Maybe it’s the venue. The Stade Tour Eiffel caught the eye of the world during the Olympic Games and is no less picturesque now as summer has turned to autumn. Maybe it’s that French folie, and the desire of the Parisian crowd to kick up a noise whenever they get an opportunity. Or maybe it’s just that blind football, or cécifoot as they call it here, is an action-packed sport that thrills as much as it astonishes. Whatever the reason, it’s quite the Paralympic ticket.
In front of a full house on Tuesday night the qualification rounds of the blind football competition reached their climax with two matches to decide Group A. It was the hosts France against Turkey, but first Brazil, the titans of this sport, against China, the dominant country in parasport full stop.
