Portugal — Uzbekistan

I-Houston yayikubona lokhu kuza — futhi i-Portugal yakwenza kwenzeka. Nansi into exakayo yakusihlwa: ibhodi lamaphuzu likhala ngo-5:0, kodwa i-xG ye-Portugal ingu-2.41 kuphela. I-Seleção yayingenasihawu, kodwa futhi yayichitha kanyekanye. Amathuba amakhulu ayisikhombisa, amahlanu ashaywa phansi. Uma ubhekene nomunye umphikisi, ukuphana okunjalo kubiza kakhulu. Khumbula leli qiniso. Kodwa ubulungiswa budinga ukwamukela: I-Portugal yadlala kahle kakhulu ngobubanzi kusukela emizuzwini yokuqala. UNuno Mendes — umdlali ohamba phambili wakusihlwa ngesilinganiso esingu-9.33 — wayeyisikhali ohlangothini lwesokunxele. Lokhu akuyona into eyenzeka kanye kuphela: yilokhu akwenza ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuze avule ukuzivikela, ehlasela phambili esuka ekujuleni, elula umphikisi, ethola inhlanganisela esemaphethelweni okungenzeka. U-Bruno Fernandes (8.46) waqondisa isivinini ngamandla akhe ajwayelekile angapheli — wayehlale efuna ibhola phakathi kwemigqa, elawula ukubamba ibhola okungama-66%, okungazange kushintshe esiwombeni sokuqala noma sesibili. URúben Dias (8.19) — ukuzola okuyisibonelo ngemuva: I-Uzbekistan yashaya amashothi amabili kuphela esangweni, futhi ukuhlela kwakhe kwenza abavikeli basemuva bakwazi ukuhlasela ngaphandle kokwesaba. Manje ngokwethembeka nge-Uzbekistan. Babengekho nje ababukeli. Ukonga okune komgoli, ukunemba okungama-81% kwamapasi — iqembu alizange linikele. Bazama ukwakha umdlalo, ukucindezela ezigamekweni ezithile. Inkinga: ibhlokhi yabo yokuzivikela yayingenayo impendulo ekunyakazeni kwe-Portugal ezindaweni ezibanzi. Kuphi ngempela i-Uzbekistan yahlakazeka? Ezigabeni zokushintsha ezinhlangothini. Njalo lapho i-Portugal ithatha ibhola enkabeni, ukushintshela ezindaweni ezibanzi kwenzeka ngokushesha kunokuba abadlali basenkundleni bakwazi ukuzilungisa. Isixazululo — ukuhlala eduze, ukuphoqa umphikisi ukuthi angene endaweni yokujezisa, hhayi ukuyizungeza — asizange sisetshenziswe ngokungaguquki. Umphumela: xG 0.25, amathuba amakhulu ayiziro. U-Cristiano Ronaldo — isilinganiso esingu-8.11 — uselapha, usafuna indima enkulu. Futhi lena yiNdebe yoMhlaba yakhe futhi. Enkundleni umphumela ungathathwa — ku-FootLegion amagoli ezwe lakho ngeke athathwe muntu. Umbuzo kumazwana: ingabe ukuphana kwe-Portugal ekuqedeni kuyisibonakaliso esikhathazayo ngaphambi kwe-play-offs? Futhi ingabe uNuno Mendes wayengumvikeli ohamba phambili emhlabeni namuhla?