For the quarter-finals of the football tournament of the Olympic Games Paris 2024the Argentina National Team fell before France by 1 to 0 after 90 minutes. The only goal of the match was scored by Jean-Philippe Mateta 4 minutes into the first half. Mascherano’s team was thus eliminated.
After the defeat, a brawl broke out between some players on the pitch. They were separated, although as captured by the cameras the story continued in the locker room. When everything calmed down Thierry Henry He expressed these words: “We do not take this match as revenge because the World Cup was with other teams.”.
He added: “Scoring the goal quickly took away our resolve. I apologize for the disturbance at the end. It wasn’t what I wanted and I couldn’t control it. In fact, they sent off a player.” France will now face Egypt in the semi-finals, while Spain will face Morocco in the other semi-final.
Argentina’s numbers
Looking back at the Argentine National Team’s campaign in Paris, it finished the group stage in 2nd place with 6 points through two victories against Iraq and Ukraine and that controversial defeat against Morocco.. While today he was eliminated against France.
That is to say, there were two victories and two defeats, with six goals scored and four conceded. On the positive side, some fans highlight players like Equi Fernandezwho has a great chance of leaving Boca and continuing his career in Saudi Arabia, already Julian Simeonwho until these Olympic Games had played very few minutes with Argentina.
What will happen to Mascherano?
In view of the painful elimination, users on the networks are sharing all kinds of negative reactions. Most are questioning Javier Mascheranoconsidering that he should not continue to be in charge of the youth teams and demanding that Chiqui Tapia his dismissal.
For his part, the President of the AFA posted the following message on Twitter: “Proud of this team that gave everything and played with their hearts every game. Thank you for representing and defending our colors until the end.”.