Projectiles including bottles and plastic cups rained down from the stands during a heated contest.
CHAOS AND confusion reigned on Wednesday as Morocco beat Argentina 2-1 in their opening game of the men’s Olympic football tournament, but only after a late equaliser for the South American side was disallowed and the final minutes were played out in an empty stadium following crowd trouble.
The teams left the playing area, but the referee had not blown for full-time and the outcome of the match was completely unclear until the sides finally reappeared two hours later to play out three more minutes in a stadium that was by now emptied of spectators. That welcome came after Argentina players were filmed singing racist chants following their victory in the recent Copa America.
The reigning African U23 champions doubled their lead six minutes into the second half from the penalty spot. UAE-based forward Rahimi stroked in the spot-kick after Ilias Akhomach was brought down. Simeone, son of former Argentina star Diego, came off the bench to pull one back midway through the second half.
Uzbekistan had chances and drew level from the penalty spot in first-half added time following a foul by Pau Cubarsi, with Roma forward Eldor Shomurodov converting the kick.
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