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Paris Olympics 2024: Football fans created ruckus in Paris Olympics, attacked Argentina team with firecrackers, players ran away from the field

Pitch Invader Football Paris Olympics 2024: There was chaos during the opening and group stage match of the Paris Olympics when football fans came on the field and attacked the Argentine team with firecrackers. Seeing this strange scene, the athletes ran away from there.

At the Olympics, spectators threw firecrackers at the Argentine players. Due to this, the match between Morocco and Argentina was postponed. However, Argentina had to face defeat in the match which started after about 2 hours. The match started again in an empty stadium after removing the spectators from the field.

#Breaking The first scandal of the Paris Summer Olympics is a fact.

The match between Morocco and Argentina has been postponed after angry Moroccan fans stormed the field and threw fireworks at Argentine players after the equaliser.#Paris2024 #paris, pic.twitter.com/h5f1FBbqOB

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In fact, after Argentina’s equaliser, angry Moroccan fans stormed the football field and the crowd threw firecrackers at the Argentine players, causing chaos. Argentina coach Javier Mascherano said he had never seen a circus like this before. The on-field attack led to Argentina’s 2-1 defeat against Morocco in their first Olympic match in Saint-Etienne on Wednesday (July 25).

When the match resumed, the entire stadium was evacuated. This match between Argentina and Morocco on Wednesday was the opening and group stage match of the Olympic football tournament. But chaos broke out due to the attack of fans, after the game was suspended, Argentina eventually had to face defeat 2-1 on the basis of VAR (Video assistant referee) review.

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Argentina’s Cristian Medina equalised the score at 2-2 in injury time, but the decision to disallow the goal was announced about two hours after play was halted when both teams returned to the field to finish the match in an empty stadium.

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