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Argentina lost to Moroco

Twist; ‘Draw goal’ offside, Argentina lose to Morocco (1-2)

An unexpected twist took place in the exciting Argentina-Morocco match in men’s football at the Olympics. The match, which appeared to have ended in a 2-2 draw, saw Argentina lose to Morocco after an hour, when the draw ruled that the goal was offside.

Injury time of 16 minutes was allowed in the match. Cristian Medina scored the draw goal for Argentina. Following this, the match was interrupted as the crowd descended onto the ground. The teams returned to the dressing room thinking that the match was over. It was only later that a war examination revealed that Medina’s goal was offside. Later, an hour later, the teams returned to the ground and finished the match.

The Under-23 teams, with only three senior players having an extra chance, were in a battle of equal forces from the start in the Olympic battle. Morocco continued to wait until the end of the first half for the goal to be scored as Morocco competed to open the goal face rather than rule the field and Argentina competed to maintain control of the ball at the end of the first half. 

At the end of the beautiful move, Asusi grabbed a backheel pass from Morocco’s Akhomash, who was waiting in front of the post and counted Sufiyan Rahimi’s cross into the net with ease. Morocco once again netted early in the second half, witnessing the exploding Paris ground. This time, the lead was raised on a penalty awarded to the Moroccan for putting his hand in the penalty box. Rahimi took the kick and beat the grounder goalkeeper into the net. With this, it was Argentina’s turn to intensify the attack. In the 68th minute, Simone’s team scored a goal. After that, whenever the Moroccan goalface trembled several times, the goalkeeper came to the rescue with his outstretched bloody hands.

 The dramatic moments came as the 15-minute-long injury time was about to come to an end. Everyone thought Argentina had equalised at the last minute when Medina put the ball into the net. Claiming that the goal was offside, Moroccan fans occupied the field with the hope that they had been denied a deserved victory. The crowd occupied the ground and the teams returned to the dressing room. It was only later that it became clear that the match was not completed and had been stopped. Medina’s goal was ruled to be offside in the war examination. An hour later, the teams returned and played for three minutes to finish the match.