Romania’s national team made it to the Olympics after winning the 2019 U21 European Championship qualifying group stage, where the team dealt with France, England and Croatia. Only a few players remained from that roster, but the team has good performers. Last time the national team played at the 1964 Olympics, which took place in Tokyo. In the first game of the current championship, the Tricolors defeated the Honduras national team (1:0). Remarkably, for the first victory it was not even necessary to score. Oliva sent the decisive goal into its own net.
The South African national team returned to the Olympics after a long break in Rio de Janeiro. At this tournament, the representative of the “black continent” never won and managed to distinguish itself only once. The team lost to Denmark (0:1) and drew twice with Iraq (1:1) and Brazil (0:0), for which few would have predicted. In the first game of the current Olympics, South Africa played with dignity with the hosts of the tournament, losing to Japan with a minimum score of 0:1.
