Thierry Henry admitted he did not agree with the scenes that followed France's 1-0 win over Argentina in the quarter-finals at the Paris Olympics.
Jean-Philippe Mateta's fifth minute strike proved to be the difference in Bordeaux, but ugly scenes at Ilgiz Tantashev's full-time whistle overshadowed Les Bleus' triumph.
Tensions between the two nations had been at boiling point after Argentina's Copa America winning squad were filmed singing a racist chant aimed towards the French.
Argentina's Marco Di Cesare set the tone in a feisty encounter early on, picking up the first of 10 yellow cards shown in the match.
After the Olympic hosts had confirmed their place in the semi-finals, celebrations spilled onto the pitch, which sparked a reaction from the Albiceleste players.
Enzo Millot, who had been substituted five minutes before full-time, received a red card for his actions, much to the frustration of his head coach.
"I don’t agree with what happened at the end of the match. My player [Millot] got a red card and I don’t accept it, it shouldn’t happen," Henry said.
"I couldn’t control what happened. I went to greet the coach and when I turned around, what happened, happened.
"We won, but I didn’t like what happened at the end with my player.
"We don't take this match as revenge because the World Cup was with other teams, Henry continued. "Having scored the goal quickly gave us a decision.
France will face Egypt in the last four of the competition, with the opportunity to win gold for the first time since Los Angeles 1984.
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I don't sometimes understand some Africans who are in support of Argentina against France assimilation policy. Argentina is a 100% racist country but France believe that Blacks are part of them(we can reason, we've talents...) whilst some other countries of the whites still believe we're animals. Today black marrying a white or a white marrying a black all started in France and US before Brazil and other countries. This is called assimilation policy. After all, Argentina is not more developed than France even though France is full of blacks. Ghana is even richer than Argentina, a very poorly country like Togo, Benin and Niger. France is allowing Blacks to mingle with them and it's working and it's paining Argentina