Under 20 World Cup: the Iraqi federation defended its players against allegations of abuse and ill-treatment in a hotel in La Plata

THE Iraqi Football Federation released a statement this Saturday on the events that occurred in that country’s national team concentration in a hotel in La Plata and whose judicial investigations are paralysedsince one has never been deposited complaint by the employee that he would have suffered abuse by a footballer

In the press release, reports the Télam agency, there is talk “voices” AND “inaccurate news”while stating “the leadership of the delegation confirms that things are going well and that there is nothing to disturb the peace.”

The text adds that “everyone must show responsibility and attention when it comes to information, especially since the national team is waiting for an important match”.

The young Iraqi stays at the Hotel Dazzler, located in the geographic center of the capital Buenos Aires, and has trained on a few occasions at the Estudiantes-owned facility in City Bell, where they fenced off the pitches with tarps and did so with a strong security police force, organized by the organization.

Finally, the federation urged Arab fans and media “to stand up and support the team, and raise the morale of the players to present themselves in the best possible way at the World Cup”.

Iraq will make its debut at the Ciudad de La Plata “Diego Maradona” stadium this Monday at 18:00 against the Uruguay team.

The beginning of the scandal with the Iraqi national team at the sub 20 World Cup

As reported this Friday and Clarín was able to confirm, the incident occurred at the Dazzler hotel, located in front of Plaza Moreno, in the geographical center of La Plata. There, one of the Asian team’s players allegedly “touched his private parts” and committed other “physical excesses” to one of the hotel complex workers.

The fact became known because when the attack took place, lThe stricken young woman began to scream and security officers working in the building’s public spaces had to intervene.

Furthermore, police sources have confirmed that there have been some complaints about it “noises and loud music” who listened from outside the rooms. The authorities of the accommodation company reportedly filed complaints: “They complained in the hotel that the Iraqis celebrate for a long time and damage the structures”, they admitted in a police station in La Plata.

For this there was an official intervention by the Ministry of Security. An official from that department went to the lodging hall to gather information.

There, those in charge of the operation told the athletes “they roamed the corridors in their underwear” and that they would have proceeded to activate, among other irregularities, the fire alarms.