Hugo Auradou, 20, and Oscar Jegou, 21, were arrested Monday in Buenos Aires after the woman accused them of raping her multiple times and savagely beating her in a hotel room in the city of Mendoza after a match.
They have denied the accusation, and say sexual relations with the woman were consensual.
The players were transferred Thursday by car from Interpol’s Buenos Aires headquarters to Mendoza, where they are expected to be formally charged on Friday.
Meanwhile, the 39-year-old woman’s lawyer, Natacha Romano, said her client was hospitalised Thursday after feeling ill emotionally and physically “because of everything that happened.”
Psychologist Nicolas Yungman, who was not treating the woman, told local media that her symptoms, as described, could be indicative of post-traumatic stress disorder.
The woman will receive treatment at a health facility for 24 to 48 hours, Romano said.
Auradou and Jegou spent Thursday night at a police detention unit and will be brought before prosecutor Cecilia Bignert at 9.00 am local time (1200 GMT) on Friday, Martin Ahumada, a spokesman for the Mendoza prosecutor’s office, told French news agency AFP.
Upon being charged, the pair could be ordered held until a hearing 10 days later to determine whether they will have to await trial in custody.
Within the 10 days, the pair could bring an application to be released on probation or under house arrest, according to Ahumada.
The sentence for sexual assault in Argentina ranges from six to 15 years, according to the penal code. The penalty can increase to 20 years in the case of two aggressors.
Romano said on Wednesday her client had suffered “fierce” violence at the hands of her assailants in a hotel room, with injuries to her face, back, breasts, legs and ribs as well as various bite and scratch marks.
The woman claims to have been raped “at least six times” by one of the men and once by the other, according to the lawyer.
