VIDEO: Unbelievably, VAR canceled the goal of the Argentine football players after two hours
Amazing scenes on the first day of The Olympics in Paris, the football national teams of Argentina и Мароко they met in the first round and only after four hours and 12 minutes was the winner decided. In this duel, the winner was Morocco, who celebrated with 2:1.
This, very exciting game, fell into the shadow of chaos after the unexpected goal of the Argentines in the 16th minute of extra time. VAR referees canceled the Argentine goal scored by Cristian Medina in 90+16 for 2:2, after the match was stopped for almost two hours.
INCREDIBILE PAREGGIO DELL'ARGENTINA AL 106° 😳😳😳
L'Albiceleste pareggia i conti contro il Marocco all last breath with the goal of Christian Medina 😮🇦🇷#HomeOfTheOlympics #Paris2024 #Argentina pic.twitter.com/RhGbumylGc
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Morocco beat Argentina as VAR intervened over an hour after the game was suspended due to disturbances in the crowd. #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/duwQ3iwmTJ
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Shortly before that, the referee returned the players to the field from the dressing room where he had sent them because the conditions were not created for it to end – Moroccan fans were throwing everything they had from the stands and safety was in question.
The result 2:2 then remained in force, because the referees for VAR were also on break, and the stands were empty. It was only when the situation had calmed down, two hours after Argentina's goal, that the situation at which Argentina scored the goal was reviewed in the VAR room and the "frozen" video was released on the stadium screen for all to see.
Medina, the goalscorer, was found to be offside (minimum, decided by centimeters) at the time he was activated after hitting his teammate's crossbar. The match then continued, the players came out to play the last three minutes of the match with the score 2:1 for the Moroccans who managed to keep a clean sheet in the remaining time and win.
Argentina is otherwise the defending Olympic gold medalist. In other matches, Spain beat Uzbekistan 2:1, Egypt and the Dominican Republic drew 0:0, and New Zealand beat Guinea 2:1.
