2020/21 Olympics Football discussion thread (starts July 21st)
 

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to discuss both men's and women's tournaments


men's tournament

women's tournament

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tomorrow :cheer: :cheer:

tomorrow first matches

women's

Great Britain - Chile

Japan - Canada


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China PR - Brazil

Zambia - Netherlands

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Sweden - USA

Australia - New Zealand



men's will kick off on thursday July 22nd


Mexico - France

Japan - South Africa
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New Zealand - South Korea

Honduras - Romania

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Egypt - Spain

Argentina - Australia

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Ivory Coast - Saudi Arabia

Brazil - Germany

GB - Chile

1-0 Ellen White

GB - Chile 2-0

Ellen White

Zambia - Netherlands, 1-6 at HT



now currently 1-8

Zambia - Netherlands now 3-10

goalscorers

for Zambia: 3 times Banda


for Netherlands: 4 times Miedema, 2 times Martens, Van den Sanden, Roord, Beerensteyn, Pelova

Zambia - Netherlands 3-10 FT

USA kinda crushed by Sweden, i did not see coming at all


do they not have all their best players with them :think:




Brazil a easy win over China, 5-0



Australia a 2-1 win over New Zealand

The show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held.

Footage of Kentaro Kobayashi from the 1990s recently emerged in which he seems to be making jokes about the Holocaust.

Japan's Olympic chief Seiko Hashimoto called out the video saying it ridiculed "painful facts of history".

His dismissal is the latest in a string of scandals to hit the Games.

It comes days after a composer quit the team creating the ceremony after it emerged he had bullied classmates with disabilities at school.

Organisers are also dealing with rising Covid case numbers among athletes and officials. On Thursday, organisers said 91 people accredited for the Games have now tested positive for the virus.

After the removal of Mr Kobayashi, organisers are now re-assessing how to hold Friday's event.

"With the opening ceremony being so imminent, we apologise for causing concern to those involved in the Olympics, to the citizens of Tokyo and the Japanese public," Mr Hashimoto said in a statement.

Kentaro Kobayashi who used to be a comedian, has been heavily criticised for the comments, including from global rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC).

"Any person, no matter how creative, does not have the right to mock the victims of the Nazi genocide," Rabbi Abraham Cooper, SWC Associate Dean and Global Social Action Director said.

Mr Kobayashi also issued a statement responding to his dismissal.

"Entertainment should not make people feel uncomfortable. I understand that my stupid choice of words at that time was wrong, and I regret it," it said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57924885

in the wrong thread, and as its vile moronic BBC i don't trust this non news either

also who cares about something what he said in the 90's



the media sometimes, they really like to stay in the past :skull:

men's tournament


Mexico beats France with 4-1


New Zealand beats South Korea with 1-0

currently, Brazil - Germany

Egypt - Spain 0-0


Ivory Coast - Saudi Arabia 2-1

Japan - South Africa 1-0

Romania - Honduras 1-0

Australia - Argentina 2-0

I am watching barzil vs Germany

On Eurosport 5 available to the rich only :dance::cheer2:

Bazil just scored 4 -2

Full time barzil 4 Germany 2

Utter bliss

super happy about Aussies winning against Argentina :hee:

I had over 3 goals