vox888 Argentina 2024 Olympics coach Javier Mascherano has hit out at hosts France for their ineffective handling of the tournament in their opening group match, which they lost 2-1 to Morocco on Tuesday. vox888

The game at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard was ominous from the start, as the Argentina national anthem was played and bottles and glasses were thrown at the stands by fans due to the drama over first-team player Enzo Fernandez’s racial abuse.  ( vox888  )

During the match, there was a lot of throwing of objects, firecrackers, or running into the stadium to cause chaos, so much so that the match had to be stopped for about 2 hours. 

Or the drama of ‘Albiceleste’ sending the ball into the net at the end of the game, thinking it was a successful equalizer, but it was revoked by VAR and they lost 1-2. 

he chaos that occurred in Mascherano’s life, he has been through many hot and cold seasons and has never encountered anything as messy as Saint-Etienne. 

“I may not have been a professional coach for long, but in my football career I have never encountered a situation like this before,” the 2004 and 2008 Olympic gold medalist said after the match with the ‘Albiceleste’.

“It’s chaotic selling snakehead fish. Everything is in chaos.”

“But that’s it, viewers. We can’t control it.”

“I just told the kids that from now on we have to look forward, try to sweep the remaining 6 points for a chance to go to the next round.”

“Sometimes the events that happened gave us the motivation, the anger that we wanted to vent in the game that was waiting for us.”

Yesterday’s starting 11, ‘Sky Blue and White’ included 3 overage players, including defender captain Nicolas Otamendi, forward Julian Alvarez and goalkeeper Jerónimo Ruilli. 

The other two group stage matches will be against Iraq ( 27 July ) and Ukraine ( 30 July ) .