France national team accused of deliberate defeat at FIFA Futsal World Cup
The group stage at the FIFA Futsal World Cup is already over, even some matches of the round of 16 have passed, but the passions about what happened at the beginning of the tournament are not subsiding until now. So, a portion of criticism poured out in the address of the French national team.
According to The Telegraph, in the direction of the ‘tricolour’ were accused of deliberate defeat of the national team of Iran with a score of 1:4 in the last round of the group stage in order not to get themselves difficult opponents in the play-offs.
At the same time, France head coach Raphael Reynaud brushes aside all the accusations, saying that the goal for the game, where regardless of the result the ‘tricolour’ would have got into the play-offs, was not to earn penalties and avoid injuries.
The French will play Thailand in the round of 16, and in the next stage in case of passage will get an opponent in the match between Paraguay and Afghanistan. In turn, Iran will play Morocco in the round of 16, and if the Iranians defeat the African team, they will face Brazil in the quarter-finals.
Updated: After the article was released, it was reported that the France vs Iran match would be investigated by FIFA for manipulation of the result.
Yasmine Green
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors
