Mexico — Ecuador

I-Azteca yabhonga — futhi nansi into ephikisanayo ezoshisa yonke impikiswano kusihlwa: IMexico yawina ngo 2-0, kodwa i-xG yayo ibingu-1.02 kuphela. I-Ecuador yadlula ibhola ngobunono, yahlukanisa ingxenye yesibili ngokuphatha ibhola okungama-68%, futhi yaqeda ngo-0.73 xG kumashothi ayisikhombisa. Isikolo simemeza ukubusa kweMexico. Izinombolo zihlebela okuthile okungakhululekile kakhulu. Ingxenye yokuqala yayingeyeMexico ngokuphelele. Ngokuphatha ibhola okungama-56%, i-El Tri yadlala phambili futhi yajezisa i-Ecuador kabili ngaphambi kwekhefu. UJulián Quiñones wavula isikolo ngomzuzu wama-22 — umdlali ovelele kakhulu ngalobu busuku ngesilinganiso esingu-8.5 — ehlanganisa umuzwa nokunyakaza ngesikhathi esifana nesidingo sezinkundla ezinkulu. URául Jiménez waphinda kabili umkhawulo emizuzwini eyisishiyagalolunye kamuva. Ngokushesha u-2-0 ngesikhathi sekhefu kwazizwa kuzuzelekile futhi kwantshontshwa ngesikhathi esisodwa. Kwase kufika ukuguquka. Ukushintsha kwabadlali ababili be-Ecuador ngesikhathi sekhefu kwaguqula yonke into. Ukuphatha ibhola kweMexico kwehle kwaba ngama-32%. Amakhona ayisishiyagalombili ezivakashi ngokumelene namathathu abasingathi — kodwa ithuba elilodwa elikhulu le-Ecuador lashaya udonga. Konke lokho kunemba kokudlula okungama-84%, konke lokho ukucindezela, futhi abakwazanga ukuguqula indawo ibe yingozi yangempela. Ibhola lijezisa lokho ngaphandle kwesihawu. IMexico nayo yayingewona amakhosi — amathuba amabili amakhulu aphuthelwa, i-xG ingaphezu kokukodwa. UCésar Montes noJohan Vásquez babambe umugqa wokuvikela ndawonye ngalokho kuhlasela kwengxenye yesibili, bobabili balinganiswe ngo-7.93. Ngaphandle kwalokho kuqeqeshwa kwezokuvikela, indaba iphela ngokuhlukile. Umgomo wokugcina waletha isiphithiphithi. UPiero Hincapié waxoshwa ngomzuzu wama-90 ngemuva kokubuyekezwa kwe-VAR — isinqumo esizobuyekezwa kuzo zonke iziteshi zaseNingizimu Melika kusihlwa. Ingabe ukungenelela kwakufanele, noma ingabe i-VAR yakhiqiza impikiswano lapho ingekho? Akukho isinqumo lapha. Umbuzo kuphela. Ku-FootLegion, amagoli eMexico ngalobu busuku aseyaphila — ngoba enkundleni umphumela ungathathwa, kodwa lapho awukwazi. Imibuzo emibili yempikiswano: Ingabe i-VAR yaphazamisa i-Ecuador noma ingabe base beqede amandla abo ngaphambi kwekhadi elibomvu? Futhi ingabe iMexico ingahamba ibanga elide emqhudelwaneni, idlala ngokuphatha ibhola okungama-43% futhi iphila ngamathuba angawadali?