Norway — Senegal

I-MetLife Stadium ibone into engavamile kakhulu kusihlwa — ibhodi lezikolo litshela indaba eyodwa, ukuhamba komdlalo kuxoxa enye. I-Norway iwina ngo 3:2, kodwa i-Senegal ichithe imizuzu engamashumi amane yokugcina iphethe ibhola ngo 68%, idubula izibhamu ezingu-16 kuya kwezingu-13 ze-Norway. I-xG ifundeka ngo 2.2 kuya ku 1.72 ngokuvuna i-Norway — igebe elikhona, kodwa alikufanelekeli neze umehluko. Lolo yilo oluyiphuzu elingaqondakali elilenga phezu kwe-East Rutherford. I-Norway ibingenamusa emahoreni abenayo. U-Marcus Pedersen, ongene esikhundleni sika-Julian Ryerson olimele ngomzuzu we-13, ubuyisele ukholo ngendlela emangalisayo — washaya igoli ngomzuzu we-43 ukuze athumele i-Norway ekhefini inesikhathi esingafanelekile ngokuya ngezibalo zabo zengxenye yokuqala. Kwase kufika isiphepho. Amagoli amathathu emizuzwini eyishumi ngemuva kokuqala kabusha, futhi umdlalo wawusuvele unqunyiwe ngaphambi kwehora. U-Erling Haaland ubengenasihawu: igoli ngomzuzu we-48, elinye ngomzuzu we-58, kokubili uhlobo lokushaya amagoli olumchazayo kuwo wonke amazinga. Lapho i-Senegal ibuyela ku 2:1 ngo-Ismaïla Sarr ngomzuzu we-53, u-Haaland waphendula phakathi kwemizuzu emihlanu. Umdlalo uba nzima, yena uwenza ube lula. Isilinganiso esingu 8.76 — akukho mpikiswano. Ubuthakathaka be-Norway babungokwakhiwa. Amathuba amathathu amakhulu alahlekile kwanguhlanu kuyichitha, futhi ukuwa kwabo kokuphethwa kwebhola ngesigamu sesibili kuya ku 32% kukhombisa iqembu elingakwazi ukubamba ibhola lapho livikela umphumela. Lokho kubuthakathaka kungase kubize kakhulu lapho libhekene nabaphikisi abaqinile. I-Senegal iguqule amathuba amakhulu amabili kuphela kwanguhlanu futhi yenza izibhamu ezine kuphela eziqondise egolini kwizibhamu eziyishumi nesithupha — isilinganiso okufanele sixwayise abasebenzi babo. U-Sarr ubemangalisa ubusuku bonke, isilinganiso esingu 8.5, evulela i-Norway indlela yokuhlasela ngakwesokudla. U-Moussa Niakhaté ubambe umugqa wokuvikela ngokuqinile ngo 7.83, kodwa ngisho nokuzola kwakhe akukwazanga ukuvala izikhala u-Haaland azisebenzisile kulowo mzuzu oyishumi owonakalisayo. Ukushintsha kabili ngomzuzu we-54 kukhombise inhloso futhi ekugcineni kwadala impendulo — ukushaya kuka-Sarr ngomzuzu we-90 kwenza kwaba ukuphela okunesiyaluyalu, kodwa isikhathi sase siphelile. Imiphumela ingasuswa enkundleni — ku-FootLegion imigomo yeqembu lakho ihlala ingunaphakade. Manje, ingxoxo: ingabe ubuhlakani buka-Haaland bufihla iqembu lase-Norway elibuthakathaka ngempela ngaphandle kwakhe? Futhi ingabe ukubusa kwe-Senegal ngesigamu sesibili kwakuyikhwalithi yangempela — noma ingabe i-Norway yamane yamema ingcindezi ngokuhlala phansi kakhulu?