Canada — Morocco

Nansi inkinga ye-NRG Stadium kule ntambama efudumele yase-Houston: IKhanada iphethe nge-xG eningi kuneMorocco — 0.85 ngokumelene no-0.78 — kodwa yashiya umqhudelwano ngomphumela ongu-0:3. Izinombolo zisho into eyodwa. Ibhodi lamaphuzu lisho konke okunye. Isigamu sokuqala sasingesikaMorocco ngokuphelele. Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisithupha nesikhombisa okugcina ibhola, isakhiwo esicindezelayo, iKhanada ibambeke engxenyeni yayo futhi ikwazi ukugcina amaphesenti angamashumi amathathu nantathu kuphela ebhola. Kodwa ngandlela thile kwahlala kungenawo amagoli ekhefini. IKhanada yaphinde yahlela, yaguqula isigamu sesibili — amaphesenti angamashumi amahlanu nesikhombisa okugcina ibhola, amakhona ayishumi nanye, ingcindezi yangempela — futhi namanje ayikwazanga ukuthola inethi. Lelo thuba elilodwa elikhulu abalidalile futhi baliphutha lingaba isithombe esichazayo somkhankaso wabo wonke. U-Azzedine Ounahi wabajezisa ngakho. Lo mdlali wasesiswini wadlula ngomzuzu wama-50 ngokuzola okubandayo, wabe eseyiphinda leli qhinga ngomzuzu wama-82 — amagoli amabili, isilinganiso esingu-8.74, futhi konke lokhu kwenziwa ngenkathi ephethe ikhadi eliphuzi kusukela ngomzuzu wama-45. Ufunda isikhala phakathi kwemigqa ngaphambi kokuba abavikeli bazwe ukuthi sikhona. Umugqa wokuvikela waseMorocco, noNoussair Mazraoui onamandla ngakwesokudla, awuzange unikeze abagadli baseKhanada lutho. USoufiane Rahimi, owangeniswa ngokushesha ngomzuzu wama-22, wengeza igoli lesithathu ngesikhathi esengeziwe ukuze aqede umdlalo. Izinkinga zaseKhanada zazibonakala. Amashothi ayishumi, amathathu aqonde enethini, elilodwa ithuba elikhulu — futhi baliphutha. U-Stephen Eustaquio wagijima kakhulu esiswini futhi wathola isilinganiso esingu-7.67, umdlali waseKhanada ohamba phambili, kodwa ibhola lokugcina lalingekho njalo. Amaphutha angamashumi amabili nane enziwe asho indaba yawo: iqembu elingakwazanga ukulawula ngesakhiwo labuyela ekuxhumaneni. IMorocco nayo yayingaphelele. Amathuba amathathu amakhulu, elilodwa laphutha. I-xG yabo empeleni yayiphansi kuneKhanada — inhlanhla yaya ngakubo ezikhathini ezibalulekile, futhi babekwazi lokho. Ama-Atlas Lions aguqula lapho kubalulekile; iKhanada ayizange. Lelo gebe, elincane kakhulu ngekhwalithi kodwa likhulu ebhodini lamaphuzu, yilokho umdlalo wama-round-of-16 ofika kukho. Ku-FootLegion, amagoli izwe lakho eliwashayayo kule Ndebe Yomhlaba ahlala engawakho unomphela — akekho owathathayo. Manje ngitshele: Ingabe iKhanada yasuswa ubuhlakani beMorocco noma ukumosha kwayo phambi kwenethi? Futhi ingabe amagoli amabili ka-Ounahi amenza abe phakathi kwabathandi beGolden Ball?