Croatia — Ghana

Philadelphia. Lincoln Financial Field. Isikolo sisho into eyodwa – izibalo ze-xG zihleba enye into. Gcinani lowo mcabango. I-Croatia inqoba i-Ghana ngo 2-1 kumdlalo weqembu L. Amagoli ka-Petar Sučić ngomzuzu wama-31 no-Nikola Vlašić ngomzuzu wama-83 – ngegoli lokuphendula lika-Derrick Luckassen ngomzuzu wama-73. Konke kubukeka kunengqondo. Kodwa kubukeka nje. Nansi ingxenye eyisimanga yobusuku: i-xG ye-Ghana – 0.73, i-xG ye-Croatia – 0.46. Iqembu elihluliwe, lenza usongo olukhulu. I-Croatia – ayikho imizuzu emikhulu. I-Ghana – emibili, eyodwa yaphuthelwa. Isikolo nezibalo ezingaphansi zibheke ezinhlangothini ezahlukene, futhi lowo ongakuboni lokhu – ufuna nje indaba enhle. I-Croatia esiwombeni sokuqala yayiqaphele: 54% yokubamba ibhola, 91% yokunemba kwamapasi, negoli lika-Sučić – elisezingeni, elifanele, isilinganiso esingu-8.81 ekupheleni komdlalo. Kodwa i-Croatia ayikwazanga ngempela ukuvula i-Ghana. Amashothi ayisishiyagalombili, amane ebhekise egolini, akekho umzuzu omkhulu – lokhu kuwukunqoba ngaphandle kokubusa. U-Luka Modrić (8.19) usathola indawo lapho ingekho khona – umlingo wakhe owaziwayo. I-Ghana iphume ngemuva kwekhefu njengeqembu elihlukile – ukushintshwa kabili kwengeze isivinini, negoli lika-Luckassen lalitholwe ngokufanele. Kodwa kulapha lapho i-Ghana kufanele izibuze umbuzo onzima: inenzuzo ye-xG nemizuzu emibili emikhulu – ingahlulwa kanjani? Amaphutha angu-13 uma kuqhathaniswa namaputha ayisishiyagalolunye omphikisi – iqembu elingakwazanga ukulawula umdlalo ngaphandle kokusebenzisa amandla amabi. Ngemizuzu engama-76 – i-VAR ngesigameko sika-Luckassen, ngemuva kwemizuzu emithathu nje kuphela ngemuva kwegoli lakhe. Imininingwane yokuhlola ayaziwa, kodwa kwaba ngemuva kwayo lapho i-Croatia yashaya igoli lokunqoba. Ingabe lesi sigameko saphazamisa umfutho we-Ghana esiqongweni? Ingabe sasilungile? Unompempe u-Drew Fischer uzothola leyo mibuzo – futhi ilungile. U-Vlašić ngomzuzu wama-83 waqedela – futhi ibhentshi le-Croatia lasebenza lapho abadlali abaqalayo babenobunzima. Isikolo sithopha i-Croatia. I-Ghana ibifanele okungenani ukulingana. Ibhola alinandaba nobulungiswa. Ku-FootLegion amagoli eqembu lakho ngeke athathwe yi-VAR – ahlala khona unomphela. Imibuzo yokuphikisana: ingabe i-Ghana isenamathuba okudlulela phambili – noma lo mdlalo waba yisishintsho? Futhi ingabe i-Croatia nge-xG engu-0.46 ingadlulela kude, lapho ihlangana nomphikisi onzima ngempela?