Uruguay — Cape Verde

I-Hard Rock Stadium libe ngelinye lalawo midlalo akwenza ubuzwe yonke into — i-Uruguay yenza kahle kuzo zonke izibalo kodwa yahluleka ukuwina. Lokho kuphikisana yikho okuyindaba yalo mdlalo weQembu H. Izinombolo zilimaza i-La Celeste. I-xG 2.32 uma kuqhathaniswa ne-0.88. Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisithupha nanhlanu okubamba ibhola. Amashothi ayishumi nesikhombisa. Kodwa bahamba e-Miami nephuzu elilodwa esikhundleni samathathu. Umehluko phakathi kwalokho i-Uruguay ekudalile nalokho ekuguqulele yikona okuyihlazo elikhulu lalo mdlalo — akukho i-VAR edingekayo ukuze kuchazwe lokho kuhluleka. UMaximiliano Araújo ube ngumdlali ovelele we-Uruguay, enesilinganiso esingu-8.19, futhi igoli lakhe lokulinganisa ngomzuzu wama-44 likhombise kahle ukuthi kungani. Ukunyakaza okubukhali, ukuqedela okuhlanzekile, ukudabula isakhiwo sokuvikela se-Cape Verde. U-Agustín Canobbio wengeza elesibili ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho — amagoli amabili ngesikhathi esengeziwe sokuqala, uhlobo lokushintsha okufanele luqede umdlalo. Kodwa iqiniso elibi lihlala: amashothi ayishumi nesikhombisa, amabili kuphela ashaye esangweni. Lelo zinga lokuguqula alinakuvikeleka kuleli zinga. I-Cape Verde ifanelwe ukudunyiswa okukhulu. Amaphesenti angamashumi amathathu nanhlanu okubamba ibhola, i-xG engu-0.88 kuphela — kodwa namanje amagoli amabili. UKevin Lenini uvule amagoli ngomzuzu wama-21 ngokuzola okungahambisani nesimo, enesilinganiso esingu-7.93. Bese u-Hélio Varela, ongeniswe ebhentshini ngomzuzu wama-59, walinganisa ngomzuzu wama-61. Abadlali ababili abangena esikhundleni, amagoli amabili — lokho kungukuqonda komqeqeshi okuklonyeliswa ngesikhathi sangempela. Ubuthakathaka? Amashothi ayishumi nambili e-Cape Verde akhiqize amane kuphela ashaye esangweni. Babenobuhlakani lapho kubalulekile, kodwa umehluko we-xG ukhombisa ukuthi inhlanhla yenza indima yayo. Manje, ukubuyekezwa kwe-VAR ngomzuzu wama-90 okubandakanya u-Canobbio okuthinta i-Uruguay — lowo mzuzu uzobhebhethekisa impikiswano izinsuku eziningi. Ukuthi ukubuyekezwa kutholeni, noma ngabe ubulungiswa benziwe, kusasele kuvulekile ngempela. Zikhethele wena. Okubalulekile: ukuqeda okungafanele kwe-Uruguay kunikeze i-Cape Verde umphumela izibalo ezithi abazange bawuzuze ngokugcwele. Womabili amaqembu anemibuzo okufanele ayiphendule ngaphambi komdlalo olandelayo weqembu. Ku-FootLegion, wonke amagoli izwe lakho eliwashayayo kuleNdebe Yomhlaba ahlala eyakho unomphela — akukho i-VAR engawathinta. Imibuzo emibili yamazwana: Ingabe inkinga yokuqeda ye-Uruguay iyinkinga yamasu noma ukuhluleka komuntu ngamunye? Futhi ingabe i-Cape Verde, eyakhiwe ngabadlali abangena esikhundleni nezikhathi zokuqala, ingasinda kuleli qembu?