The Thai futsal team has entered the round of 16 of the 2024 World Cup futsal team as the second-placed team in Group B. The opponent of coach Miguel Rodrigo and his team is the French team, the second-placed team in Group F. However, after witnessing the final match of the group stage between France and Iran, the 54-year-old coach was upset and posted an article criticizing the two teams. Coach Miguel Rodrigo said that both France and Iran wanted to lose to meet Thailand instead of winning 3 points, winning the top spot to meet Morocco.
Immediately, coach Miguel Rodrigo's post angered the IFA. Iranian football officials filed a complaint with the World Football Federation (FIFA) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), requesting a review of coach Miguel Rodrigo's somewhat insulting words towards the players.
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On September 23, Siamsport reported that coach Miguel Rodrigo had received notice that he was being sued by the IFA. However, the coach of the Thai team remained calm. Not stopping there, the captain of the "War Elephants" continued to respond harshly.
On the afternoon of September 24, coach Miguel Rodrigo posted a video interviewing Sebastian Corso and Constantino Vaporaghi - two players of the Argentine futsal team - talking about the match between France and Iran, sharing: "Thank you for confirming my words on the AFA estudio channel. I really appreciate it. Your words bring dignity to this sport ."
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A few minutes later, coach Miguel Rodrigo translated an interview with the two players. Both players said that the performance of the French and Iranian teams was a shame to the world and a bad example for children starting to play futsal.
“It’s a shame for the French team because it’s their first time at the Futsal World Cup. In 2021, the Iranian team deliberately lost the match we played against them in Lithuania. After a few minutes, we saw clearly that they wanted to lose. Iran didn’t defend, didn’t run, didn’t make contact and Argentina played, easily winning,” coach Miguel Rodrigo added the sharing of Sebastian Corso and Constantino Vaporaghi on his personal page.
FIFA will officially step in and investigate the incident.
According to The Guardian , many complaints against the match between France and Iran have been sent to FIFA. In addition to coach Miguel Rodrigo, Ricardo Iñiguez - coach of the Libyan futsal team also spoke up: "Libya will file a lawsuit against this match for match-fixing. This is a disgrace to our sport."
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FIFA has now stepped in, looking into complaints related to "match manipulation" and violations of "the spirit of the game". A FIFA spokesperson also added that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has been closely monitoring the developments of this match but will not make any comments at this time.
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