Olympics 2024: Morocco beat Argentina amid fan invasion chaos - ESPN

A fan invasion in the opening match of the Olympic football tournament between Argentina and Morocco on Wednesday caused chaos, with Argentina eventually beaten 2-1 following a VAR review after play was suspended with the score tied at 2-2.

Argentina's Cristian Medina scored deep in injury time to salvage what looked like a 2-2 draw, but the decision ruling out the goal was delivered about two hours after play was suspended when the teams re-emerged on to the pitch to finish the match in an empty stadium.

There were images of some Argentina players flinching when what appeared to be a flare was thrown. Bottles and cups were strewn over the field by the end.

The Olympics website also showed the match as «interrupted.»

About an hour after the incident, organisers at the venue said the match was not officially over. Players were being kept at the stadium to resume play. Video boards informed fans the match was suspended and they had to leave the stadium.

The boxscore on the Olympics' media website said there would be a video review of Medina's goal to check for possible offsides.

Morocco had led the game 2-0 before Argentina's fight back.

Giuliano Simeone scored in the 68th minute and Medina leveled the game deep into stoppage time.

Argentina were booed by spectators for Enzo Fernández's video controversy labelled by the French Football Federation as «racist and discriminatory.»

The gold medal winners in 2004 and 2008 failed to display their best play despite lining up recent Copa América winners Julián Álvarez, Nicolás Otamendi and Gerónimo Rulli.

Soufiane Rahimi put Morocco ahead as Achraf Hakimi set him up from the right after a superb passing move in the final seconds of the first half.

Rahimi doubled the advantage and