New Zealand — Egypt

BC Place anadwo yi, na ɛyɛ anigye sɛ obi bɛkunkum ɔkɛseɛ — dodoɔ no ara yɛ simma 57. New Zealand na na wɔdi anim wɔ fa-fã, Egypt na wɔdi anim wɔ awieeɛ, na xG — 1.96 ne 1.21 a ɛkyerɛ sɛ Egypt na wɔdi anim — kyerɛ wo sɛ na scoreline no nnaadaa da. Agorɔ no hiaa berɛ kakra na ɛbɛda ne ho adi. Finn Surman botaeɛ a ɔde kɔɔ mu wɔ simma 15 mu no yɛ nokware, na ɛmaa wɔgyee wɔn ho di. Nanso mfonini no yɛ nokware: New Zealand tenaa ase kɔɔ akyiri, de bɔɔl no maa wɔn ho wɔn ho wɔ 44%, na wɔhweree akwanya akɛseɛ mmienu wɔ mmiɛnsa mu wɔ fa-fã a ɛdi kan no mu. Wɔ saa gyinabea yi, ɛnyɛ nea wobɛtumi agye wo ho afiri mu. Egypt dii agorɔ no so tumi a pass accuracy yɛ 88% na wɔnyaa akwanya akɛseɛ num — nanso wɔsɛee mmiɛnsa. Saa asɛeɛ yi ne asɛm koro pɛ a ɛfata sɛ wɔka ho asɛm wɔ kuo a ɛkɔɔ so yɛɛ adwuma yie no ho. Na width no wɔ hɔ, na combinations no wɔ hɔ; nea ɛmaa wɔn ho dwirii wɔn no ne final touch no. Afei fa-fã a ɛtɔ so mmienu no bae. Mostafa Ziko yɛɛ no pɛpɛɛpɛ wɔ simma 58 mu — ne kɔkɔɔkɔ a ɔkɔɔ New Zealand bɔɔl banfoɔ akyi no yɛɛ nea ɛkɔɔ so anadwo mũ no nyinaa, na akatua no fata no koraa. Simma nkron akyi, Mohamed Salah. Saa din no da so ara ma obiara a ɔbɔ bɔɔl wɔ wiase nyinaa ho dwiri no. Kom, pɛpɛɛpɛ, nea ɛntumi nsi — rating a ɛyɛ 8.81, na na ɛte sɛ nea ɛyɛ fa-throttle. Mahmoud Trézéguet de too mu wɔ simma 82, bae sɛ substitute na ɔtwee asotwe wɔ bɔɔl banfoɔ a na wɔn nsa ne wɔn adwene asa no so. Asɛm baako hia sɛ yɛka ho asɛm: wɔ simma 21 mu, wɔfrɛɛ VAR wɔ asɛm bi a ɛfa Mostafa Ziko ho, a ɛka Egypt. Nea wɔhwɛɛ mu pɛpɛɛpɛ no da so ara yɛ nea ɛda hɔ — fans bɛgye ho akyinnyeɛ nna pii. Referee no yɛɛ ne call; yɛ wo ankasa conclusions. New Zealand tactical failure a ɛda adi kɛseɛ: sɛ wɔsesaa Callum McCowatt wɔ simma 66 mu a, wɔn attacking threat a na ɛyɛ ketewa no yerae koraa. Na plan B biara nni hɔ bere a press no guu, na Egypt midfield no de wɔn ho hyɛɛ gaps no mu a wɔmfa mmɔborɔhuu biara. Egypt fataa saa nkonimdie yi. New Zealand fataa credit pii sen sɛnea final scoreline no kyerɛ. Bɔɔl agorɔ yɛ saa ara a ɛyɛ mmerɛ na ɛyɛ huu wɔ bere koro mu. Wɔ FootLegion so, wo ɔman botaeɛ no tena hɔ daa — collapse biara ntumi mfa nkɔ. Na New Zealand deep defensive block wɔ fa-fã no yɛ call a ɛfata, anaa na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔpress higher na wɔrisk pii? Na ɛyɛ sɛnea Egypt kuo yi bɛtumi akɔ akyiri sɛ Salah da so ara kɔm?