Portugal — Spain

AT&T Stadium, Arlington — Round of 16, na asɛmmisa a ɛwɔ mfitiaseɛ no ara ne sɛ: Portugal bɛtumi agyina Spain a wɔbɛkɔ so ahunahuna wɔn no ansa na wɔatumi anya biribi afiri wɔn nsam? Mmuaeɛ no baa bere a ɛyɛ hu paa no, na ɛbuaa biribiara. Spain dii agorɔ no so tumi yie paa — 55% bɔɔl, 88% pass accuracy, 15 shots, xG 1.77. Nneɛma akɛseɛ mmiɛnsa. Eyi nyɛ nkabom a ɛyɛ nkabom, na mmom ɛyɛ nhyehyɛeɛ. Rodri — agorɔ no mu ntamgyinafoɔ a ɔamma Portugal koraa antumi amfi aseɛ anko ntɛmntɛm. Lamine Yamal — agorɔfoɔ a ɔdi mu paa wɔ agorɔ no mu (7.41) — kɔɔ so yɛɛ Portugal benkum fam banbɔfoɔ no basaa mpɛn pii, na ɔmaa wɔn banbɔfoɔ no yɛɛ nneɛma a ɛyɛ den. Nanso ɛmfa ho sɛnea ɛteɛ no — nneɛma akɛseɛ mmienu a ɛwɔ mmiɛnsa mu no yeraeɛ. Spain maa agorɔ no kɔɔ nea ɛtwa toɔ no mu a na wɔnnyaa bota. Eyi yɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɛyɛ hu ma Spain: sɛ wobɛdi agorɔ no so tumi no nyɛ sɛ wobɛkum agorɔ no. Portugal bɔɔ wɔn ho ban yie na wɔde wɔn ho maeɛ — goalkipa no a ɔgye bɔɔl mpɛn anum no kyerɛ ne ho. Nanso ntua no nso? xG yɛ 0.6 pɛ, na ɔkwan kɛseɛ baako — na ɛno nso yeraeɛ. 10 shots, mmienu kɔɔ target so. Bere a Portugal dii agorɔ no so tumi 45% no, wɔannya ahoɔhare anaa ntɛmntɛm wɔ nsakraeɛ mu. Nsakraeɛ a wɔyɛeɛ no — Rafael Leão wɔ min. 71, Francisco Conceição wɔ min. 83 — na ɛsɛ sɛ ɛma ntua no yɛ kɛseɛ, nanso nhyehyɛeɛ no amma wɔantumi anyɛ saa. Wɔ min. 89 no, Bernardo Silva nyaa yellow card — ne ho dwirii no paa. Wɔ min. 90 no — Renato Veiga nyaa yellow card. Kuw no bɔɔ mu pɛpɛɛpɛ bere a na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkɔ so. Na ɛno ne no — min. 90. Mikel Merino baa agorɔ no mu mfeɛ kakra a atwam na ɔde bɔɔl no kɔɔ net mu. Score no yɛ 0:1. Spain fataa nkonim — xG nso ka saa ara. Nanso sɛ ɛbaa saa wɔ agorɔ no awieeɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ, agorɔ a Spain nyaa nneɛma akɛseɛ mmiɛnsa mu mmienu no — ɛnyɛ nkonimdie a ɛfa nhyehyɛeɛ ho, na mmom ɛyɛ atemmuo a ɛfa nea wɔyɛeɛ ho. Wɔ agorɔ no mu no, wɔtumi gye nea ɛfiri mu ba no wɔ awieeɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ — wɔ FootLegion no, obiara rentumi nnye wo man bota afiri wo nsam. Na afei wɔ nsɛm a wɔka no mu: Portugal paw nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛteɛ anaa — anaa low block a ɛnni counter-attack threat no yɛ nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛbɛma wɔadi nkoguo wɔ Spain anim? Na asɛmmisa a ɛtɔ so mmienu: sɛ Spain yera nneɛma akɛseɛ mmienu a ɛwɔ mmiɛnsa mu wɔ round a ɛdi hɔ no mu bio a — so wɔbɛnya anigyeɛ a ɛdɔɔso akɔ final no mu?