The Argentine Football Association (AFA) decided on Wednesday, after the Morocco-Argentina match that ended in a victory for the Atlas Lions (2-1), to file a complaint with FIFA against the decision of Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg to resume the match after a two-hour stoppage following an invasion of the pitch by supporters.
Morocco beat Argentina (2-1) in the first match of the Olympic football tournament on Wednesday in Saint-Étienne. A victory for the Atlas Lions amid controversy.
The match between Argentina and Morocco was marked by a chaotic end to the match, punctuated by controversial refereeing decisions and a long wait to know the final verdict.
The Moroccan Olympic team flew out on Sunday for the city of Saint-Étienne where it will face its Argentine and Ukrainian counterparts as part of the Paris Olympics scheduled from July 26 to August 11. The Atlas Cubs will then go to Nice to face the Iraqi team.
Inter Miami striker Lionel Messi will soon visit Morocco. Currently, the Argentine star is participating in the Copa America taking place from June 20 to July 14, 2024 in the United States.
Revelations have been made about a dispute that broke out between Moroccan right-back Achraf Hakimi , teammate and friend of French international Kylian Mbappé, and Argentine star Lionel Messi, in the company of Brazilian Neymar, last season, when they were all playing for PSG.
The relatives of Emmanuel Soria and Maximiliano Ludvik, two Argentine surfers who went missing at sea in Malaga on August 27, continue their search in Morocco and Ceuta in an attempt to find them.
The Moroccan futsal team crushed the Argentine team with a clear score of 7 to 0 in a friendly match that took place at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Salé.
In the eyes of coach Lionel Scaloni, world champion with Argentina, the manager of the Atlas Lions, Walid Regragui is the best coach of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Snubbed in Seville, Yassine Bounou is looking for a new club. The Moroccan goalkeeper has expressed the desire to play for River, the club of Argentine Ariel Núñez Ortega, his idol.
Semi-finalist of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Morocco beat Brazil 2-1 on Saturday in a friendly match in Tangier. With this defeat, the five-time world champions, then number one in the FIFA ranking, lost their place in favor of Argentina.
Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou offered one of his jerseys to his idol, Argentine striker Ariel Ortega, known as "El Burrito," who had given him one during the World Cup in Qatar. After receiving his gift, the latter thanked the Moroccan on social media.