Switzerland — Algeria
BC Place, Vancouver. Ɔkwan a ɛto so 32. Switzerland ne Algeria, 2:0. Nkontabuo no yɛ anigye, nanso ɛha na anadwo yi nsɛm a ɛyɛ nwonwa no mu baako wɔ: Algeria na wɔkuraa bɔɔl no kɛse wɔ fa a edi kan no nyinaa mu – 59 tia 41 ɔha mu nkyekyɛmu – na wɔde bɔɔl no yɛɛ adwuma yiye 85% wɔ agorudi no awiei. Nkontabuo a ɛyɛ fɛ. Nanso xG no ka nokware a emu yɛ den: Switzerland – 2.52, Algeria – 0.73. Eyi nyɛ nkonimdie a ɛba mpofirim. Eyi yɛ ɔhaw no ho nhwehwɛmu.
Switzerland bɔɔ bɔɔl ntɛm na wɔde wɔn ho hyɛɛ mu yiye. Wɔ minit a ɛto so 10 no, Breel Embolo bɔɔ bɔɔl no mu – na agorudi no kɔɔ Switzerland kwan so ntɛm ara. Embolo yɛ tumi ne tẽẽ wɔ ade baako mu, ɔne abɔfo no nni agorudi, ɔkɔ so ara. Switzerlandfo no sesaa wɔn ho yiye: wɔde bɔɔl no maa Algeria, wɔn ankasa kɔɔ akyi na wɔhwɛɛ kwan sɛ wɔbɛbɔ bɔɔl. Saa akwanhwɛ yi yɛ adwuma, nanso na ɛwɔ mmerɛw nso: wɔantumi anyɛ hokwan kɛse baako wɔ abien mu, na bere bi na ɛbɛyɛ ne bo yɛ den.
Anadwo yi nsoromma no yɛ Johan Manzambi – nkontabuo 8.19, ɔno na ɔyɛ papa sen biara wɔ agorudibea hɔ. Ɔyɛ abofra, na ɔwɔ ahoɔden, na ɔhunuu baabi a ɔbɛkɔ wɔ Algeria abɔfo no akyi bere nyinaa. Saa bere ahorow yi mu na Switzerland nyaa nea ɛyɛ den sen biara no nyinaa. Dan Ndoye de bɔɔl a ɛto so abien no kaa ho wɔ fa a ɛto so abien no mfiase pɛpɛɛpɛ – minit a ɛto so 46 – na ɛno nti ɔtoo ɔpon no mu ansa na Algeria atumi abue kakra.
Algeria – ɛyɛ asɛm a ɛyɛ yaw soronko. 55% a wɔkura bɔɔl, 85% a wɔde bɔɔl yɛ adwuma yiye – na 0.73 xG. Eyi ne asɛm a ɛyɛ awerɛhoɔ no: na bɔɔl no wɔ hɔ, nanso na biribiara nni hɔ a wɔde bɛyɛ. Wɔantumi annya wɔn bere kɛse baako no. Riyad Mahrez – din a ɛsɛ sɛ ɛma atamfo suro – Switzerlandfo no maa no kɔɔ nkyɛn na ɔkɔɔ agorudi no mu wɔ minit a ɛto so 71, na wantumi ansakra agorudi no. Algeriafo no de bɔɔl no kɔɔ nkyɛn kɛse na wɔanhwehwɛ kwan a ɛkɔ soro kɛse. Coach no nsakrae a ɛkɔɔ so wɔ minit 58–59 no yɛɛ sɛ wɔpɛ sɛ wɔma kuw no yɛ adwuma, nanso wɔansiesie ɔhaw a ɛwɔ mu no.
Yellow cards abien – Farès Chaïbi wɔ minit a ɛto so 36 ne Hicham Boudaoui wɔ minit a ɛto so 72 – no dɔɔso sɛ ɛbɛma Algeria agorudi no ayɛ den, nanso ɛnnya dɔɔso sɛ ɛbɛsesa biribiara.
Nea ɛyɛ nokware no: nkontabuo no ne xG no hyia, Switzerland dii nkonim wɔ nokware mu. Switzerland kar no kɔ so wɔ Wiase Kup no mu – na wɔ FootLegion no, obiara rentumi nnye wo man botae ahorow no.
Na afei wɔ nsɛm a wɔka no mu: na Algeria tumi yɛ biribi kɛse anaa, anaa ɔhaw a ɛwɔ awiei no yɛ wɔn ɔhaw a ɛwɔ mu? Na asɛm a ɛto so abien: Manzambi anaa Ndoye – hena na ɔyɛ hu ma Switzerland tamfo a odi hɔ?