The second bronze “final” in history for Ukraine, the first for France
October 6 in Tashkent at the Humo Arena in the match for third place at the 2024 World Championships in futsal Ukrainian national team will play with French national team. The upcoming match is the third in the history of the confrontation Ukraine – France.
4 foreign players in the Tricolor team, a coach who lost to Ukraine. We tell you what you need to know about the match for third place at the Futsal World Cup Ukraine – France.
How France reached the bronze “final”
At the group stage, France lost to Iran (1:4), but triumphed in matches with Venezuela (7:3) and Guatemala (6:3). In the 1/8, the Tricolors beat Thailand (5:2), in the 1/4 – Paraguay (2:1), in the semi-finals they lost to Argentina (2:3), winning back twice during the meeting.
In six matches of the 2024 World Cup, France scored 23 goals, in 12 this year – 47 (an average of 3.9 goals per match). True, the Tricolors conceded a lot – 31 goals in 12 meetings (an average of 2.6 goals per match). It is not surprising that the probability “The total in the match Ukraine – France is more than 5.5” bookmakers estimate as 1×1.81. Chance for “individual total of Ukraine is more than 2.5” – 1×1.6. And the probability that “Ukraine will score in each half” is 1×1.58.
How France and Ukraine played each other
Ukraine and France met twice. And both matches ended in a draw. In February 2020, the teams split amicably – 2:2 in qualifying for the World Cup; in April 2024, they played 4:4 in a friendly tournament.
The Ukrainian national team will play in the World Cup bronze medal match for the second time in its history and for the first time in 28 years. This is the first time France has reached this far at the World Cup.
4 foreign players in France
The French team’s entry includes representatives from three championships and eight clubs. 10 players compete in the French championship, two each in the championships of Croatia (both in Novo Vremya) and Spain (in Cartagena and Barcelona).
The French coach has already lost to Ukraine
Raphael Reynaud is an iconic figure for French futsal. He has worked with the country’s junior and youth teams for a long time, and since 2021 he has been heading the national team. He was the ideological inspirer of the country’s first futsal center, opened in 2018.
It was Reynaud who led France to the finals of the World Cup for the first time, and under his leadership the Tricolors beat Brazil for the first time – 3:2 (in April, at the friendly tournament discussed above.
Reynaud, by the way, has already lost to Ukraine. The French U-19 national team led by him in 2019 lost to their Ukrainian peers 2:4.
Source: Sportarena
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