Spain — Belgium

I-SoFi Stadium yabona umdlalo wamakhothamo ibhodi yamaphuzu ekugcineni yakhuluma iqiniso — kodwa isikhathi eside, umdlalo uqobo wawukhuluma indaba ehluke kakhulu. I-Spain 2–1 i-Belgium. Kodwa i-xG ifundeka 2.08 kuya ku-0.37. Gcina leyo nombolo eduze. Nalu uhlelo oluvulekile: I-Belgium yaba nethuba elilodwa elikhulu phakathi kwemizuzu engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye, yalisebenzisa, futhi ngandlela-thile yakwenza lokhu kwaba umdlalo wamakhothamo kuze kube umzuzu wamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nesishiyagalombili. Uhlangothi olungaphezu kwamandla kuwo wonke amazinga lwaluzokwenza kanjani ukweba okukhulu kakhulu kulo mqhudelwano? I-Spain yayilawula ngendlela kuphela lesi sizukulwane esingaba ngayo — amaphesenti angama-68 okuba nebhola, amaphesenti angama-90 okudlulisela ibhola ngokunembile, amashothi ayi-17. UFabián Ruiz wavula amaphuzu ngomzuzu wama-30 ngokugijima okukhulu kokuya ebhokisini. Indlu ye-xG yayakhiwa ngokukhululeka. Khona-ke, imizuzu emibili ngaphambi kwekhefu, uCharles De Ketelaere wakhumbuza wonke umuntu ukuthi kungani i-Belgium yamletha lapha — ukuqedela okuhle kakhulu kusuka ethubeni labo elilodwa elikhulu, futhi ngokungazelelwe kwaba ngu-1–1 lapho kukhala impempe. Ubuthakathaka be-Spain babuvele obala: naphezu kokulawula kwabo konke, bavumela i-Belgium ukuba iphefumule ngokulahlekelwa ukugxila ngesikhathi esibi kakhulu. Inkinga ye-Belgium engxenyeni yesibili yayiyisakhiwo. Ngamaphesenti angama-26 kuphela okuba nebhola kanye noThibaut Courtois — umdlali wabo ohamba phambili, olinganisa u-8.19, izinto eziyisithupha — ophoqelelwe ukushiya umdlalo ngenxa yokulimala ngomzuzu wama-71, idamu lalizohlala liqhekeka. Wayemangalisa ngesikhathi esekhona. I-Belgium yafaka uRomelu Lukaku ukuze athole amandla, waphulwa umthetho izikhathi eziyi-18, futhi walwa ngakho konke ababenakho. Kodwa ukucindezela kwawa futhi i-Spain yaphinda kabusha ngokungapheli. UPedri noNico Williams bayilola i-Spain ngemuva kwekhefu. Bese uMikel Merino, imizuzu emibili ngemuva kokungena ngomzuzu wama-86, wayihola i-Spain yaya kuma-semi-final ngomzuzu wama-88. Indoda efika sekwephuzile futhi efika ngesinqumo. I-xG ayiqambi amanga: umphumela olungile, olethwe imizuzu engama-87 sekwephuze kakhulu ukuze i-Spain ikhululeke. Ku-FootLegion, yonke igoli izwe lakho eliyishayayo kulo Mqhudelwano Womhlaba lihlala phakade — akekho olithatha kuwe. Manje — ingabe igoli likaDe Ketelaere elilinganayo laliyisixwayiso sangempela samasu esinganakwa ukuzivikela kwe-Spain, noma ubuhlakani obumsulwa bomuntu obungafaneleki impendulo? Futhi ingabe i-Spain ingawina lo mqhudelwano ngempela ngenkathi iphila ngendlela eyingozi kangaka?