both Iran and France wanted to lose. the match was very very ugly.
the first half finished 0-0. France had zero shot on goal. Iran tried couple of shots . one of them was serious
but then this happened at the start of 2nd half and after that our coach said OK I give up Frenchies are better actors. and then it was a serious match for something like 15 minutes
Iran has a tough match vs Morocco first to meet the very strong Brazil in the QF. let's hope we see the repeat of 2016 match
If you've always watched things like football World Cup and Euros and such, but never futsal, this is such an oddly interesting thing to follow
As a total noob, I was assuming kind of similar countries as in football would do good, and partially that is correct, but here we have the first knockout round set after today and I see Costa Rica, Ukraine, Venezuela, Paraguay, Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Thailand.....cool
There will be a very weak semifinalist while at least 2 strong teams will leave in Round of 16.
FIFA should revise this bracket set up or stop giving hosting rights to very weak nations.
Raicca Ventura is the world champion in women's park. A great result for what was our worst discipline in olympic skateboarding.
I don't think the olympic medalists were there, but a score of 93.73 should be enough to compete with them and maybe beat them. High expectations for her in this cycle.