Belgium — Iran

Iqanda. Ngemuva kwamaphesenti angamashumi ayisikhombisa okugcinwa kwebhola, amashothi angamashumi amabili nantathu kanye ne-xG engu-1.79 — iBelgium ishiya iSoFi Stadium ingenalutho. Isikolo simemeza ukulingana — izinombolo zimemeza ukungabi nabulungisa. Kodwa ekupheleni kwalokhu kuhlaziya uzoqonda ukuthi kungani i-Iran inelungelo lokuphikisana. IBelgium esiwombeni sokuqala ibiphethe ibhola ngamaphesenti angama-81 esikhathi — inyoka yangempela yamasu. UDe Bruyne ubeqondisa esuka phansi, izinhlangothi zivuleka ngokuphindaphindiwe. Kodwa nansi into exakayo: amashothi angu-23, angu-7 agoliwe, elilodwa ithuba elikhulu — futhi laphuthelwa. Bonke lobu buhle, konke lokhu kulawula — futhi iqanda esigabeni "samagoli". Indawo yepenalithi yaphenduka imnyuziyamu: imibukiso mihle, kodwa iminyango ivaliwe. Bese umdlalo washintsha. Umzuzu wama-67: uNathan Ngoy uthola ikhadi elibomvu. Ukushintshwa kathathu ngomzuzu wama-58 — uLukebakio, uVanaken, uCastagne — kwase kunyakazise iqembu, kodwa ukulahlekelwa umdlali kwakuchitha konke. URomelu Lukaku, owathola ikhadi eliphuzi ngomzuzu wesi-3 njengokungathi ubona kusengaphambili usuku olubi, wanyamalala buthule enkundleni ngomzuzu wama-73. Ishothi elingenagoli, ikhadi, ukuphuma ngokushesha. Manje i-Iran — ngobuqotho. I-0.62 xG, amaphesenti angama-30 okugcinwa kwebhola, ingxenye enkulu yomdlalo ibanjwe emagoli abo. Ephepheni — ukubhujiswa. Kodwa hhayi enkundleni. U-Alireza Beiranvand ubemangalisa: amasevu angu-7, isilinganiso esingu-9.57 — lokhu akuyona inhlanhla, lokhu yikhono. UShoja Khalilzadeh ubeqinisa ukuzivikela eduze kwakhe. Ngemuva kwekhefu i-Iran yavuka: ukugcinwa kwebhola kwenyuka kwafinyelela kumaphesenti angama-41, uJahanbakhsh wengeza ubukhali phambili. I-Iran nayo ibinelithuba layo elikhulu — futhi nalo laphuthelwa. Ngomzuzu wama-27 i-VAR ihlole isigameko sikaMehdi Taremi. Ukuthi kwakuxazululwa ini nokuthi kwakulungile yini — le mpikiswano ayikapheli. Umehluko we-xG — 1.79 kuqhathaniswa no-0.62 — uthi: iBelgium ibingcono. Ibhodi lesikolo lithi: i-Iran ibihlakaniphe kakhulu. Zombili lezi zitatimende ziqinisile ngesikhathi esisodwa — futhi yilokhu konke ibhola lezinyawo. Ku-FootLegion lo mdlalo uzohlala eqoqweni lakho kuze kube phakade — ngokungafani namaphuzu omqhudelwano, akekho ozowathatha. Imibuzo kumazwana: uBeiranvand ube ngumgoli ongcono kakhulu kulo mqhudelwano kuze kube manje? Futhi — ingabe leli qembu laseBelgium elihlaselayo lingakwazi ukushaya amagoli lapho kudingeka ngempela?