After following the evolution for a few weeks and seeing a lot of strange movements, I'm probably one of the few people that thinks that the "one step behind" Spanish Kaeshi Waza was smart and beautifully executed. To be fair, France, in a way, deserved it.
Could you detail your post? I'm afraid i'm not informed enough to understand the words after "one of the few people".
At this moment is just a plausible hypothetical explanation. Is not the only possible, but explains the pattern, and has a lot of sense.