Posted July 20, 20214 yr Hi all! This thread is the thread for covering Football at the Olympics this year. Feel free to discuss all the ins and outs of the sport, any predictions you may have, support for the teams and anything else you notice as we kick off tomorrow!
July 20, 20213 yr Author Team GB aren't sending a men's team to the Football as in 2016 - appears to be related to the four different football associations involved in the nation - but the Women's team have the first match on tomorrow morning!
July 21, 20213 yr found chinese coverage so I've got China vs Brazil Women's on that's one more Olympic football match than Euro match I've put on :lol:
July 21, 20213 yr Author The USA not winning a football match, that must be a shock! Good to see the GB women start off with a win as well. Caught the end of Japan v Canada, only saw a few minutes but still some good chances! I'm off to try and find some coverage for Zambia vs the Netherlands now, looks like it's been an exciting game...
July 21, 20213 yr It’s currently 10-2 to the Netherlands against Zambia, I turned it on at 9-1 and I’ve caught 2 goals already.. 😂
July 21, 20213 yr Author I've just clicked on BBC's 'Live Football' coverage in hope of catching a bit of Netherlands/Zambia but I'm just getting a replay of Brazil v China? :lol: Rather confusing.
July 21, 20213 yr You know it's not your day when you score 3 goals against your opponents but still lose by a 7 goal margin :lol:
July 21, 20213 yr Schedule   08:30 Men Football Preliminary Group C EGY v ESP 09:00 Men Football Preliminary Group A MEX v FRA 09:00 Men Football Preliminary Group B NZL v KOR 09:30 Men Football Preliminary Group D CIV v KSA 11:30 Men Football Preliminary Group C ARG v AUS 12:00 Men Football Preliminary Group A JPN v RSA 12:00 Men Football Preliminary Group B HON v ROU 12:30 Men Football Preliminary Group D BRA v GER
July 22, 20213 yr Author Caught most of the men's France - Mexico game earlier today, a bit of a shock to see France get beaten by that much! Although I heard them speaking about how France didn't have all the squad they would have chosen available to them. Looks very likely that they could be out at the group stage! Also been looking at the qualification process for the football - interesting how the European qualificaton was the U21 Championships, which put Romania through over some of the supposed bigger teams :o A country for the future maybe?
July 24, 20213 yr Author Team GB's women get a second win in the football over Japan today - going well for them so far!
July 26, 20213 yr The scorelines in the women's football group F have been wild - Zambia having 7 goals but only 1 point as they lost 10-3 to Netherlands and tied 4-4 with China *_*Â Happy to see the GB women's team actually taking part in the tournament (and doing well is nice as well x), I'd assumed we'd never see GB in the Olympic football again after the one-off in 2012.
July 30, 20213 yr Author Aaand that's it for the British women after losing 4-3 to Australia in extra time in the quarter-finals :(
July 31, 20213 yr That Great Britain v Australia game was awesome! First time I can remember watching a full game of football. Â Congratulations to the Aussie ladies on making it to the Semi Finals.
August 5, 20213 yr Author USA beat Australia 4-3 in the Women's bronze medal match. Gold medal match between Sweden and Canada is tomorrow!
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