The national team is still far from the final, but the official website still sorts the standings by total goals, putting it ahead of France.
For many years, in all roller hockey competitions, the relationships between teams with the same points were formed by the sum total of goals. World Skate Europe is already applying the latest goal difference tiebreak between teams finishing on the same points, which has left Portugal out of the European final, at the expense of France and Spain.
He left the national team with a difference of -1 in the matches with the final runners-up (3-5 with France and 10-9 with Spain), and lost to Spain (+1, 3-1 with France and 9-10 with France). Portugal) and France (0, 5-3, 1-3), who will play the final on Saturday at 20:00.
However, World Skate Europe-Rink Hockey still uses the old system, so the European group’s ranking appears with Portugal in second place (a score of 2.05), ahead of France (1.33).
The situation is ridiculous, but there should be no confusion: the national team is out of the final and will play for third place with Italy (17:00).
