The coach of the Argentine Futsal Team, Matías Lucuixagain harshly criticized France for his controversial decision to let himself lose in his match against Iran during the World Cup. This maneuver, which sought to avoid facing Brazil y Portugalgenerated a wide debate in the sports field, and the coach did not remain silent about it.
Francein its attempt to avoid two of the most powerful teams in the tournament, chose a strategy that was seen by many as unethical and at odds with the values that sport should promote. «Respect and integrity of the competition cannot be left aside. “This decision by France not only harms their team, but also affects the image of futsal.”stated the Argentine coach.
Lucuixwhich led to the Argentina to the final of the tournament, where unfortunately they lost 2-1 against Brazilconsiders that each match should be played with the utmost seriousness and commitment to make good all the efforts made by many people so that, over the years, this discipline continues to grow more and more and can be practiced in many parts of the world both how for men and women.
Matías Lucuix, coach of Argentina Futsal, criticized France again
«We must be objective and we have values that must be respected within sport. In that sense, France did not have them and it ends up staining us all because it is our discipline. There are many people who work with passion and we do a lot so that the kids choose to play it.expressed the coach in a one-on-one interview with ESPN. And furthermore, he added: “It was a stain on the entire sport and I think the sport was fair towards them and Ukraine ends up winning third place very fairly”.