilities between the posts. And within the reply, Bruno Amione was spared alone within the space. Argentina was having an excessive amount of bother ending, though their tackles have been persistent. When all the pieces appeared headed for catastrophe, after two earlier crossbars within the play, Medina discovered oil… till the entire mess was generated. Argentina went from pleasure to disappointment with the failure within the opening. Morocco was the opposite aspect of the coin. And the primary match of the Paris Video games (with permission from Spain-Uzbekistan) went down in detrimental historical past.
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Argentina Morocco
Adjustments
Julian Simeon (53′, Kevin Zenon), Abde Ezzalzouli (58′, Ilias Akhomach), Ezequiel Fernandez (68′, Santiago Hezze), Luciano Gondou (68′, Lucas Beltran), Bruno Amione (68′, Julio Soler), akram nakach (79′, Oussama El Azzouzi), Yassine Kechta (79′, Eliesse Ben Seghir), Claudio Echeverri (83′, Joaquin Garcia), Benjamin Bouchouari (91′, Bilal El Khannouss)
Objectives
0-1, 46′: Soufiane Rahimi0-2, 50′: Soufiane Rahimi1-2, 67′: Julian Simeon
Playing cards
Arbitro: Glenn Nyberg
Arbitro VAR: Paolo Valeri, Ovidiu Hategan
Ilias Chakkour (38′,Yellow), Bilal El Khannous (47′,Yellow), Zakaria El Ouahdi (60′,Yellow), Soufiane Rahimi (69′,Yellow), Oussama Targhaline (86′,Yellow), Ezequiel Fernandez (87′,Yellow), Munir (88′,Yellow), Marco Di Cesar (98′,Yellow)
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