Scotland — Brazil

I-Hard Rock Stadium isingathe umdlalo obukeka ephepheni njengokungalingani — futhi ibhodi lamaphuzu likuqinisekisile lokho. Kodwa nansi into exakayo: i-Scotland ayizange ihlazeke. Yehlulwe. Kukhona umehluko. I-Brazil iwile ngo 3-0, futhi i-xG yayo engu-4.46 ikutshela ukuthi isikolo besingaba sibi kakhulu. Amathuba amakhulu ayisithupha, amathathu achithwe — i-Seleção ishiye amagoli enkundleni ngisho noma ibhamba. I-xG ye-Scotland ibingu-1.13, encane kodwa eyiqiniso: amathuba amakhulu amabili, womabili aphuthelwe. Ama-Scots akhe kakhulu ukuze enze lokhu kube yingxoxo. Akhetha ukungayiqedi. U-Vinícius Júnior walungisa impikiswano kusenesikhathi. Igoli ngomzuzu wesikhombisa — uhlobo lwesivuli oludiliza izinhlelo zomdlalo ngaphambi kokuba zidwetshwe — bese, cishe ngokuhlinzwa, washaya futhi lapho kuphela ingxenye yokuqala. Lokho kuphindaphinda akulona ithuba; kuyiphethini. U-Vinícius akalindeli umdlalo ukuthi ummeme. Ufika ngaphambi kwesimemo. Isilinganiso sakhe esingu-9.09 kwakuyisilinganiso salo mdlalo. Kodwa ngomzuzu wama-24, i-VAR yangenelela esigamekweni esihilela yena — isinqumo sasebenza, kodwa umzuzu ufanelwe ukukhulisa amashiya. Ingabe ucingo belulungile, noma i-Brazil izuze kumavidiyo angacacile? Ifreyimu yama. Yiphikisane. U-Matheus Cunha wengeza owesithathu ngomzuzu wama-60, ebulala noma yiliphi ithemba elisele lama-Scots. Yena no-Rayan bobabili bahlonishwa ngo-8.19 — i-Brazil ibinobubanzi ngekhwalithi, okuyinto mhlawumbe esabisa kakhulu ngaleli qembu. Ukuchaneka kokudlula kwe-Scotland okungu-90% kanye nokubamba ibhola okungu-46% akuzona izinombolo zeqembu eliphanikile. U-Robertson waphuma ngesikhathi sekhefu — kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kungenxa yamasu noma ngokomzimba, lokho kushintshwa kwaphazamisa uhlangothi lwabo lwesokunxele engxenyeni yesibili. Amashothi ayishumi nane akhombisa isifiso; amathuba amakhulu amabili aphuthelwe akhombisa izindleko zokungabaza. Lapho i-Brazil icindezela phezulu, abadlali basenkundleni be-Scotland balwela ukuthola umuntu wesithathu njalo. Iphutha le-Brazil? Amathuba amakhulu amathathu aphuthelwe ku-4.46 xG kusho ukuthi ukuchitha bekuyiqiniso. U-Danilo no-Fabinho bobabili bathola amakhadi aphuzi — i-Seleção ikhombise ukungahleleki ngezikhathi ezithile ekushintsheni okuzojeziswa umphikisi obukhali. Ku-FootLegion, wonke amagoli izwe lakho eliwashayayo kuleNdebe Yomhlaba ahlala phakade — ayikho i-VAR, ayikho impempe yokugcina ekususa lokho. Ingabe i-Scotland isengaphupha ngomzuliswano olandelayo, noma ingabe igebe likhulu kakhulu? Futhi ingabe lelo cingo lwe-VAR lomzuzu wama-24 kwakungumzuzu lo mdlalo obungashintsha ngawo?