Argentina men’s soccer coach deplores robbery during training, damage estimated at 50,000 euros

Javier Mascherano said after his team’s defeat against Morocco on Wednesday night that a watch and a ring belonging to a player were stolen.

After his team’s defeat against Morocco (2-1) on Wednesday evening, July 24, the Argentina coach denounced a theft the day before during his team’s training session. “Thiago Almada is missing a watch and a ring [joueur de Botafogo, au Brésil]“Javier Mascherano lamented to the Argentine media. Before the match against the Moroccan footballers, “we didn’t mean anything”added the former Liverpool and FC Barcelona midfielder.

A police source told franceinfo that a jewelry theft was committed early Tuesday evening in the locker rooms of the Auguste Dury stadium in Saint-Etienne. This theft took place during the training of the Argentine Olympic football team. The victim deplored the theft of a watch worth 40,000 euros and a ring worth 10,000 euros. No break-in was observed.

The match between Argentina and Morocco was marked by a pitch invasion by Moroccan fans, which led to an interruption of almost two hours. The equalizer by the Argentinians, scored at the end of added time, was finally disallowed in the confusion, after the players returned to the pitch and in front of empty stands.