Panama — England

I-Panama 0:2 i-England — Iqembu L, i-MetLife Stadium, i-East Rutherford Nansi imfihlakalo yesiwombe sokuqala: I-England yayiphethe ibhola ngo-72% wesikhathi, yashaya amashothi amaningi — yaphuma esiwombeni sokuqala ingashayanga lutho. Isikolo sibukeka sikhululekile. Umlando womdlalo awunjalo. I-Panama yafika e-MetLife Stadium necebo elicacile: ukuhlala phansi kakhulu, ukwenza amaphutha kusenesikhathi, ukuhlala ihlangene. Amaphutha angu-16, ukubamba ibhola ngo-33% kanye ne-xG engu-0.58 — izibalo ezikhuluma ngokwethembeka ukuthi bayibamba kanjani i-England esiwombeni sokuqala. Kodwa ubuthakathaka babubonakala: I-Panama yayinikeza ibhola kalula kakhulu lapho kushintsha khona umdlalo, ikakhulukazi ohlangothini lwesokudla. Lapho u-José Fajardo ethola ikhadi eliphuzi ngomzuzu wama-53, ukuqondiswa kwaba yinkinga. Ukushintsha kathathu ngomzuzu wama-71 kwakubonakala njengokuphelelwa ithemba kunokuba kube isu. I-England ene-xG engu-1.49 ngamagoli amabili ashayiwe — lokhu akukhona ukubusa, lokhu ukumosha. Izikhathi ezine ezinkulu, ezimbili zazo zaphuthelwa. Ihora lokuqala — ukudlala okuhle, okwakuvame ukuma endaweni yokugcina. U-Jarell Quansah, othole ikhadi eliphuzi ngomzuzu wama-60, washintshwa ngokushesha — ukushintsha kabili kwakubonakala njengokuphendula, hhayi okuhleliwe. Bese — u-Jude Bellingham. Igoli ngomzuzu wama-62: ukuvela endaweni yokujezisa ngesikhathi somuntu ofunda umdlalo izinyathelo ezintathu kusengaphambili. Akagcini nje ngokudlala ibhola — uyaliqondisa. Eminyeni emihlanu kamuva u-Harry Kane ngomzuzu wama-67 — ngokuzola nangokungenakugwenywa. Amagoli amabili emizuzwini emihlanu ngemuva kwehora lokuthula. I-England yamane yaphendula ukhiye. Isiphetho: I-England — amashothi angu-17, angu-6 aqondise emgomeni, ukubamba ibhola ngo-67%. I-Panama — amashothi angu-13, angu-2 aqondise emgomeni, unozinti onokulondoloza okungu-4. Umphumela ulungile. Ukusebenza — akunjalo: izikhala endaweni yokugcina e-England zingokoqobo, futhi izimbangi ezisezingeni eliphezulu zizobajezisa. Ku-FootLegion amagoli ezwe lakho akekho ozowathatha — gcina wonke unomphela. Manje ukuze kuphikiswane: Ingabe u-Bellingham wayefanele ukuqala, uma evuke kuphela ngemuva kwehora lomdlalo? Futhi ingabe i-Panama inamathuba angempela okudlala kuma-play-offs — noma lo mdlalo wawungoweqembu eliphelayo?