Bosnia & Herzegovina — Qatar

I-Lumen Field, e-Seattle. I-Bosnia & Herzegovina 3:1 i-Qatar. Futhi nansi into ekufanele ukuthi uyibambe ngokuqinile: iqembu elinqobe ngamagoli amabili empeleni lathola i-xG ephansi kunelalahlekelwe. Ake lokho kuphefumule. I-Bosnia yayilawula ibhola — amaphesenti angu-55 esewonke, angu-59 engxenyeni yokuqala — futhi yayidlulisa ibhola kahle ngamaphesenti angu-88 okunemba kwephasi. U-Kerim Alajbegović wavula amagoli ngomzuzu wama-29 futhi waqeda njengomdlali ovelele kakhulu ngalobo busuku ngesilinganiso esingu-8.24. Kodwa igoli elalishintshe umdlalo ngempela lafika ngemuva kwemizuzu emihlanu: igoli lika-Mahmud Abunada lokuzishaya lenza i-Bosnia yahola ngo-2:1 ngaphambi kwekhefu. Ukuhola okwakwakhiwe ngokwengxenye ngenxa yenhlanhla embi — ngoba i-xG ye-Qatar engu-0.77 empeleni yayiphakeme kune-Bosnia engu-0.64. Abasingathi badala ithuba elilodwa elikhulu baliphutha. I-Qatar yadala amathathu yachitha amabili. Lokho kushaya phansi yikona okuyindaba yangempela yabo ngalobo busuku. U-Hassan Al Haydos washaya elilodwa ngomzuzu wama-42 — isikhumbuzo esifike ngesikhathi sokubaluleka kwakhe kuleli qembu — kodwa i-Qatar ayikwazanga ukushaya lapho kwakubaluleke kakhulu. Isikhathi esisodwa sidinga ukukhulunywa: I-VAR yabizelwa ku-Nikola Katić ngomzuzu wama-28, ngaphambi nje kwegoli lika-Alajbegović. Akukho sinqumo lapha, kodwa ukube kwahamba ngokuhlukile, wonke lo mdlalo ubungashintsha. Uhlobo lwesinqumo oluzoqhubeka nengxoxo isikhathi eside ngemuva kokuphela komdlalo. Amabhentshi womabili ahamba ngokuqinile engxenyeni yesibili. I-Bosnia yafaka u-Ermin Mahmić ngomzuzu wama-64, futhi walungisa konke ngomzuzu wama-80 — ukuqeda okuzolile okwamenza wathola isilinganiso esingu-8.19 futhi, ngemuva kwemizuzu emibili, ikhadi eliphuzi. I-Qatar yafaka u-Almoez Ali ngomzuzu wama-72, yalinganisa ukulawula ibhola ku-50-50, kodwa ubuhlakani bokushaya amagoli abuzange bufike. Amaphutha ayishumi nane, amathuba amabili amakhulu achithiwe — iqembu elizijezise lona. Ibhodi lamaphuzu lithi i-Bosnia, ngokuqinisekisayo. I-xG ithi i-Qatar yayifanele umdlalo oqine kakhulu. Lokho kuhluka phakathi kwezinombolo nomphumela yikona kanye okusenza siphambane ngebhola. Izinkumbulo zakho zamagoli akusihlwa zifanele ikhaya elihlala njalo — yiya ku-FootLegion, lapho kungekho muntu ozokususa khona. Manje, kuwe: ingabe amathuba amabili amakhulu achithiwe ayawenza angabaluleki amandla e-Qatar okuthola umphumela ongcono? Futhi ubani ombona edlulela phambili ku-Group B?