The Canadian women’s soccer team has achieved one of the greatest feats of its history. Olympic Games. After the outbreak of the ‘drone case’, where part of the technical staff sent drones to other national teams’ training sessions for years, The Canadians had a very difficult time qualifying for the quarterfinals. They won the first match against New Zealand (2-1), but two days later came the blow: a six-point ban from Paris 2024. In addition, FIFA banned three members of the coaching staff for a year, including coach Bev Priestman.
Despite Canada’s appeal, the CAS responded quickly: it dismissed the appeal hours before Canada played its life against Colombia. A victory would have ensured its presence in the quarterfinals as the second-placed team, but a slip-up, whether a draw or a loss, would have left them out. The match against the Colombian team was more even than it initially seemed, but Vanessa Gilles’ goal sealed the North American country’s qualification for the quarter-finalswhere they will face Germany.
The current Olympic champions showed that their victory in Tokyo had nothing to do with drones, but with their football. Despite the fact that they were hit by a harsh sanction that had nothing to do with it, they have shown that Your performance on the pitch usually puts things in their placeThe final moment, when the referee pointed the way to the locker room, will be forever etched in Paris. The emotional embrace of the players is now part of Olympic history.
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