Australia — Egypt

Nansi imidlalo ezohlala ihlupha wonke amagumbi okugqoka ngezizathu ezahlukene kakhulu — futhi umbuzo engizokushiyela wona ungaba ngowona onzima kakhulu kule Ndebe Yomhlaba kuze kube manje. I-AT&T Stadium e-Arlington ibambe umdlalo wama-round-of-32 lapho umphumela ukhombisa ukuthi i-Australia yenza kahle kakhulu futhi i-Egypt izithulele. Umphumela wokugcina: 1–1 ngemuva kwesikhathi esengeziwe. I-xG ikhombisa i-Egypt 1.36, i-Australia 0.87 — amathuba amathathu amakhulu kumaFaro ngokumelene neqanda kumaSocceroos. Lo kwakungumdlalo okwakufanele i-Egypt iwunqobe emizuzwini engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye. I-Egypt yaqala ngamandla angempela. U-Emam Ashour uvule amagoli ngomzuzu we-13 — ezolile, enembile, umdlali wasesiswini ofunda isikhala njengomdlali we-chess. Isilinganiso sakhe esingu-7.69 wasizuza. I-Egypt ilawule u-58% wokugcinwa kwebhola, u-85% wokunemba kokudlula, amakhona ayisikhombisa. Kwakufanele ngabe sebengaphandle kokubona ngesikhathi sekhefu. Amathuba amabili amakhulu aphuthelwe engxenyeni yesibili azogcina abasebenzi base-Egypt bephapheme ngalobu busuku. Kwase kufika umzuzu owashintsha konke. Umzuzu wama-55 — u-Mohamed Hany ufaka ibhola enetheni lakhe. Igoli lakhe. Isipho. I-Australia yayingakaze idale ithuba elikhulu elilodwa. I-xG yabo yayiku-0.87 kuwo wonke umdlalo, isibhamu esisodwa esiqondile. AmaSocceroos awazange anqobe i-Egypt — i-Egypt yabanika ithuba. Ngokubonga i-Australia — abazange bayeke ukucindezela. U-Jackson Irvine wayenamandla esiswini, isilinganiso esingu-7.83, umdlali ohamba phambili enkundleni. Amandla akhe anikeze i-Australia kuphela isigqi ababenaso. Kodwa izibhamu eziyi-16, esisodwa esiqondile? Lelo gebe phakathi kwevolumu nekhwalithi liyinkinga yangempela. I-Egypt yakhathazeka sekwephuzile — amakhadi aphuzi ka-Haissem Hassan ngomzuzu we-105 no-Yasser Ibrahim ngomzuzu we-120 akhuluma indaba yeqembu elidonsa kanzima ngaphansi kwengcindezi okwakungafanele balizwe. U-Marwan Attia wayeyiqhawe lokuvikela elizolile lase-Egypt ku-7.69, kwaze kwaba ukususwa kwakhe ngo-106 kwafingqa kusihlwa: izinqumo ezinqamukile, imiphumela engacacile. Isikhathi esengeziwe siphele silingana. Azikho izinhlawulo. Ku-FootLegion, amagoli esizwe sakho ahlala engawakho — akekho owathathayo. Ukwehluleka kwe-Egypt ukubulala lo mdlalo kwakuyisibonakaliso sokuba buthaka kwengqondo ngempela ezingeni leNdebe Yomhlaba? Futhi ingabe u-Jackson Irvine ungumholi ongathathwa kancane kakhulu kulo mqhudelwano? Woza uzophikisana ngakho.