Argentina captain Nicolás Otamendi has been left fuming after an all-in brawl following their 1-0 Olympic 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 honor.
After the scuffle, Otamendi took aim at France defender Loïc Badé, who he thought had over celebrated in front of 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 there. We’ll talk about whatever we have to talk about.”
