The
French
blind
football
team
wants
to
“avenge
the
able-bodied”
against
Argentina
in
the
final
of
the
Paralympic
Games
![The
French
blind
football
team
wants
to
“avenge
the
able-bodied”
against
Argentina
in
the
final
of
the
Paralympic
Games](https://euro.dayfr.com/temp/resized/medium_2024-09-07-cf6120b7e1.jpg)
We must therefore not get lost in a rag-picker fight. But Akpweh will know how to remind us. Even after victories, obsessed with gold, he rarely delivers the right points. Coach of France in the final of the 2012 Games (0-2 defeat against the Seleçao), he only returned home in 2018 to relaunch his sport. A European title later, in 2022, here he is again one match away from a historic Paralympic consecration. He could not have hoped for a better extension. This final step remains to be taken. “But last May, recalls Diakité, Argentina beat us for fifth place in a tournament in Schiltigheim, on penalties (0-0, 0-1 on penalties, June 1st). » Well, well…