In recent hours, France saw its dream of winning the Futsal World Cup come to an end in the semi-finals. The opportunity to begin thinking about the possibility of replacing football in the Olympic Games with Futsal.
The French Futsal Team was close to the holy grail, but ultimately the Blues will not leave Uzbekistan on the highest step of the World Cup podium. Narrowly eliminated in the last four by Argentina (2-3), the French delegation will play to finish in third place in the competition and to do this, it will be necessary to dominate Ukraine, which fell against Brazil. A spotlight for this discipline, since France’s matches were available free of charge on the L’Équipe channel. In the show Les Grandes Gueules du Sport on RMC, Fred Weis believes that Futsal deserves greater recognition and that it should even replace the football event during the Olympic Games.
For Fred Weis, Futsal at the Olympics is a good idea
The beIN Sports, RMC and Eurosport consultant affirms that there is more than one advantage in seeing Futsal at the Olympics rather than football: “There is no point in seeing football at the Olympic Games. It’s not in the FIFA calendar, you don’t have to bring your starters. These are the players under 23 who play, I want to say that the level is quite ordinary. In futsal, it’s faster, it’s livelier. We discover new athletes, people discover a new discipline. It’s just perfect. Some might say in relation to basketball that we did 3×3. Basketball is less powerful. There is room for both, but not for football. Football is gaining so much weight in France that we don’t need the Olympic Games. As much as Futsal has its own competition. Football is a major sport that attracts people”he mentioned. While waiting for a possible evolution at this level, the Blues are aiming for bronze against Ukraine in the World Cup, which already represents a great development for French futsal.
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