France defeats Thailand and offers a historic qualification for the quarterfinals of the Futsal World Cup

Facing the team ahead of them in the FIFA rankings (France is 10th), Raphaël Reynaud’s players delivered a solid first period, but fell just short in the finish. Very dangerous in their pivotal play, they ended up finding the fault in the 8th minute. Sid Belhaj followed a repelled shot from Arthur Tchaptchet to shift Steve Bendali to the right who finished from the left (1-0). If the Thais were less enterprising (14 shots compared to 26 for the Blues), the Tricolores were able to count on a great Francis Lokoka to repel the opposing attempts.