Day -681. WorldCup2018
Football started at the Rio Olympics today, two days before the opening ceremony. Neymar is there for Brazil along with a few other European based Brazilians, Felipe Anderson, Rafinha and Marquinhos as Brazil aim to win the one major tournament they haven't yet won.
While Fifa may be a little worried about the prominence the Olympic football tournament may get and possibly make it competitive with their World Cup, they at least were spared the embarrassment of having to make the Russia decision. Russia did not qualify for the Olympics, men or women, so Fifa did not have to decide whether to ban Russians from the Games as other federations had to do. So Fifa happily bounce along, safe in the knowledge that while Neymar will bring more support to Olympic football when it comes to Russia 2018 they can safely decide to not make any decision that will harm Fifa's interests in Russia 2018.
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