After Argentina scored, the match was halted due to Moroccan crowd invasion.
After about 2 hours, VAR declared offside.
Japan and France win big in their first match

The men’s soccer match that announced the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics suffered a disruption in which the final results were not announced for about two hours.
Argentina lost 1-2 to Morocco amid disruption in the first match of Group B of the men’s soccer group stage held at Stade Geoffrey-Aguichard in Saint-Etienne, France on July 24, 2024 (Korean time).

Argentina used Julian Alvarez (Manchester City) and Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), while Morocco used Ashraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain).

Overpowering Morocco’s line

Morocco succeeded in taking the lead first.
Just before the end of the first half, he broke down the right side with an organic pass.

Then, Soufian Rahimi (Al Ain) pushed in a cross in front of the goal to score the first goal.
Morocco, gaining momentum, ran one step further.

In the 4th minute of the second half, Rahimi neatly took a penalty kick resulting from an opponent’s foul, widening the gap.
Argentina became desperate and started chasing.

In the 23rd minute of the second half, Juliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) hit the ball with his foot and hit the net.
Argentina launched a devastating attack at the end of the game.

With over 15 minutes of added time in the second half, Otamenti and Bruno Amione (Club Santos Laguna) both hit the goalpost.
At this time, Christian Medina (Boca Juniors) scored a dramatic equalizer by heading it in again.

Moroccan spectators invaded the stadium

Afterwards, some excited Moroccan spectators stormed into the stadium and threw water bottles, causing both teams to leave the ground.
According to the procedure, Medina’s goal should have been reviewed by video review (VAR), but the result could not be confirmed for a while as the referee called a halt to the game.

The organizers were also confused about whether to continue the game or not, and made the final decision to ‘resume the game after VAR’. as
According to Eater and the Associated Press, the players came out of the locker room again about two hours after the game was halted.

The players warmed up and waited for VAR to see Medina score, and it was ruled offside.
Afterwards, the players played the remaining time before the official whistle sounded to end the game.

First wins in Spain, Japan, and France

Meanwhile, Spain defeated Uzbekistan 2-1 in the first match of Group C of the tournament held at Parc des Princes in Paris.
Spain took the lead in the 29th minute of the first half with Marc Pouville (Almeria)’s first goal. Uzbekistan also did not back down.

Eldor Shomudorov (Cagliari) scored a penalty kick in extra time in the first half to balance the score.
The final winner was Spain.

For Spain, Sergio Gomes (Real Sociedad), who had previously missed a penalty kick, scored the winning goal of atonement in the 17th minute of the second half.
In addition, the host country, France, as well as New Zealand, Iraq, and Japan also announced victory.

2024 Paris Olympics men’s soccer results

Argentina 1-2 Morocco

Uzbekistan 1-2 Spain

Guinea 1-2 New Zealand

Egypt 0-0 Dominican Republic

Iraq 2-1 Ukraine

Japan 5-0 Paraguay

France 3-0 USA

Mali 1-1 Israel

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