USA — Bosnia & Herzegovina

Nansi into ngalo mdlalo: i-USA yawina ngo 2-0, yadlala ngaphezu kwengxenye yawo inabadlali abayishumi, kanti i-xG ikutshela ukuthi umphumela wawungamanga cishe ngokuphelele — ngendlela engcono kakhulu kubabamba izindlu. I-Levi's Stadium yayishisa kusukela ekhwelo lokuqala. Engxenyeni yokuqala, i-USA yahlola isivinini ngamaphesenti angu-62 okubamba ibhola, icindezela i-Bosnia & Herzegovina phansi futhi ilawula isigqi. Isakhiwo sasiqondile, ukushintsha kwakushesha, futhi lapho u-Folarin Balogun efaka igoli ngesikhathi sokuvala ingxenye yokuqala, kwakuzwakala kufanelekile. Kwase kufika ukusonta. Umzuzu wama-63: i-VAR. Isikrini siyakhanya, inkundla iphefumula — kanti u-Balogun, umfaki wegoli, uyahamba nekhadi elibomvu. Noma yini eyenzekile, kuzoxoxwa ngayo kuyo yonke indawo yezemidlalo yaseMelika kusukela e-Seattle kuya e-Miami. Zidwebele iziphetho zakho. Okulandelayo yindaba yangempela. I-Bosnia & Herzegovina yazwa igazi. Yasuka kumaphesenti angu-38 yaya kumaphesenti angu-65 okubamba ibhola engxenyeni yesibili, yafaka abadlali abayisithupha abashintshayo, kanti ingcindezi yaba yinto yangempela. Amashothi ayishumi esewonke, amathathu aqondile — kodwa amathuba amakhulu ayiziro, i-xG ingu-0.25 nje. Babenalo ibhola kodwa abazange balithole ummese. Kwakubikezelwa kakhulu, kwakusemaphakathi kakhulu, akuzange neze kwelule umugqa wokuvikela waseMelika owawuhlelwe kabusha. I-USA yahlala phansi, yamunca, yalinda. U-Chris Richards wayezolile. U-Weston McKennie wagijima waze wawa evikela indawo ephakathi. Kwase kuthi, umzuzu wama-82, u-Malik Tillman — umdlali ongcono kakhulu enkundleni, olinganiselwe ngo-8.24 — wafika ukuze ayiqede ngesibhakela esiphikisayo. Umuntu engekho, bephelelwe amandla, kodwa basafaka igoli. I-xG ye-USA yayingu-0.92. Amagoli amabili asuka kokuncane kunelilodwa elilindelekile. Ukwehluleka kwe-Bosnia kwakungokweqhinga: ukukhipha u-Edin Džeko ngomzuzu wama-51 kwabalahlekisela indawo yabo yokuhlasela ngaphandle kokumiselela okwangempela. Ubuthakathaka be-USA? Ukuphatha isikhathi sekhadi elibomvu — leyo mizuzu ephithizelayo phakathi kwama-63 nama-82 yayiyingozi ngempela. Ku-FootLegion, wonke amagoli afakwa isizwe sakho agxilile unomphela — ayikho i-VAR ewasusayo. Manje, kuwe: ingabe ikhadi elibomvu lika-Balogun belifanele ukuma? Futhi ingabe i-Bosnia ingalulama kulokhu, noma ingabe lokhu kwakuyisilinganiso salesi sizukulwane?