Before the opening whistle of the Under-20 World Cup, a team that participates in the competition appears associated with a scandal: a player of the Iraqi National Team, who remains staying in the Buenos Aires capital, was accused of alleged abuse towards a hotel employee.
As it transpired 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 players of the Asian team would have "touched the private parts" and committed other "physical excesses" to one of the workers of the hotel complex.
Until the early hours of this Friday, the victim had not filed a formal complaint with the judicial or police authorities, according to consultations made by this newspaper in those agencies.
The fact transcended because when the aggression occurred, the affected young woman began to scream and the security agents who work in the public spaces of the building had to intervene.
In addition, police sources confirmed that there were some complaints about "noises and loud music" heard from outside the rooms. The authorities of the accommodation company would have raised claims: "They complained in the hotel that the Iraqis are a lot of time of celebrations and damage the facilities," they admitted in a police station in La Plata.
The front of the hotel where the delegation of Iraq is staying, in the run-up to the U20 World Cup. Photo: courtesy @ampicri.
The specific case of alleged abuse occurred on the terrace of the Dazzler, where a restaurant (open to the public that is not a passenger) and a confectionery operate. It was on Thursday night and the girl would have been pushed to a place where she could not be seen and there he took the opportunity to "touch her private parts."
This morning the players were preparing to go to training. He is scheduled to debut in the world competition on Monday, May 22 at 18 against Uruguay, at the Diego A Maradona stadium.
The team is in Group E with Uruguay, England and Tunisia. He returns to such a competition since the 2013 edition, in which he finished in fourth place.
The capital of the province is preparing to be "World City". It is that in the "Unico" 18 matches will be played, including the semifinals and the final. La Plata began to live a -for now- mild World Cup fever: it has the main hotels "blocked" for delegations from abroad; Local clubs lent (or rented) their facilities for practices and in the street begin to appear gastronomic offers and moves to receive fans.
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La Plata (Correspondent)
