Although there are two days left until the lighting of the cauldron for Paris 2024, the first day of events for the Olympic Games left surreal images on Wednesday during the football match between Argentina and Morocco, which included fans invading the field and throwing objects from the stands.
The altercations happened after the main referee added 15 minutes of stoppage time when the albicelestes were losing 1-2. The decision did not please the fans of the "Leones del Atlas," and the situation became tenser with the equalizer from the South Americans.
Without thinking too much, the followers of Morocco began to throw cups, lit flares, and invaded the grass of the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
The images have spread like wildfire on social media.
Due to the situation, "the players were withdrawn after the goal for their safety," stated the Organizing Committee in its live broadcast on the blog Olympics.com.
"It is the biggest circus I have ever seen in my life," said coach Javier Mascherano to the press about what happened.
As referee Glenn Nyberg never blew the final whistle, the footballers had to return to an empty stadium, but there was a different detail: after an hour and 40 minutes of review in VAR, Argentina's second goal was disallowed due to a foot in an offside position, according to ESPN.
Finally, Morocco won 2-1 in the start of group B. The victors celebrated the goals from Soufiane Rahimi in the 45+2 minute and in the 49th, via penalty, while the losers scored through Giuliano Simone (69), the son of Diego "El Cholo" Simeone.
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will officially open on Friday, July 26.
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