Paris 2024 Olympics: Lionel Messi reacts after controversial Argentina loss against Morocco

Senior team captain Lionel Messi took to Instagram and posted a story saying ‘Insolito’ as a reaction to the controversy.

File Photo: Argentina forward Lionel Messi in action. | Photo Credit: Reuters

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 disallowed its equalizing goal 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.

Senior team captain Lionel Messi took to Instagram and posted a story saying ‘Insolito’ as a reaction to the controversy.

Lionel Messi reacts to men's #Football opener at #Paris2024 where Argentina lost 2-1 to Morocco, a match which involved pitch invasion and a late Cristian Medina equaliser being ruled out due to offside play in the build-up👀 pic.twitter.com/HVjdLDuHKH

— Sportstar (@sportstarweb) July 24, 2024

Insolito is a spanish word which translates in English to ‘unsual’ or ‘uncommon’.

Messi recently won the Copa America 2024 with Argentina but is not part of the Olympics squad since only three senior players are allowed in the U-23 team who in this case are Julian Alvarez, Nicolas Otamendi and Geronimo Rulli.

- With inputs from Reuters