Switzerland — Colombia

I-BC Place yathula — hhayi ngenxa yokushaqeka, kodwa ngenxa yokukhathala okukhulu. I-Switzerland ne-Colombia badlale imizuzu engu-120, bashaya amagoli ayiziro futhi baya kumaphenalthi. Kodwa nansi into exakayo ngalobu busuku eVancouver: isikolo siyafana, kodwa umdlalo — uhlukile ngokuphelele kumaqembu womabili. Ake siqale ngezinombolo ezingaqambi amanga. I-Colombia — i-xG 1.03, amathuba amakhulu amabili, womabili aphuthelwe. I-Switzerland — i-xG 0.35, akukho ukuphuma okukodwa okuyingozi ngempela. Isikolo sithi "ukulingana", izinombolo zithi "i-Colombia bekufanele iwunqobe". Nansi-ke i-loop yokuqala evulekile yalo mdlalo: i-Switzerland yaze yafinyelela kanjani kumaphenalthi ngemuva komdlalo? Impendulo — u-Gregor Kobel. Isilinganiso esingu-9.07, ukusindisa okuthathu, futhi lokhu akuyona into engahleliwe — lo ngunozinti owaba lapho kufanele abe khona ngesikhathi esibalulekile. Abase-Colombia babethola izindawo ngokuphindaphindiwe, futhi babethola yena ngokuphindaphindiwe. Lolu udonga olungenakudiliza ngokudlala kahle kuphela. Abase-Switzerland bona bazenzele impilo yaba nzima. Ama-foul angu-22 — lokhu akuyona nje inombolo, lokhu kuwumlingiswa: okhathazekile, osabelayo, ohlala egijima ngemuva komphikisi. U-Granit Xhaka uthole ikhadi eliphuzi ngomzuzu wama-51, u-Zakaria — ngomzuzu wama-59, futhi ekugcineni bobabili bakhishwa ngomzuzu wama-87. Ukuziphatha kwabadlali basenkundleni — yilo iphutha elikhulu le-Switzerland engxenyeni yesibili, lapho ukubamba ibhola kwenyuka kwafinyelela ku-57%, kodwa ikhwalithi ayizange yenyuke. I-Colombia engxenyeni yokuqala ibukeka izethemba — u-51% webhola, amakhona angu-7 emdlalweni, ingcindezi eqhubekayo ngama-flank. U-Johan Mojica ngakwesokunxele wayephila — isilinganiso esingu-7.93 asizange sibe ngenhlanhla. Kodwa amathuba amakhulu amabili aphuthelwe — lokhu kuwukwahlulela kokusebenza kahle. Lapho u-James Rodríguez ephuma ngomzuzu wama-66, iqembu lalahlekelwa isisindo sokudala. U-Juan Fernando Quintero wangena, wengeza amandla (7.97), kodwa umshini wase-Colombia wawungasasebenzi kahle. Ngomzuzu wama-40 i-VAR yahlola isigameko sika-Jhon Arias — imininingwane ayaziwa, kodwa kwenziwa isinqumo. Yizona kanye lezi zikhathi kuma-play-off ezixoxwa ngazo izinyanga: kulungile noma cha? Zihlolele wena. Esimweni esengeziwe — amakhadi aphuzi ku-Davinson Sánchez (95') naku-Miro Muheim (105'). Ukukhathazeka. Ukukhathala. I-knockout round. Sekukonke: I-Switzerland yasinda hhayi ngokudlala, kodwa ngunozinti nangomlingiswa. I-Colombia yadlala kangcono, kodwa ayizange iwubulale umdlalo lapho yayingakwazi khona. Ku-FootLegend akekho ozokuthatha amagoli ezwe lakho — kodwa lapha ayengekho nhlobo. Imibuzo yengxoxo: Ingabe u-Kobel ungunozinti ongcono kakhulu kulo mqhudelwano kulesi sigaba, noma umane nje kwaba ubusuku benhlanhla? Futhi okwesibili: Ingabe u-Bielsa bekufanele amkhiphe u-Rodríguez ngaphambili, ngesikhathi esalawula umdlalo?