Spain — Belgium
SoFi Stadium yɛɛ ɔmanfoɔ adanseɛ wɔ quarter-final bi a ne score board kyerɛɛ nokware wɔ awieɛ, nanso berɛ tenten bi no, agorɔ no ankasa kyerɛɛ asɛm foforɔ koraa. Spain 2–1 Belgium. Nanso xG no kyerɛ 2.08 kɔ 0.37. Fa saa nɔma no bɛn wo ho.
Asɛm a ɛda hɔ ni: Belgium nyaa kwan kɛseɛ baako pɛ wɔ simma aduɔkron mu, na ɔde yɛɛ botaeɛ, na ɔkwan bi so no ɔmaa eyi yɛɛ quarter-final kɔsi simma aduɔwɔtwe nwɔtwe no. Ɛyɛɛ dɛn na kuo bi a wɔadi wɔn so nkonim wɔ nea ɛwɔ hɔ biara mu no bɛtumi ayɛ saa akorɔnneɛ kɛseɛ yi wɔ saa akansiɛ yi mu?
Spain dii nkonim wɔ ɔkwan a saa awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ yi pɛɛ na ɛtumi yɛɛ no so – 68 percent possession, 90 percent pass accuracy, 17 shots. Fabián Ruiz na ɔdii kan bɔɔ botaeɛ wɔ simma 30 mu de mmirika a ɛyɛ den kɔɔ box no mu. Na wɔrekyekye xG fie no brɛoo. Afei, simma mmienu ansa na agorɔ no bɛba awieɛ no, Charles De Ketelaere kaee obiara nea enti a Belgium de no baa ha – botaeɛ a ɛyɛ nwonwa a ɔfirii wɔn kwan kɛseɛ baako pɛ mu bɔɔ, na mpofirim ara ɛyɛɛ 1–1 wɔ whistle no so. Spain mmerɛyɛ daa adi: wɔn tumi nyinaa akyi no, wɔmaa Belgium nyaa ahomegyeɛ denam wɔn adwene a wɔhwereɛ wɔ berɛ bɔne koraa mu no so.
Belgium nsɛm a ɛkɔɔ so wɔ fa a ɛtɔ so mmienu no mu no yɛɛ nea ɛwɔ hɔ. Esiane sɛ wɔnyaa 26 percent possession pɛ na Thibaut Courtois – wɔn agorɔfoɔ a ɔyɛ papa paa, a ɔnyaa 8.19, saves nsia – a ɔpiraeɛ wɔ simma 71 mu no nti, na dam no bɛpaeɛ daa. Na ɔyɛ nwonwa berɛ a ɔwɔ hɔ no. Belgium de Romelu Lukaku baa mu sɛ ɔmmɛyɛ den, wɔyɛɛ no fouls mpɛn 18, na ɔkoo nea wɔwɔ nyinaa. Nanso pressing shape no hwee ase na Spain de yɛɛ adwuma mpɛn pii.
Pedri ne Nico Williams maa Spain yɛɛ den wɔ ahomegyeɛ no akyi. Na afei Mikel Merino, simma mmienu akyi a ɔbaa mu wɔ 86 no, de Spain kɔɔ semi-finals mu wɔ simma 88 mu. Ɔbarima a ɔba akyiri na ɔba a ɔyɛ nkonimdie.
XG no nna nkontompo: nea ɛfata, a wɔde maeɛ simma 87 akyiri dodo ma Spain ahomegyeɛ.
Wɔ FootLegion so no, botaeɛ biara a w’ɔman bɔ wɔ saa World Cup yi mu no tena hɔ daa – obiara nnye mfiri wo nsam.
Afei – na De Ketelaere botaeɛ a ɔde yɛɛ pɛ no yɛ akwan a Spain ntwereɛfoɔ buu anim anaa ɛyɛ ankorankoro nimdeɛ a ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔbu so? Na Spain bɛtumi adi nkonim wɔ saa akansiɛ yi mu berɛ a wɔte ase wɔ ɔkwan a ɛyɛ hu saa no?