Argentina Shakes off Chaos of Morocco Recreation by Beating Iraq 3-1

Argentina received its Olympic males’s soccer marketing campaign again on monitor by beating Iraq 3-1 on Saturday in Lyon.

Argentina, one of many pre-tournament favorites, suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Morocco in its Group B opening recreation marred by a pitch invasion from Moroccan followers and a two-hour delay.

Whereas Iraq threatened to tug off one other shock when Aymen Hussein leveled the sport in first-half stoppage time, targets from Luciano Gondou and Ignacio Fernandez sealed victory for Argentina.

Thiago Almada, who Argentina coach Javier Mascherano mentioned had a watch stolen when the crew’s coaching base was robbed earlier this week, opened the scoring with a volley within the 14th minute at Stade de Lyon.

However Hussein’s header within the fifth minute of first half-time added time evened the sport earlier than the break.

Gondou’s far-post header within the 62nd restored Argentina’s lead and Fernandez curled in a long-range shot from the sting of the field within the eighty fifth.

The win leaves Argentina stage with Iraq and Morocco on three factors. Morocco was enjoying Ukraine in a later kick off.

Spain advances Spain reached the quarterfinals with a 3-1 win over the Dominican Republic in Bordeaux.

Targets from Fermín Lopez, Alex Baena and Miguel Gutierrez made it two wins from two for Spain in Group C.

Lopez — one among Barcelona’s rising stars — scored within the twenty fourth, however Angel Montes de Oca evened the sport within the thirty eighth.

Baena restored Spain’s lead within the fifty fifth and Gutierrez sealed it within the seventieth.

Spain’s males are aiming so as to add to a golden interval for its nation’s soccer groups after the ladies’s crew gained the World Cup final 12 months and the lads gained the European Championship earlier this month.