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Olympics 2024: Otamendi fumes after Argentina, France brawl

.Argentina's Olympic group captain Nicolu00e1s Otamendi was left behind mad after a brawl emerged following his team's 1-0 quarterfinal loss to France in Bordeaux on Friday.Argentina were booed throughout the match through an aggressive home crowd, and also combating broke out in between the players promptly after the final whistle.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThere was pushing for a number of minutes prior to the players were broken up. Some France players showed up to dash down the passage moments later on previously coming back out a short opportunity later to execute a lap of honour.After the scrap, Otamendi took goal at France defender Lou00efc Badu00e9, who he assumed had actually over-celebrated facing the Argentina players' families." I am very upset that they headed to where the loved one were to commemorate in his face," Otamendi mentioned." [If] he [Badu00e9] thinks that commemorating, allow him concern where our team are as well as our company will definitely handle it there certainly. Our company'll discuss whatever our experts must speak about." France as well as Argentina gamers were associated with a brawl after their match. PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty ImagesAlthough largely an under-23 competitors, the game was actually a rematch French followers have been waiting for because Argentina's impressive fine shootout gain in the 2022 Globe Mug final.A racial discrimination scandal had enhanced pressures successful after Chelsea's Enzo Fernu00e1ndez posted an online video of Argentina players singing offending songs about French gamers of African culture as they celebrated their Copa Amu00e9rica triumph last month.France's Olympic staff trainer Thierry Henry was actually just as unhappy along with the match, as well as was left behind furious after midfielder Enzo Millot was sent off." I visited tremble the resisting coach's hand plus all of an unexpected I saw a bunch of points occurring," Henry said to media reporters." I do not like seeing this kind of thing. It had not been essential." Our experts failed to want to drop a gamer [to suspension] however it was actually unproductive, he wasn't also participating in [at the last sound]" I'm actually certainly not delighted concerning that. Our company were actually all united, the only setback is actually getting a reddish unemployed." Jean-Philippe Mateta scored in the 5th minute Henry's group, who will certainly face Egypt in the semifinals.