Argentina‘s Olympic team captain Nicolás Otamendi was left angry after a brawl erupted following his team’s 1-0 quarterfinal defeat to France in Bordeaux on Friday.
Argentina were booed throughout the match by a hostile home crowd, and fighting broke out between the players immediately after the final whistle.
There was shoving for a couple of minutes before the players were broken up. Some France players appeared to sprint down the tunnel moments later before coming back out a short time later to perform a lap of honour.
After the scuffle, Otamendi took aim at France defender Loïc Badé, who he thought had over-celebrated in front of the Argentina players’ families.
“I am very angry that they went to where the family members were to celebrate in his face,” Otamendi said.
“[If] he [Badé] feels like celebrating, let him come to where we are and we will solve it…
