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Argentina’s football fans have unleashed a flood of racist abuse against Morocco’s football team on social media, following a dramatic Olympic clash where the Atlas Lions snatched victory. On Wednesday, 24 July, the Moroccan team took on two-time gold medalists Argentina in the opening match of men’s football at the Paris Olympics. The game in Saint-Etienne was halted for nearly two hours when enraged Moroccan fans stormed the pitch and hurled bottles from the stands, protesting a controversial late goal by Argentina’s Cristian Medina in the 16th minute of added time. As the crowd was cleared …

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