Olympic Games The reaction of the Argentine press to the disgrace in front of Morocco for the Olympic Games

The Albiceleste’s victory over France at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the latest controversy over the team’s celebration after the Copa América have sparked a series of negative reactions against Argentina’s representatives at the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games .

A situation that the football teams had to face this Wednesday during their duel against Morocco, as well as the Pumas 7 in rugby during their debut against Kenya. .

Both events were covered by the press on the other side of the mountain range. For example, TYC Sports stated that “Ito the national under-23 team He received a hostile reception at the 2024 Paris Olympics : They loudly whistled the Argentinian national anthem before the scandalous 1-2 against Morocco, during the debut in Group B, at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium, in Saint-Ettiéne. “, they stressed.

“An hour later, during the presentation of the Pumas to the Seven, a shower of whistles also fell from the stands when the players entered the Stade de France to beat Kenya 31-12. “, they added.

“The Moroccan supporters – mostly locals in the stadium – and The French have booed the national song, amid the global scandal involving Enzo Fernandez for the racist video of the Scaloneta celebrations “to the coronation of the Copa America in the United States,” they said as one of the main reasons.

La Nación, for its part, summed up what was experienced in football by indicating that there was “invasion of the field, bottles and bombs slamming. In this context of tension, the end of the first match of the Argentine under-23 team at the Paris Olympic Games was experienced. . What seemed like a draw, VAR turned into a defeat two hours later, when the match referee, Sweden’s Glenn Nyberg, decided to restart the game, disallowing Cristian Medina’s goal at the request of VAR and playing three minutes longer than otherwise. “They changed the defeat 2-1 against the African team.”

Regarding the Pumas duel, they said that “the boos of the French spectators marked the Argentine participation in the first day of the rugby tournament.” Seven at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Especially when the team entered the field of play and to a lesser extent when in possession of the ball. “.

Infobae also reported the errors to the men’s football team.When the verses of the national anthem began to sound, a thunderous whistle blew in the hall where a majority of Moroccan supporters were present in the stands. The video of what happened in France quickly began to circulate on social networks, with the final of the Qatar 2022 World Cup and the recent conflict sparked by the viralization of the internal celebrations of the Argentine team after its victory in the Copa América.

These facts were also reported by the French press, which reported on the public’s reaction to the event. The French newspaper Le Parisien noted that this happened “ten days after the racist chants sung by the Albiceleste footballers “.

Of course, he stressed that “this preferential treatment is partly explained by the strong presence of Moroccan supporters at the Saint-Étienne stadium, but also because of the recent controversy caused by the racist chants of Argentinian footballers against the French team “.

L’Equipe also spoke of a “hostile reception “, emphasizing that “French viewers have not forgotten ” the chants after Argentina’s victory in the Copa America and not the 2022 World Cup final either.

RMC media outlet agreed with the analysis: “Perhaps in response to this song, the Argentine anthem was accompanied by loud whistling from the stands during the opening of the Olympic Games curtain. “, they said.