
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 before fans stormed the pitch and objects were thrown at players as chaos erupted in the eastern French city.
A decision ruling out the goal was then delivered about two hours after it emerged that the match had actually been suspended rather than finished.
After order was restored in Saint-Etienne and the teams had left the field following the fan invasion, they discovered that the match had not been completed but suspended by officials.
The teams re-emerged just before 19:00 CET and warmed up a second time so the final minutes could be played.
The teams then played for three minutes and 15 seconds after VAR immediately completed its review and disallowed the Argentina goal.
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