Paris Olympics: Argentina players jeered by crowd during heated football quarterfinal against France

France knocked out world and pan-American football champions Argentina after winning 1-0 in Bordeaux on Friday, in a heated game that ended with a massive brawl that followed more than ten minutes of stoppage time, according to Euronews. Argentina players were roundly jeered when they entered the field to face France in the Paris Olympics football quarterfinal on Friday. The first few Argentina players came onto the field at Bordeaux Stadium to booing around 8:10 pm, almost an hour before kickoff. The stadium music system then drowned out much of the jeering. Argentina’s national anthem was also met with a chorus of jeers and whistles, and home fans booed Argentina’s players after the kickoff when they touched the ball. A racism scandal had heated the run-up to the game, following a video of Argentina players singing an offensive song about French players of African heritage as they celebrated their Copa America victory last month. France’s single early goal by Crystal Palace’s Jean-Philippe Mateta was enough to book a place in the semifinals against Egypt. The other semifinal is Spain-Morocco. Both take place on August 5. Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency