Egypt — Iran

ILumen Field libone ukulingana ebhodini lamaphuzu okwakubizwa ngokuthi kufanelekile — kodwa umdlalo uqobo wawuneminye imibono. I-Egypt ishaye igoli ngomzuzu wesi-5 ngegoli likaMahmoud Saber, futhi umoya wamiswa kusenesikhathi. AmaFaro alawula ibhola kuwo wonke umdlalo — amaphesenti angama-61, amaphesenti angama-87 okunemba kokudlulisa ibhola, amakhona ayisishiyagalombili. Kodwa i-xG yawo yaphela ku-0.81 nje kuphela. Konke lokho kulawula, futhi cishe akukho okuyingozi ngempela. Akukho zikhathi ezinkulu ezingama-zero emizuzwini engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye. I-Egypt yaphinda kabusha kahle phambi kwe-block ye-Iran kodwa ayizange iyithole indlela yokuyidlula. I-Iran yatshela indaba ephambene — futhi eqotho kakhulu. I-xG engu-1.83 uma kuqhathaniswa ne-Egypt engu-0.81: lokhu kulingana ngokwezibalo kuyayithopha i-Egypt. Ama-Iranians enza amathuba amakhulu amane futhi aguqula elilodwa kuphela. Amathuba amakhulu amathathu aphuthelwe ayisibalo esibi. Igoli likaRamin Rezaeian lokulinganisa ngomzuzu we-14 — impendulo esheshayo, eqondile — libonise kahle usongo oluqondile i-Iran elwaluluphethe ubusuku bonke. Ukulawula ibhola okuncane, ukunemba okubi kokudlulisa ibhola, kodwa ngokusobala yiyona eqinile. Manje, isikhathi se-VAR esizodala impikiswano: ngomzuzu we-9, uMehdi Taremi wathola iphenathi ye-Iran. UMarciniak wakhomba endaweni — kodwa buyekeza futhi ungitshele ukuthi uqinisekile ukuthi kwakukhona ukuthintana okwanele. Iphenathi ayizange iguqulwe. Ukube yaguqulwa, ngabe sibhala ukubuyekeza okuhlukile kakhulu kusihlwa. Isimo sokuvikela se-Egypt sahlala siqinile engxenyeni yesibili. UYasser Ibrahim — umdlali osebenze kahle kakhulu ku-8.19 — wayemuhle ngemuva kokungena ngomzuzu we-14, ephazamisa isigqi se-Iran ngokuphindaphindiwe. Umbuzo owodwa, noma kunjalo: uMohamed Salah waphuma ngomzuzu we-57. USalah ophilile emdlalweni weqembu oqinile uyisikhali esibaluleke kakhulu ukusibeka eceleni kusenesikhathi. Umehluko we-xG ukhona ngempela. I-Iran yayifanele okungaphezulu. I-Egypt izothatha iphuzu futhi ngeke ixolise ngalo. Ku-FootLegion, amagoli esizwe sakho ahlala phakade — akukho ukulingana, akukho VAR engawathatha. Ingabe iphenathi kaTaremi yayiyiphutha langempela noma ubuciko bokudlala? Futhi ingabe uSalah bekufanele ahlale ukuze athole igoli lokuwina?