France and Bahrain will meet in the first quarterfinal match of the OI-2020. Who will continue to fight for medals?
France
France failed to complete the group stage without misfires, losing in the final round to Norway (29-32). And before that, the French gave out four convincing duels, in each of which they scored two points. First they defeated Argentina (33-27), then they coped with Brazil (34-29), then they beat Germany (30-29), and in the fourth round they broke the resistance of Spain (36-31). As a result, France entered the playoffs from the first place, scoring 8 points.
Bahrain
An interesting situation developed in group B, where he performed Bahrain. The first three teams ended up with eight points each, and the second three had two. And it was Bahrain that became the best team out of three, who had just two points. Moreover, the decisive and saving victory for Bahrain was the victory over Japan with a score of 32-30, in which a difference of +2 was obtained and it turned out to be better than that of Japan and Portugal, which competed with Bahrain for reaching the playoffs.
Statistics and figures:
- France has won four victories with one defeat;
- Bahrain won in one match with four lost;
- The French are the favorites of the match.
Forecast
Bahrain just miraculously made it to the playoffs, showing a very low level of play. On the other side is France, which won its group with four wins and lost only in the last match, which did not affect anything. I think that there can't be several opinions here - a major victory for the French and reaching the semifinals.
