Argentina Reports Robbery At Olympic Football Training Base
Argentina men’s football coach Javier Mascherano said the team’s Olympic […]
Argentina men’s football coach Javier Mascherano said the team’s Olympic training base was robbed before its chaotic tournament-opening loss to Morocco on Wednesday.
According to the prosecutor’s office of neighboring Saint-Etienne, the Argentine delegation lodged a police complaint in Lyon on Thursday.
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“They went into training and they robbed us, in the Olympic Games,” Mascherano said after his team’s shocking 2-1 loss. “We didn’t want to say anything after training, I don’t think it helps anything. But obviously it’s a bit disagreeable that these kinds of things happen.”
Mascherano said midfielder Thiago Almada’s watch was among the items taken.
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It has been a troubled start to the Olympics for Argentina, which took gold in 2004 and 2008.
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