Olympic Games With France
In 1920 Pentland coached France at the Olympic Games. France received a bye to the quarter-final stages where they beat Italy 3-1. However in the semi-finals they lost 4-1 to Czechoslovakia. The final stages of the tournament descended into farce and France missed out on the opportunity to win the silver medal. The host nation, Belgium won the gold medal by default after Czechoslovakia walked off in protest during the final, unhappy with the performance of the referee. As a result they were disqualified and a second consolation tournament was organised to decide the silver and bronze medallists. However France and Pentland, presuming the competition was over, had already returned home and Spain eventually won the silver medal.
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