Germany — Côte d'Ivoire

Nansi into ngalo mdlalo e-BMO Field, e-Toronto: imizuzu engamashumi ayisithupha, iJalimane yabukeka njengeqembu elalikhohlwe ukuthi lishaya kanjani amagoli. Khumbula lokho. Sizobuyela kukho. Iqembu E, futhi i-Mannschaft yafika njengabathandwa abakhulu bebhekene ne-Côte d'Ivoire. I-xG yatshela indaba ejwayelekile — 1.89 kuya ku-1.22, iJalimane iyona enamandla ephepheni. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kwemizuzu engamashumi amathathu, kwakunguFranck Kessié owaphula ukuthula. Igoli likakaputeni, uhlobo lwesikhathi oluchaza ukuthi kungani i-Côte d'Ivoire ihlale ifanele inhlonipho eyengeziwe kunaleyo eyitholayo. Abase-Ivorian bahlala beqinile, bacindezela ngobuhlakani, futhi lapho bewina ibhola ekushintsheni, babenobuhlakani. IJalimane? Amathuba amathathu amakhulu alahlekile engxenyeni yokuqala kuphela. Amathathu. Awusindi kulokho eNdebeni yoMhlaba. Noma kunjalo sasingacabanga. Ingxenye yokuqala yeJalimane yayiqinile ngokobuchwepheshe — 61% yokubamba ibhola, 89% yokunemba kokudlula — kodwa yayichitha kakhulu engxenyeni yokugcina. Ihamba kancane kakhulu ebhokisini, ihamba kakhulu. UHavertz noMusiala abakwazanga ukuvula umugqa wokuvikela wase-Ivorian oqinile. UNagelsmann wakufunda kahle: ngemizuzu engamashumi ayisithupha, izinguquko ezintathu ngesikhathi esisodwa — u-Undav, uLeweling, u-Amiri bonke bangena. Kunesibindi. Kunqumayo. Kuyadingeka. I-Côte d'Ivoire ayizange ivele ivikele. Bacindezela, bakholwa, bakha. Kodwa uYahia Fofana — umdlali ohamba phambili enkundleni, olinganiselwe ku-8.24 — wayekwazi ukwenza okuningi yedwa. Abase-Ivorian baphuthelwa elinye lamathuba abo amabili amakhulu, futhi lokho kwaba yingozi. Lapho ubamba umkhondo ngokumelene neqembu eline-xG ephakeme, kufanele uphelele ezikhathini zakho. Abazange. UDeniz Undav washintsha konke. Imizuzu engama-68 — igoli. Imizuzu engama-90 — elinye. Amagoli amabili avela kumdlali obambele, indoda eyangeniswa ngenxa yokuthi abaqalayo abakwazanga ukushaya igoli. Ukunyakaza kwakhe, ukuzola kwakhe, isikhathi sakhe kwanikeza iJalimane ukunqoba ngo-2-1 okusekelwa yi-xG — nakuba lawo mathuba amathathu amakhulu alahlekile engxenyeni yokuqala acishe aphinde abhale kabusha indaba yonke. Ngakho nansi impikiswano: Ingabe uNagelsmann wayehamba kancane kakhulu ngalawo mashintsho amathathu — ingabe kwakufanele enze ngokushesha futhi asindise iJalimane imizuzu engamashumi amabili yokuhlupheka? Futhi ingabe i-Côte d'Ivoire yayingenalo ulwazi lokuthi iqhubeke icindezela ngemuva kokuvumela igoli lokulinganisa? Yilwani ngezansi — ku-FootLegion, amagoli eqembu lakho ahlala phakade, noma ngabe isikolo sithini.